6 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 28th)

2. Uh-Oh

Give credit to WWE for one thing: The company has clearly recognized that Roman Reigns is not going to be cheered during long, drawn-out promos espousing why he will be the next world champion. So rather than giving him the microphone and 10 minutes to fill, WWE has let him focus on beat-downs and raw aggression.

But here€™s the problem: The Brooklyn crowd still booed Roman Monday night, after Triple H and Stephanie McMahon spent a great deal of time insulting the crowd and talking about how great they were. They booed when Reigns punched and cheered when Hunter swung fists. They started a €œRoman sucks!€ chant. All of this came on the go-home Raw before Reigns is supposed to walk into WrestleMania as the underdog hero.

It€™s clear WWE realizes there€™s a problem, but trying to use smoke and mirrors to hide the problem clearly isn€™t going to work. Fans aren€™t even falling for, €œHey, Roman€™s beating up the guy who just called us idiots!€ That€™s not good.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.