10 Biggest Booking Mistakes Of Roman Reigns' WWE Career

Why Roman Reigns' greatest rival has been the booking committe.

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The idea of a big push being all that separates fan favorites from becoming the biggest star in the world is spoken so often that it's easy to start believing it. 

But the truth is rarely as simple as that. While there is no performer that wouldn't benefit from having the full force of the booking committee on their side, a big push doesn't mean much if it's mismanaged. In fact, sometimes getting a botched ride to the top of the card can be worse for a wrestler than getting no push at all.  

There are few better examples of this than the career of Roman Reigns to this point. Whether or not you personally like him as a performer, it's difficult to look back on some of the booking decisions of his career without shaking your head. There are times when it feels like the bookers are secretly writing a guide on how not to get a superstar over and are using Roman Reigns as a test subject.

Of all the booking mistakes involving Roman Reigns, though, these have been the most damaging...

10. Coming Back From Injury And Feuding With The Big Show

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When Roman Reigns missed his much anticipated one-on-one match against Seth Rollins at Night of Champions 2014 due to an injury, it put WWE in a pretty bad spot considering that Reigns was still riding a post-Shield popularity high. However, it was a spot WWE could have recovered from by putting Reigns in a hot angle when he returned.

Sadly, that was not the case here as Roman Reigns returned and entered a multi-week feud with the Big Show. What made this already lackluster pairing all the more detrimental was that Roman won most of their encounters by count out or disqualification. Considering that it was a foregone conclusion in the eyes of many that Roman was walking out of this feud on top, the decision to prolong his ultimate victory through indecisive finishes greatly diminished whatever excitement Reigns' comeback may have generated.

It makes sense that WWE didn't want to put Reigns in a prolonged angle so close to his eventual 2015 Royal Rumble victory, but this rivalry did no favors for the young star. 

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