6 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 27th)

1. Too Soon For Reigns... Again

For a little bit, it looked like WWE was going to do the right thing and take its time to rehab Roman Reigns and build him back up into a main event star fans want to see. Like it or not, Reigns€™ Last Man Standing match with Big Show actually did a good job of rallying fans behind the former Shield member. Roman was constantly fighting from underneath, overcoming some hellacious bumps to deliver a few major bombs himself and ultimately win. Reigns also was starting to sound a little more confident on the microphone. Not having €œsufferin€™ succotash€ written for you will often help with that. Monday night, we learned that WWE decided that the long path back to the main event was about a month in length, with Reigns being inserted into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship triple threat match. So once again, Reigns is being put into a situation in which he either has to win the title or look like a loser. He hasn€™t reached a point in his career where he can just lose a world title match and not have it damage his image. Lose too many of those matches and fans simply won€™t buy you as champion no matter how much the front office loves you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoKPlVKM9fU It would have been better to see Reigns versus Big Show one more time, or Roman taking on Luke Harper or Mark Henry rather than being interjected into a situation where failure can start to do long-term damage. Just ask Lex Luger about not winning the big one.