Roman Reigns speaks

Disagree lol.

He's getting a bigger push now and he's less popular. So the conclusion that popularity comes from a push is an odd one in this circumstance. The big singles push has come as a result of his popularity while in the Shield (probably the standout in the Shield in the group's final months, popularity wise).

I agree that WWE sticks to their guns but I don't see the problem with it. They'd look stupid if they kept cutting off pushes and scrapping plans constantly because of fickle fan reception. It already happened last year, and they worked it into the plot really well, but this year going the same route wouldn't have came across the same way; it would've been obvious the plans were changed based on a hostile reaction. At the end of the day WWE tell a story, they put out a product and we decide if we like it. That doesn't mean they have to immediately rework the whole thing to suit a fanbase whose tastes are ever-changing and truthfully, hard to keep up with. If fans stuck to getting behind the likes of Ziggler and Ambrose, rather than having a cynical attitude towards their situations and resigning to the fact that their careers are doomed, they'd probably have gotten a big push by now. There's still time, too.

I guess so. I think it hasn't helped that aspects that fans loved about him during that period don't exist now: the more occasional act of busting out a Superman Punch or the big Basement Dropkick, which he has since used 37,142 times; being a man of few words who lets the slapping-opponents-around do the talking, while over the last few months he's taken to reciting nursery rhymes and being a clown; generally the one-track mind he had, his only focus being tearing s*** up, seems to be gone now. He had an aura about him which I think has been taken away by the nature of his singles push. I don't think it's fair to say that WWE making him break records and win a lot is why he was so popular for a while. As I said before, WWE are, to quote you, still 'going out of their way' to make him stand out now but they have gone about it badly and a good portion of fans have been put off of him because of it. I attribute Reigns' popularity over the last year or two to a combination of good handling on WWE's part and top-drawer perfomances on his part. You can't just say he was popular because WWE went of their way to make him popular, because they've been doing that on an even bigger scale in the last few months and he isn't as popular, simple as that.

Reigns was over a year ago because WWE did a great job of covering his flaws. Dean and Seth did the heavy-lifting during the matches, Reigns came in and did his big moves, and that got him over.

Once he broke out on his own, he just became more and more exposed. His flaws on the mic, his greenness in the ring; and instead of realizing this, and pumping the breaks on the push, WWE decided to push even harder.

This all could've been easily avoided if they gave Roman the first win over Rusev, and let him develop another year. Hell, if they wanted they could've done Rollins/Reigns at SS if they didn't want to wait that long. Instead, they rushed it, and it's gonna blow up with n their faces.

For me, it's not only "why should I buy that he can beat Lesnar", but also, why am I supposed to be invested in his story, and WANT him to beat Lesnar.

From the second The Shield split, he didn't give a crap about revenge on Seth, and he went straight to the WWE Title picture. Then he had a boring feud with Orton, and he had the hernia. While he's gone Ambrose, Rollins, and Ziggler prove themselves as stars. Roman returns, and Ambrose and Ziggler are immediately shoved aside so he can get a rocket shoved up his ass. All they did is forgotten, and swept under the rug.

Now you add Bryan into the equation... a guy who is the most over guy in the company, who never lost the title, and just came back from a near career-ending injury. Everyone is invested on that story, and it writes itself. But even if they felt he needed more time to settle-in after returning, you still had 2 other guys fans were far more attached to, and are far more prepared for that rub.

Instead you try to 'Rocky Maivia' Reigns. It was just poor decision making in every aspect.

The thing that annoys me most about Roman hate is the inconsistency on why he sucks, why he shouldn't Main Event etc.

First it's because he's not a believable threat to Brock, then he gets built up and now it's the fact that he's being forced down people's throats. The weird part is that the two ideas on why it's wrong fluctuate at different times. Sometimes excuse #1 is used, other times #2 is used.

But take a look at who's there champion back in 2002 it only took lesnar a few months to become WWE Champion and he won no titles before that if anyone was shoved down our throats it was definitely him at that.He may have been build up much better now but I Really don't see the big problem on reigns beating lesnar.

I've always said that Brock was the only guy that I felt worked for not having won midcard titles. He was already fantastic by the time he got called up and was so dominant that he didn't need to win those other titles.

The Shield were over a year ago, no Reigns by himself per say. The WWE did an amazing job hiding his weaknesses by letting Dean do the talking and Seth the in-ring work. Yes fans were into the big "badass" character Reigns gave off but it became apparent after WM30 that the wwe decided to give Reigns the Cena-push. Even before The Shid broke up Roman was beginning to be put front and center of the group and was even talking when Dean had been portrayed as the "leader" of the team.

Had the wwe let the fans naturally get invested in Roman he wouldn't be getting this backlash. Look at Dean. It was clear he was an afterthought in the WWEs booking plans but because he was able to develope his own unique character and was constantly fighting an uphill battle the fans got behind him. Dolph and Bryan are portrayed as the underdogs. This combined with the blatant fact the WWE doesn't want to push them despite the fans backing of them makes the fans invest in them.

And to simply say its the super push that is causing the backlash is only partially true. Seth has received an arguably far bigger push yet the fans love him because he is ready for this spot. It's a combo of the super-push and the fact that Reigns is nowhere near ready for the top spot that fans can't stand him.

If you don't see the problem with Roman Reigns beating Brock Lesnar in two weeks' time, you either haven't been watching the product or just can't overlook your fandom for Mr. OOOAHHH.