14 Times Really Weird Sh*t Went Down At WrestleMania 32
3. The Milquetoast Babyface Entrance
Weirdly, Triple H - the defending champion, the veteran and the boss - came on first. Roman Reigns, the rookie challenger, entered second, having to follow Conan The Annihilator. Still, at least his own entrance measured up, right? He got to, I dunno, ride a dragon to the ring, or descend from the heavens on a celestial throne banked by hot nekked angels?
No, of course not. Roman Reigns had to follow that entrance on his own, to his bog standard theme tune, walking down the same ramp as everyone else. If Triple H was a sundae with rum n’ raisin ice cream, brandy snaps and sparklers, this was a scoop of cheap vanilla ice cream in a dirty glass.
The disparity between the two competitors couldn’t have been more obvious. It's almost as if WWE didn't care whether Reigns got over on the big night.
Could it be that they were resigned to him being hated by the WrestleMania crowd, and were grimly determined to get him through to the agreed climax of the night no matter what?
Or is there a nugget of truth to the theory that Triple H has been engaged in an end run around Vince McMahon and his handpicked golden boy: hence the shifting alignments, the calculated hero poses and the deliberate kickass cool on the part of the champion; and the constantly shifting sands and contrary booking handed out to the challenger...