10 Wrestlers Vince McMahon Couldn't Get Over
8. Roman Reigns (Again)
There are just certain turds no amount of polish can shine up.
"Vince McMahon doesn't want Roman Reigns to be WWE Champion" and/or "Roman Reigns isn't Vince McMahon's chosen one" are two of the nuttiest floaters.
Vince McMahon is a promoter who has asked for all kinds of suspension of disbelief over the decades. He's asked fans to buy into clowns; murder, evil and wholesome alike in various guises. He's requested that his audience imagine that ice hockey players, taxmen, mobsters and even possessed demons from another realm are best served making real money in his pro wrestling racket. He even tried to sell the concept of Triple H as a suitable replacement to The Rock and Steve Austin for about three years, bless him.
He could not sell this.
By 2018's WrestleMania build, Roman Reigns' status as a WWE office favourite was so crystal clear that the company had seemingly given up trying to resist it. His planned WrestleMania opponent Brock Lesnar was and is a McMahon favourite too, but Reigns racing to gorilla to give the gaffer a piece of his mind about his pet project was richer than Vince himself.
It all lead to the most sh*t-upon 'Show Of Shows' headliner in the event's history. There was nothing of any standard left to shine.