WrestleMania 32: 12 Booking Steps For John Cena vs. Roman Reigns

12. Roman Reigns Spends The Rest Of 2015 In The Upper Mid-Card

Instead of having Reigns win the title somewhere else during this calendar year, Reigns should spend the rest of 2015 getting screwed by other wrestlers and never getting another title shot. This would create more sympathy for him and get more people behind him, which cannot be done now because his character is so stale and seems to win so often that any storylines and rivalries are bereft of drama.

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Over the remainder of 2015, Reigns gets demolished by the Authority, Seth Rollins and their hired guns. This would amplify the heat towards the Authority, and more people would invest in Reigns. While Reigns is indeed growing as a star, the current direction they’re taking him in won’t yield positive results. Reigns should not try and become another Superman who always overcomes the odds in an ‘unnatural’ sort of way.

Instead, he should become more of a natural fighter, whose matches tell complex stories and his victories are earned through hard work, dramatic selling, and treating his opponents like an equal, instead of overcoming every single thing thrown at him.

If made into a less ‘Superhuman’ kind of character, more people would get behind him, and he would become a much bigger star that way. Fans want to cheer for him, but because he's simply too 'overpowered' and unstoppable, he's not an exciting babyface.

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