10 WWE Fan Reactions That Had A Serious Effect On A Wrestler

In reality, this blatant rejection of WWE's latest McMahon anointed face of the company had more of an impact on Roman Reigns' life than it did The Rock's. However, there's no doubt that on the night of the 2015 Royal Rumble it was he who was the more affected of the two once the boos started to rain down.

Throughout his legendary tenure with the company, 'The Great One' had been booed plenty of times before. Yet, on those occasions, that's exactly the reaction he was looking for.

Here, though, his job was simple. Go down to the ring, whoop some *ss and get your relative over.

Only it wasn't simple at all.

Off the back of being royally p*ssed off at Batista being gifted a Royal Rumble winning return a year earlier, the WWE Universe weren't going to settle for anything less than a Daniel Bryan victory in the epic 30 man over-the-top-rope clash. They were also on to the company's new scheme to make Roman 'the man', and didn't want him forced down their throats.

That wasn't to be the case, though, and WWE instead opted to throw Reigns into the spotlight. This then provoked the Philadelphia crowd into blasting the eventual winner, despite him overcoming The Authority with the biggest star in Hollywood in the conclusion of the match.

Going from smiling hero to puzzled part-timer, Rock's face was a picture and he couldn't hide his visual shock at not being able to persuade the fans to celebrate his 'babyface' cousin's win.