10 Part-Timers Who Screwed With The WWE Roster

by Jack Morrell

1. The Big Dog Is Neutered

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If anyone knew how CM Punk felt in 2011, it was Roman Reigns in 2016.

At TLC 2015, Triple H was mercilessly assaulted by Roman to a huge, sustained pop, and it looked as though Paul Levesque had done for Joe Anoa'i what he'd done for Bryan Danielson, and solidly put him over. That is, until you consider that Triple H wasn't the one who had screwed Reigns out of the title at TLC, and had in fact expressed support for him and given him the opportunity in the first place. Odd way for a heel authority figure to act - but then, it's odd that this Horrible Boss was the same man acting as a big, cuddly father figure to the whole upstart NXT brand, onscreen and off.

Staying away from RAW to sell the beating, 'evil heel' Triple H nonetheless turned up to NXT's historic show in London a few days later, introducing the card as the proud babyface Daddy Bear he is in NXT.

RAW and NXT have been proven to exist in the same storyline continuity - so it's not like NXT Triple H and RAW Triple H are two different men. Triple H would achieve a measure of revenge when he appeared as the secret 30th entrant at the Royal Rumble, eliminating Reigns and winning the match to be crowned the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion, as per the unusual stipulation.

With Reigns winning a contendership match at the Fastlane event, the stage was set for the Game vs. Reigns at WrestleMania 32 for the top title in the company. The night after Fastlane, Triple H interrupted Reigns' match with Sheamus on RAW to beat the challenger to a pulp. He was roundly cheered by the supposedly casual Detroit crowd while doing so.

Well, of course he was: the Attitude Era legend hit the ring like a rock star in leather and jeans to the sound of his iconic theme (performed by his favourite band, with lyrics about how awesome he is) and performed a DX crotch-chop before posing with the title over Reigns' bloodied corpse to end the show. That's how you turn babyface, boys and girls. It didn't exactly do Reigns any favours.

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