10 Wrestlers Who FORGOT What They Were Supposed To Do
3. Roman Reigns Forgets What To Say To John Cena
No Mercy 2017 was a B-level Pay-Per-View that was weirdly home to two huge matches. One was the main event pitting Universal Champion Brock Lesnar against Braun Strowman and the other was a clash of the generations between Roman Reigns and John Cena.
The two poster boys had a lot of material to draw on leading into their big match and all the dirty laundry was set to be aired during a promo battle on Raw. Unfortunately, whilst John had many more years' experience and Hollywood movie roles under his belt, Roman was still as green as some of Cena's shirts.
Reigns looks uncomfortable throughout the segment, taking multiple pauses throughout. At one point, he leaves a mammoth gap in the middle of sentence and Big Match John decides to go all in.
He interrupts Reigns, telling him "It's called a promo, kid. if you wanna be the Big Dog, you're gonna have to learn how to do it". It was a devastating burn, but it did have the desired effect of jogging Roman's memory and restarting the war of words.
Needless to say, their battles on the mic were significantly better when they redid this feud four years later.