10 Horrendous Promos Awesome Wrestlers Want You To Forget

6. Roman Reigns Didn't Always Operate In God Mode

Roman Reigns SUFFERIN SUCCOTASH
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Roman Reigns is a phenomenal wrestler these days.

Writing from the perspective of somebody who attended Clash At The Castle in person, he has absolutely perfected the pacing and drama of a blockbuster WWE main event. He knows how to extract the maximum drama without taking the piss and stalling for too long. He is an expert manipulator. Cardiff was a furnace.

On TV, he resonates as nothing less than a megastar of a heel. He simply feels enormous. His range is incredible: menacing, aloof, unflappable, it's all a facade, and when he can't help but let it slip, he's so good at conveying that there's a monster under there.

You'll have read about the sufferin' succotash promo for as long as Roman Reigns didn't get over as a babyface - which is a staggering amount of time - but it can never go understated just how disastrous it was.

Vince McMahon genuinely thought that he could get Roman over with a bit of alliteration and a cocky smile, woefully unaware that the people who slickly use alliteration because they exactly nothing of substance or interest to say are the absolute worst.

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