5 Ups And 3 Downs From Last Night’s WWE SmackDown (Jan 28)

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3. Roman Reigns Making Fun Of Bray Wyatt

WWE are hoping to build Bray Wyatt up to the level of realistically taking on Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, so why is the man constantly undermined on television? Appearing during Chris Jericho's 'Highlight Reel' with Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose, Wyatt was belittled by the babyfaces more than being taken seriously as a threat. That's a mistake. Bray's character is preachy by nature, but he's not helped by the fact that the writing team were willing to poke fun at their own words on Smackdown. Wyatt kept talking in riddles, yammering on about the apocalypse and other dark, creepy stuff. Meanwhile, Reigns made light of the situation and outright said that nobody had a clue what Bray was talking about. This is not a good sign, Wyatt must be made to look strong and threatening. Instead, the top babyfaces all agreed that he's a weirdo, and they didn't even look intimidated by his presence in the slightest. WWE can't continue down this path if they expect fans to take Wyatt seriously as a threat to Brock Lesnar come 'Mania.