In case you haven't been paying attention, he's the new "chosen one". He has been hand-picked by WWE management to be the future of the company, whether the fans like it or not. This puts more pressure on him than any one person deserves, to be honest. He has been placed in the almost impossible spot of needing a five-star match to silence his doubters. Anything less, and those people will be saying he didn't "belong" in the WrestleMania main event. That isn't fair, but it's the way pro wrestling works in this day and age. Not only does he have to compete to win the WWE World Title, facing off with one of the most dangerous men to ever step foot in a ring, but he has people watching that are essentially hoping and praying that he fails. That's almost unprecedented in wrestling. Fans hoping that the main event of the biggest show of the year is terrible, just so they can say "I told you so"? How much more can one man have to gain in a single show? Going for the biggest prize in the sport, but needing to put on the best performance of your life to do so, is the task placed before Reigns in a month's time.
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