10 Next Booking Steps For Heel Roman Reigns In WWE
3. He Finally Finds His Way Back To The Fiend
Having been a dominant heel in the months since SummerSlam and Survivor Series (and dispatching of Goldberg), Roman Reigns would finally be the No. 1 Contender for the Universal Championship, putting him back in the crosshairs of - you guessed it - 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt.
With the fans firmly behind 'The Fiend' because of how great a character he has been, this would be a real test for Roman as a heel, but if done correctly, it's one he'd be capable of pulling off.
As for how to do it, it should very much go down like much of 'The Fiend's previous feuds have - with Wyatt playing mind games with the 'Big Dog' in order to make him doubt himself, playing on the years-worth of negative reactions he received from the fans in the process and claiming that the Universal Championship was never his.
However, being the heel that he is, Roman's overconfidence would prevent him from showing any doubts - that is, until 'The Fiend' catches him off-guard on occasion, showing him up in the process. And from there, they would engage in a war of the minds as the 'Big Dog' takes out his aggression on his opponents in the ring, and 'The Fiend' does what he does best: Intimidate from afar.
The pair's tug of war would continue to Survivor Series where...