10 WWE Storylines We'd Like To See In 2019
1. The Return Of Roman Reigns
Pitched purely through optimism, this may border on the tasteless - but then, WWE operates in such bad taste that it is the durian fruit of media conglomerates.
Roman Reigns returns to Monday Night RAW, unexpectedly, to a surreal but no less earned cacophony. In a rare moment of unanimous joy, a smile materialises on his face as fans, after years of rejecting what he symbolises, react not to the office but the man. No emotive spiel is forthcoming. That was never how Roman went about his business; instead, Roman makes earnest, quick mention of his gratitude, but puts an end to the pity party then and there. He's not here to soak anything up; he's here to reclaim his Universal Championship.
Then, from out of nowhere, Daniel Bryan assaults Reigns from behind. This draws a massive reaction because Bryan is still on SmackDown. This isn't a total destruction - Roman bravely fights back because there is, as we know all too well, such a thing as too much heat - but Bryan is as devious as he is relentless, and puts Roman on a stretcher for a deeply unsettling visual. Wearing an expression of pure surprise, he grabs a microphone.
"Don't you people hate Roman Reigns?" he says. "Am I not doing you a favour?"
He then charges over to security, steel chair in hand, and decimates every last one. He mounts Roman. With each blow, he shouts "Fickle! Fickle! Fickle!"
This leads to an incredible main event - a subversion of the big babyface "obstacle" trope manifesting as great pro wrestling - one for which Bryan, never the guy of the office and now not even the man of the people, holds the ultimate motivation.