10 Awful Nicknames Given To WWE Fans Over The Years

10. Roman Empire

Let's start with the most recent: WWE's reigning champion and top babyface hopeful, Roman Reigns.

While it's unlikely that Roman himself coined the phrase used to describe his fans, it doesn't make it any less lame. A marketing strategy seen coming a mile away, the Roman Empire is the name that some corporate team likely came up with as a way to brand the group of Reigns' supporters, disappointingly few as they may be.

The Roman Empire historically refers to a period of time that took pace during the Roman civilization in which emperors ruled the land. This was a period that went as far back to 100 BC and lasted until 400 AD. What this has to do with WWE superstar Roman Reigns is embarrassingly simple: his first name.

That's it. And it's not even his real first name.

The real-life Joe Anoa'i has no known ties to this period of time and had he been gimmicked something else by the NXT Name Generator, this nickname for the fans would've stayed where it belongs: eternal purgatory.