10 Radical Ways WWE Can Save Roman Reigns

8. Keep Him Off The Microphone

Roman Reigns has been so overwhelmingly bad on the stick in the last year or so that the perception is that Joe Anoa'i can't talk to save his life. That€™s not actually true: he has no natural ability on the microphone, not like CM Punk, Dean Ambrose or Wade Barrett, but like Daniel Bryan before him, he can train himself to not suck and blow at one and the same time. His problems are twofold: the material he€™s being given stinks like fish on sh*t; and he's trying too hard to be something he€™s not. He's not John Cena, and he€™s certainly not his cousin The Rock. Wise-cracking, gurning, giggling Reigns is an abomination in the eyes of wrestling fans the world over. When he was in The Shield, Reigns barely spoke at all, and was all the more popular for it. That should be his calling card. Every aspect of his character should be actions over words. He's great at the former and lousy at the latter... but more than that, RAW is already too much of the latter and not enough of the former. A taciturn Roman Reigns should cut short those interminable opening promos by rolling his eyes and punching someone out. He should appear on one of WWE€™s awful time-wasting interview segments to spear his verbose host - the Miz, or Jericho. Triple H loves the sound of his own voice: in the lead-in to WrestleMania 32, have Reigns refuse to compete with him on the stick, taking it from his hand and throwing it out of the ring instead. It€™ll drive him mental. Make his weakness into a strength by making him a man of few words and devastating actions. Have 'You Talk Too Damn Much' be his new catchphrase, even. It€™s part of what we liked about him in the first place.