10 Ingenious Ways WWE Can Restore Interest In Roman Reigns
10. Create A Samoan Stable, With Him As The Leader
About a week ago, candid pictures of Reigns family leaked onto the net apparently, the WWE was filming and photographing them for promo materials. Reigns family has never been a part of his persona, and its difficult to see how a family man profile is going to change that. Even if they try to get him over via his more famous cousins, that strategy hasnt worked in the past (looking at you Rock). So instead of going the lovey dovey family angle, why not try a family angle with a little more edge? Reigns is Samoan, and theres a long tradition of great Samoan wrestlers in the WWE. Reigns could band all the WWE Samoans together (cousins Jimmy and Jay Uso, and Tamina Snuka, for starters). Maybe they could even get Afa or Sika (Reigns dad) to manage the stable, and Reigns could be the de facto leader. Reigns was great in The Shield, because he had other guys to compensate for his weaknesses. A Samoan stable would give Reigns the balance he needs to be successful. Hell have some high flyers to balance out his big guy style, and hell have some loyal backup at ringside to get him over with the crowd.
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