10 Ways WWE Can Get Fans To Cheer Roman Reigns

3. Just Reform The Shield Again, People Liked Them

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Receiving jeers a third of the time is three times better than getting booed the f*ck out of every building, or as has happened more recently, wrestling in libraries and churches.

Enter The Shield.

Everybody loved The Shield. The Shield was more an ecosystem of brilliance than a pro wrestling faction; delivering blinding six-man tags fusing constant all-action content with realistic, immersive strategy, the group brought elusive genius to WWE in life and, albeit less so, in death. The problem with simply reforming The Shield is that, if the cursed late-2017 reboot is any indication, a higher power is in on the work. It was almost as if God himself had reiterated the message to Vince: Roman isn't getting over as a babyface, you mad b*stard. Here. Here's Kurt Angle in riot gear. This is more plausible than Roman Reigns: popular protagonist.

But, since Vince knows better, expect Dean Ambrose to return as a hapless friend in need, and for the white-hot Seth Rollins to worship at the altar of the Big Dog. It doesn't matter that the awesome 2013-15 vintage is uncorked once more.

He needs that hot tag.

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