Your opinion on Roman Reigns

[Alucard]

I remember Sheamus & Drew being labeled Triple H guys back in 2009. Sheamus went to the top quick but didn't work out as well for Drew at the time.

[Badlittlekitten]

'Triple H guy ' has been applied to almost every fucker on the roster the last few years. It means nothing.

[El-P]

Sin Cara was also a Triple H project I recall. So, well, yes, it doesn't always work.

[FMKK]

19 hours ago, Charles (Loss) said:

Interesting thing about Reigns. He's 33 now. By the time he hits his late 30s, they'll probably be looking for someone new in that role. Chances are that person is just getting started now. They started the Reigns transition in 2014, but it took four years to actually complete, which wasn't expected. I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that whoever the next The Guy is starts getting groomed for that role within the next year.

Surely it's Ronda, and as she gets more comfortable as a wrestler they'll put her in more angles etc.

[Loss]

Rousey's big run is going to largely parallel Roman's. I don't think it will be her. It'll be someone not on our radar right now, most likely. No one was talking about Leakee in 2010-2011 as Cena's heir apparent.

[fakeplastictrees]

Roman has become the walking personification of "Not Listening to the Fans". The sad thing is, WWE could have turned this around at any point. Roman is the fall guy of WWE's experiment of having a Cena level star work 50/50 booking.

[El-P]

It's like Lex Luger had won the title at Mania 10. Then lose it. Then have a coronation every year until Mania 14. From there you'd get the actual Lex Express era.

[FMKK]

7 hours ago, Charles (Loss) said:

Rousey's big run is going to largely parallel Roman's. I don't think it will be her. It'll be someone not on our radar right now, most likely. No one was talking about Leakee in 2010-2011 as Cena's heir apparent.

In the new era where development is actually a super indie, it's hard for someone to stay outside the spotlight while still developing so that'll be interesting to see. I guess Braun was pretty unknown when he suddenly appeared and he's a top guy within a couple of years so it's still possible.

[Johnny Sorrow]

I dig Reigns because he's a fucking awesome wrestler, he carries himself like a star, and he clearly is going to work and earn respect from fans and is already a locker room leader.The boos from a section of grown men doin what they do are starting to get matched by the cheers of kids, women, and guys who realize his matches are consistently good to great. 

This idea of "Who's next?" is a fun little excursion into the idea that it isn't Reigns, but it is gonna be Reigns unless a Stone Cold pops up outta nowhere. And Braun was never it. Has some of the booking been awful? Yup. But it feels like it's turning around, and it's really irrelevant to me honest.

I'm not a fan of booking the main event of a HITC for a Saudi Arabia shows that I ain't gonna watch but that's another rant.  

So to sum up, Roman Reigns is fucking great, and if you can't see that, well.... maybe you need a different TV Show to watch. There's a lot of fucking content out there now as far as entertainment goes, be it wrestling, TV, Movies, Podcasts, or whatever.  Shot, there's so much WWE content now, you can pick what you want to watch.

There's no excuse to watch something you don't enjoy . Especially in 2018.

Oh, and Reigns is great, like I said, gets huge pops, and sells a shit ton of merch.:) I buried the lead.

[NintendoLogic]

Reigns has significantly regressed in the ring this year, though. It's like WWE decided that Lesnar/Goldberg has to be the template for every Universal Championship match. So we get a million Superman punches, a thousand finisher kick-outs, and a power nap thrown in at some point. At least, that's how it is on PPV. His Raw matches seem to be generally well-received.

[FMKK]

4 hours ago, NintendoLogic said:

Reigns has significantly regressed in the ring this year, though. It's like WWE decided that Lesnar/Goldberg has to be the template for every Universal Championship match. So we get a million Superman punches, a thousand finisher kick-outs, and a power nap thrown in at some point. At least, that's how it is on PPV. His Raw matches seem to be generally well-received.

He's just been infected by the Lesnar bullshit. He needs to get away from Brock pronto and start working with the likes of Drew in title programmes. I generally think they book him to sell too much in his matches too. 

[Mad Dog]

I 100% agree on Reigns regressing this year. I would never have called him good or great but he was above average. But he's been in an endless line of shitty PPV matches this year. 

[brocklock]

I've been rewatching the 2015 ppv's on the network and 2015 Reigns is like night and day with current Reigns to me. He seems to have lost something in the ring and moves a little slower than he did in 2015.