Are we all 100% in agreeance that "Roman Reigns" is a failure?
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malbaker86
Gators
We’re back to this againHe didn’t beat Kofi in under 30 seconds, he didn’t just beat Fiend in under 5 minutes. How is he to blame?
I don't think it's us slighting HIM moreso how they dropped the ball with him more than anything
Metal Face
Superstar
Obviously. He's the biggest mis-booked top guy of all time.
We shoulda got that Roman heel run when Seth was out injured near SSeries '15
We shoulda got that Roman heel run when Seth was out injured near SSeries '15
It wasn't a mistake imo. It was a mistake to go back to immediately not taking him seriously after he dropped the title. He went from being WWE champion to jobbing to Zack Ryder on Main Event in under a year. He lost pretty much every match he had after losing the title.
Jmare007
pico pal q lee
Most have already said it. The plan to make Roman a legit n°1 guy was constantly self sabotaged by mindbogglingly bad booking. It's pretty crazy how we are in year 5 or 6 of this and they are still haven't been able to pull it off. Specially with a guy that's really good in the ring, has "the look" and actually has natural charisma. But they never play to his strengths for a sustained amount of time:
This has been a constant on his career:
-He gets naturally over when he doesn't have to do much acting nor script memorizing/reading. As @stro said, once he gets the crowd behind him, they immediately play to his weaknesses and try to shoehorn him in a character he's not good at doing.
-He's booked in long ass feuds against people that are not very over or that don't have the talent to work a long rivalry. And the most shocking part: Roman loses a fukk ton for a "n°1 guy". So instead of him being a bad ass that rolls through "lesser" opponents, he gets stuck for months winning 3 matches and losing 1 big one (I'm making up that ratio but y'all get the point). It makes no fukking sense and goes against anything WWE has done with their favorites. My guess on this is that WWE is so afraid of fans booing him because "he always has to win" that they make him take Ls that end up meaning nothing for his opponents but end up hurting Roman.
-When he finally wins the belt, he doesn't have a legit run with it to establish him as the real deal. Now, some of this has been bad luck with injuries or illnesses, but for a guy that's so weirdly booked, he badly needs an "ace run" and he still hasn't had one in 5 years.
The Braun feud has been the exception to the rule and it's truly a shame.
So yeah, he's a failure but Roman is the last one that should be getting blamed for it.
This has been a constant on his career:
-He gets naturally over when he doesn't have to do much acting nor script memorizing/reading. As @stro said, once he gets the crowd behind him, they immediately play to his weaknesses and try to shoehorn him in a character he's not good at doing.
-He's booked in long ass feuds against people that are not very over or that don't have the talent to work a long rivalry. And the most shocking part: Roman loses a fukk ton for a "n°1 guy". So instead of him being a bad ass that rolls through "lesser" opponents, he gets stuck for months winning 3 matches and losing 1 big one (I'm making up that ratio but y'all get the point). It makes no fukking sense and goes against anything WWE has done with their favorites. My guess on this is that WWE is so afraid of fans booing him because "he always has to win" that they make him take Ls that end up meaning nothing for his opponents but end up hurting Roman.
-When he finally wins the belt, he doesn't have a legit run with it to establish him as the real deal. Now, some of this has been bad luck with injuries or illnesses, but for a guy that's so weirdly booked, he badly needs an "ace run" and he still hasn't had one in 5 years.
The Braun feud has been the exception to the rule and it's truly a shame.
So yeah, he's a failure but Roman is the last one that should be getting blamed for it.
cartierhoe
Veteran
Vince failed by trying to make him something he's not, he was the most over when he's a silent killer and spears people. No clue why they had to turn him into John Cena with a SWAT vest, that's just not who he is. The day his character died was when they threw him to the wolves in that Cena back and forth promo. The most mishandled number 1 guy in WWE history.
Alfred0Santana
I used to drop Lewinsky off at the White House.
PopOnCloud9
All Star
This was probably the best examples of how they mishandled him. The whole feud was based on passing the torch to him as the number one guy . Yet they put him in feud with Cena and showed that they wasn’t ready to book him as such.
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
So now y'all hate the Big Dawg again 
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Jmare007
pico pal q lee
So now y'all hate the Big Dawg again
Don't read the replies brehs.
RammerJammer
#RollTide #TSC #RiseUp #BullsNation #RIPKobe
They're about to do that same thing with Drew McIntyre and turn him into a John Cena type face. They did the same thing with Becky Lynch. Hell they even turned Braun into a happy go lucky babyface when he was his most over when he was a loose cannon and destructive.
WWE really only books two types of faces, a John Cena type face with catchphrases and cheesy promos OR a Daniel Bryan underdog "I've been wrestling my whole life" type babyface.
FooFighters
Superstar
Remember Lex Luger and his let's make him Hogan push? Cena "succeeded" where Lex failed.