7 Things Roman Reigns Must Do To Win Over Fans
6. No More Humor
Some wrestlers simply can’t do humor. WWE makes it even harder to make fans genuinely laugh at their material, because the man who runs the company stopped maturing at the age of 10. Still,some can still make a nice living out of being funny for a career. Roman is not one of them.
Wrestlers just need to stick to what they’re good at. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson would be much better off if they weren’t involved in embarrassingly awful skits every week, and likewise, Roman would come off as more of a badass if he wasn’t so corny on the mic.
Recently, he’s referred to Rusev multiple times as a “Bulgarian Sasquatch” and made claims that Lana is a mail order bride. These are lines that you can imagine would be in a John Cena script. Roman shouldn’t be written like Cena, just like The Rock wasn’t written like Steve Austin or Bret Hart like Shawn Michaels.
The top stars need unique voices, and if something feels unnatural to their character, then creative shouldn't have the character say the line. That seems pretty obvious, but WWE keeps thinking that the way for Roman to charm us and finally win us over is to make us laugh.
The problem is, he’s never made us laugh. And maybe the bigger problem is he just talks too damn much...