10 Ways WWE Can Get Fans To Cheer Roman Reigns
7. Make Every Other Match As Boring As Sin
At Backlash, McMahon, in a decision so absurdly antagonistic you couldn't help but laugh, laid out an intentionally drab main event designed to bore his audience. This was... optimistic.
The expectation was that fans would get behind Roman because Samoa Joe's chinlocks were tiresome. Instead, fans, as they invariably do, rejected Roman and tired of Joe in the process, too. The same Samoa Joe who earned so much praise for his promo work was stripped of his value in service of McMahon's hopelessly misguided and relentless bullsh*t. Fans saw through the facade. Many left. Those who remained left the very second Reigns secured the pin. This particular gambit didn't pay off, but there is some logic in the rationale. Instead, in order to cast Roman as the lesser of evils, Vince should go one better and make every other match on every other card horrendous. Have Finn Bálor replace his Coup de Grâce with the old ten punches on the turnbuckle spot. It's no coincidence that the Blackout has restored Seth Rollins. But Seth Rollins isn't the guy, so go ahead and replace that with an atomic drop. Braun Strowman is too dynamic for his own good. Too over for his own good.
Have him use a bearhug.