10 Ways WWE Can Get Fans To Cheer Roman Reigns

2. Give Him Another Move

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Wrestling: it's not about moves.

It's about timing and sequencing and subverting those moves, and mastering through body language the space between them in order to extract the maximum audience reaction, something at which Roman excels in the right context. The 'Roman Reigns only knows X moves' take is so turgid because think about it for longer than a second: do Seth Rollins or AJ Styles debut a new move every match?

But a certain pocket of the fandom thinks it's about moves, so let's make it about moves and give Roman Reigns a new move. But what move? WWE has long outlawed those moves that see the recipient dropped on their head, so why not make another special exemption for Roman - it's so close to working - and afford him a further special booking privilege that definitely doesn't alienate everybody? Let Roman use the piledriver. He nearly managed to pull it off at WrestleMania 33, so surely he'll do so at the next opportunity. Or, alternatively, expand his arsenal with a backbreaker, or something.

It doesn't matter.

The guy could pull off a double rotation moonsault and fans would still hate him because he's a serial loser and a puppet - Michael Cole if he wrestled, essentially.

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