10 Wrestlers More Suitable To Main Event WrestleMania 32 Than Roman Reigns

In the words of Bray Wyatt, anyone but you, Roman. Anyone... but you.

by Andrew Pollard
Whilst it feels wrong to many wrestling fans to see a 46-year-old part-time performer headlining WrestleMania 32, there€™s also a large (and vocal) fanbase who agree with the words of the ever-wise Bray Wyatt: Anyone but you, Roman. Roman Reigns has had an extremely bumpy ride since the breakup of The Shield. Whilst Seth Rollins became a true main event player and carried the WWE Championship for 220 days, and with Dean is currently being the most popular active babyface on the WWE roster, it€™s Roman, the man pushed to the moon and built up to be €˜the man€™, who has struggled. Ever since things came to a head with Reigns winning the 2015 Royal Rumble to a chorus of boos that even The Rock couldn€™t put a stop to, a sizeable section of WWE fans have rejected the notion of Roman being the one to take over the proverbial day-glo wristbands of John Cena. With many believing it€™s a given that Roman Reigns will be walking out of Fast Lane as the #1 contender to The Game€™s WWE Title, fans have already started to voice their concern at seeing The Big Dog headlining another WrestleMania and, this time, being a cert to walk out of the event with the gold. As such, here are 10 superstars who are more suitable candidates to headline this year€™s Showcase of the Immortals against the Cerebral Assassin.
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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.