1. The Right Guy Won, But His Presentation Is All Wrong
Roman Reigns is a bad ass. However, he's unlike any bad ass dude that WWE has ever seen. Roman Reigns is more cool than he is tough. He's like The Rock, except that he's far more bruising hulk than "most electrifying man in sports entertainment." Imagine Black Album-eraJay Z levels of swag combined with the ability to bench press your house. Beating Daniel Bryan is "getting that dirt off shoulder more than "hard fought pro wrestling match." A semi-self absorbed and hard-nosed fighter who wants to maintain his family's legacy of excellence? That's certainly better than the man who wears SWAT team gear for no reason whatsoever and wins matches that the fans don't believe that he should deserve to win.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
