10 Last-Minute WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Predictions You Need To Know

3. Long To Reigns Over Us

Brock Lesnar Roman Reignns
WWE

Vince McMahon's "HOGAN MUST POSE" wail has become one of the more popular Bruce Prichard catchphrases on his wildly popular podcast because it denotes the crazed mind of a wrestling pitchman at his prolific peak.

He didn't super-serve his audience with content on top of content, just the sweat on top of the biceps of 'The Hulkster'. He had made his man America's hero, and presented him as an incomparable winner even on the rare occasions he'd lose.

Roman Reigns, by comparison, barely looks like a victor even when he actually scores a fall.

The stench of failure is starting to linger on 'The Big Dog', and not just because he insists on sporting flack jackets long beyond sweater weather.

Like his SmackDown Live! contemporary Shinsuke Nakamura, it has to be decisive and it has to be now. Reigns has suffered enough. He's one defeat away from never being an audience avatar again. Roman must pose.

Contributor
Contributor

Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett