10 Terrible Decisions That Led To WWE Raw’s Lowest Ever Rating

10. John Cena/Roman Reigns > Hulk Hogan

Roman Reigns hears the boos and jeers of the audience on a weekly basis because fans - long before he even entered his prime years - decided he wasn't worthy of the company's focused attention at the top of the card.

This was a holdover from the two pushes that preceded it. Daniel Bryan was forced to abdicate the throne in 2014 due to injury the company cynically forecasted when they labelled him a "B+ Player", but it was apparent before he even won the main event of WrestleMania XXX that he wasn't really the choice to replace John Cena after all. Audiences sensed this, and stubbornly drove Daniel to the top spot over top liners Dave Batista and Randy Orton whilst Cena smartly sidestepped into a feud with Bray Wyatt until the heat died down.

'Big Match John' remains the template for which today's 'Big Dog' was sadly formed. Cena was a reincarnation of 1980s Hulk Hogan for a millennial generation, harnessing 'The Hulkster's dominance, his superhero comebacks and impossible feats of strength, endurance and courage. Unlike quarterly television and pay-per-view attraction Hogan though, Cena managed it every single week.

Roman Reigns remains a man forced to be the square peg struggling to squash into the gaping round hole left by 'The Champ'. It won't work. It will never work. And yet Vince McMahon won't stop trying.