Its a sad fact of life that Roman Reigns doesn't come across well next to his hetero life partner Dean Ambrose. Ambrose is organically popular, charismatic in ways Reigns isn't, an indie darling where Reigns wasnt. Hes full of personality where Reigns is oddly stuffy, and casually great on the mic, where Reigns has the natural ability of a headless herring. I know the two men are supposed to be best friends, brothers from another mother - but Ambrose genuine babyface reactions from the vast majority of crowds are reflecting poorly on Reigns, whos supposed to be the bigger star, yet who doesnt receive anything like the same consistency of crowd response. Fastlane also gave us the visual of Reigns vs. Ambrose once again... and even Reigns pinning Ambrose, something that probably should have been saved for a real feud between the two at a later date, which has the potential to make real money. They need to remove that image from the fizzing public brain - allow the memory to fade, and stop audiences from comparing the two men. Its a small problem that can easily be remedied if the company simply stops constantly pairing them together in segments and matches. Ambrose has his hands full with Brock bloody Lesnar, who he faces at WrestleMania 32 in the biggest and most important match of his life. Again, the contrast between the two here is worrying. Win or lose (almost certainly the latter), Ambrose has the opportunity to turn a good rapport with the WWE audience into a great one: this has the potential to be his version of Stone Cold Steve Austins star-making performance at WrestleMania 13 against Bret the Hitman Hart. Ambrose is riding a wave of popular support into a likely career-making match at the biggest show of the year. Reigns is heading towards a slow motion freeway pile-up of gargantuan proportions. Keep the two of them apart as much as possible to avoid inevitable comparisons. They only reflect poorly on Reigns, and cause further negativity.
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