10 Mistakes WWE Better Not Make Before WrestleMania 34

2. Selling Roman Reigns As A Sympathetic Challenger To Brock Lesnar

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Expect Seth Rollins, Jason Jordan and Roman Reigns to join Braun Strowman, Elias and John Cena inside the Elimination Chamber. There's no way anyone but Roman is leaving as the victor from that pay-per-view anyway, so everyone else is just there to make up the numbers and mask the fact we're getting Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar at 'Mania.

The match won't be a disaster, unless WWE deem it best to try, try, try again with Roman 'Please Cheer Me' Reigns as top babyface. For crying out loud, WWE, just learn your lesson. Boos are every bit as thunderous for Roman as they were a few years ago at 31, and that shows no sign of changing.

Submit to that fan response and, for the love of God, don't attempt to cast Reigns as a sympathetic hero.

Any story between Lesnar and Reigns needs to face the facts that Brock is more popular than Roman even when he's being vindictive or Paul Heyman is in full-on bragging mode. There's no getting away from that, never mind what WWE want to achieve in the long run.

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