Prophetic things I once said about Roman Reigns (we should all play this game, btw)...
OCTOBER 8th, 2013
It happened again.
CM Punk's quest to be WWE Champion storyline became about HHH and Kevin Nash. Daniel Bryan's quest to be WWE champion storyline is now about HHH and Big Show. All that's missing is Big Show texting himself.
When Dean Ambrose has his quest to be WWE Champion storyline, will it become about HHH and Roman Reigns?
DECEMBER 9th, 2013
Oh, I see.
Hopefully they do break Reigns off from the group. Start his face build at the Rumble.
A good way to put him over would be to have him break Kane's long-standing record for most eliminations in a single Rumble match.
FEBRUARY 11th, 2014
Enough people in this thread seriously think Cena shouldn't be in the main event anymore and Cena/Rock shouldn't have been the main event of WM XXIX for me to believe that no, they don't understand the economic of wrestling and just want to see their favorites having five star classics.
So you agree that the economics of wrestling would benefit from having John Cena main event every pay-per-view for the next 10 years wrestling the exact same match with the exact same opponents and winning all the time? Because that's what drives business, correct?
And when Roman Reigns is booked the same way and the product is even more stale, that will also be the correct way of doing things and the rest of us don't UNDERSTAND economics for expressing apathy? Have I got everything correct?
Really nice discussion around WWE booking philosophy between Alvarez and Meltzer to close last night's installment of Wrestling Observer Radio.
Encourage any of you with F4W subscriptions to check it out.
More or less just re-emphasizes SoulPlaya's post-RAW rant about nothing ever changing even if Cena was gone, how the WWE only wants to have 2-3 guys booked strong, how they willfully ruin careers of 90% of their talent because they don't have the "Vince" look and hence get preferential treatment (a la Roman Reigns). Good stuff.
Roman's post-Shield merchandise is going to look glorious.
FEBRUARY 12th, 2014
Notable defeats for Roman Reigns since being elevated to the main WWE roster...
- Getting pinned by Jey Uso via frog splash following two Daniel Bryan running knees and a Jimmy Uso superkick in the 11-on-3 gauntlet match on the September 23rd RAW
- Getting pinned by Cody Rhodes on the October 14th RAW to lose the tag titles after eating a KO punch from Big Show while the ref was watching (no DQ stip)
- Getting tossed by Big Dave at the Royal Rumble after eliminating a record-setting 12 opponents
That's it. All of those other Shield losses were by DQ or due to either Ambrose or Rollins getting pinned.
Incidentally, he was never pinned in NXT after adopting the Roman Reigns gimmick, either. You have to go back to his Leakee days in FCW to find pinfall losses to the likes of Kruger, Cesaro and Sandow.
This man will make Cena's Superman run look downright mortal by comparison once The Shield splits up.
Incidentally, here are Roman's notable non-DQ losses in the 11+ months SINCE I wrote the above post...
- Getting pinned by Bray Wyatt in the Wyatts vs. Shield match at Elimination Chamber following a cross body and a Sister Abigail after being subjected to a protracted 3-on-1 assault after Ambrose vanished with Bray after they fought into the crowd and Rollins had been put through the Spanish announce table.
- Getting pinned by Bray Wyatt in the Wyatts vs. Shield match on the May 5th RAW following a cross body and a Sister Abigail after Evolution interference effectively removed Ambrose and Rollins from the equation. This is probably the least protected defeat Roman has had but given that Wyatt was feuding with Cena at the time it doesn't come off as terrible. Plus, he got to superman punch Triple H right before it happened as a make-up present.
- He lost the 7-man ladder match for the title at WWE Money in the Bank in June; the other Shield members were relegated to the other ladder match for the briefcase.
- He lost a Fatal 4-Way match for the title at WWE Battleground in July after Cena AAed Orton onto Kane and pinned Grandpa Glenn. Roman ate an RKO outside of the ring before this finishing sequence but was otherwise protected.
Once again, that's it.
FEBRUARY 23rd, 2014
I think Reign's face turn is going to suck.
As long as he isn't a good two shoes face like Cena
It will suck in terms of him getting Cena-like booking. No question.
But it could at least start off halfway decent if they build up a decent Ambrose feud.
I don't trust them to do that. Nor do I trust them to make Ambrose look credible.
Best you could hope for between the two of them would be something like Christian-Orton 2011 where Orton won all the time but the feud was still decent.
Reigns is the most protected superstar in all of the WWE in terms of clean pinfall losses right now. The post-Shield era is going to be hell.
FEBRUARY 25th, 2014
Did you guys finally realize that Roman was constantly being carried and that you can't book him just off superman punch, spear, and ..... I don't think he has another move.
Hair flip. HES THE MODERN DAY KEVIN NASH. AND SMARKS SOMEHOW LOVE HIM. OH MY GOD
They'll turn on him soon enough. He's still being insulated by Ambrose and Rollins.
