10 Times WWE Got Babyfaces Wrong

4. Roman Reigns

Anyone who has watched WWE over the past decade knew it was only a matter of time before Roman 'Vince Says I Will Succeed' Reigns popped up. He's the modern example of how contrived characterisation and stiff company refusal to accept defeat can trample all over someone who is actually pretty damn good.

Yes, Roman is way better than WWE's booking often suggests.

The peak banter years for McMahon's endless crusade to push him as a poster boy came in 2016 when he was showered by confetti at WrestleMania 32, smiled a beaming smile and...fans in attendance either booed mercilessly or sat on their hands. That wet fart of a moment came over a year after another at the 2015 Royal Rumble.

WWE had bashed their heads against countless brick walls by casting Reigns as a heroic smiler who didn't have John Cena's relationship with the younger audience to fall back on. He should've been a different kind of babyface, but Vince wanted an inspirational sort who said Sylvester The Cat's catchphrases instead.