That Was The Reigns I've Been Dying To See

Seeing him attack Triple H was expected. Seeing him murder Triple H was unexpected. We never saw Stone Cold beat Vince that badly. We never saw Stone Cold beat Vince half as bad with so little provocation. The worst Stone Cold was to Vince was at SVM 1999 and every time Austin was about to win, Vince would flip him off. Hunter never did anything to provoke Roman during the entire segment.

Don't know why HHH gets a pass. He's such an bunghole.

I miss the days when people complained he was burying guys. Lol

I can't take the guy serious when he's using the term "tater tots" in a promo referring to someones balls.

This. They'll screw it up, they always do. They're not gonna continue it here how anyone wants. They won't.

And they're still trying so hard to get him over it feels plastic

I don't really care if he's smiling tater succotash Reigns, or "badass" temper tantrum Reigns. As long as he's the only one they're giving any sort of attention or significant push to, I'm not interested. The past three weeks have sucked not because Roman sounded like some childish moron in one promo, but because the entire show has been booked around him, and I saw no indication of that slowing tonight.

I actually enjoyed this, and don't sympathize with Triple H at all.

I'd like for The Authority to screw Reigns out of the Rumble as well as in the Elimination Chamber leading to Reigns vs Triple H at Mania.

This.  So much this.  It's John Cena all over again, just with longer hair and worse promos.  WWE NEEDS to have a core group of about ten guys who are all legitimate "anytime, anyplace" World Championship contenders.  People that the audience can actually buy as champions because they're booked as top level talent on a consistent basis.  This is the biggest problem with Sheamus right now.  He was booked as an afterthought competitor for months, often losing to lesser talented individuals.  Then he wins Money In The Bank, only to go right back to being booked as an afterthought again until winning the title at Survivor Series.  How are people supposed to believe he's a good champion, be it heel or face, if he's a total afterthought for nearly a year before winning the belt?  And Sheamus isn't the only one.  For the past ten years or so, WWE has really built itself around one guy with John Cena.  Sure, you had a few other legit contenders from time to time in Orton, Punk, Rock, Lesnar, and Edge to play off Cena, but it always came back around to good ole John boy.  Now that it seems Cena's time is drawing near a close, they've changed nothing except to plug Roman Reigns into his spot as "The Man".  Yes, you have your Rollins and your Sheamus for him to play off, but it's really all about Reigns.  It's the same tired formula WWE has been using for over a decade and if they don't want their ratings to keep falling, they need to change it, like... now.  Remember the Attitude and Ruthless Aggression eras?  Remember how there was a seemingly constantly revolving door of guys ready and able to take the title at any moment?  That's what WWE needs.  Building around one or two guys gets stale really quickly.  There's plenty of talent in WWE right now.  Perhaps the most talented roster they've ever had in many ways.  They just need to use it better.

I like that direction for Roman's character and I think that's what best fits him. However, I feel like he should have done that tonight as opposed to last night. Roman being up an able with tons of energy seems to have negated all the realism and physicality from a good TLC match.

I have a bad feeling Roman will be cracking jokes again tonight though.

We're still only a week removed from one of the worst go-home segments of all time. I haven't seen it yet, but from what I'm hearing it's a good sign. Roman's not the Samoan Cena. Stop writing him to be. He's also came off incredibly heel recently (not in a good way either) where new fans would need convincing he is actually supposed to be the face in this story. Hopefully this is WWE understanding what is right in front of them and has been for a long time.