14 Burning Questions For WWE Royal Rumble 2016

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5. Will Fans Rally To Roman?

WWE has been hellbent in recent months on getting fans to buy into Roman Reigns as a top-level guy. Sure, he€™s booked as such, but fans have been slow to rally around him. When he won the Royal Rumble last year, he was booed mercilessly. At WrestleMania XXXI, it was Brock Lesnar, not Roman, who was cheered. However, fans have been slowly and steadily coming around to Reigns, with the same Philadelphia crowd that booed him at the Rumble cheering him when he won the title from Sheamus last month. That kind of turnaround is notable, and it has to make WWE feel good about what they€™re doing so far with Roman.But how will the audience react on Sunday at the Rumble with Reigns being the #1 entrant? He€™ll clearly have to make it to the end, which means outlasting other fan favorites en route to either winning the Rumble, or being screwed out of the title at the end, setting up a WrestleMania main event. Will fans be OK with that, or will they clamor for someone else to take Roman€™s place? This is a central question, as last year€™s boo-fest nearly derailed Reigns and delayed his ascension.