7 Things That Are CLEARLY Wrong With WWE Following Royal Rumble 2015
2. We're Finally Seeing The Problems With Buying WCW And KIlling The Territories
Wouldn't it have been nice to have a company (or two) for Roman Reigns to wrestle in and learn the craft of being a main eventer prior to wrestling in World Wrestling Entertainment? Certainly. Thirty years ago, the Roman Reigns we're seeing right now may have *just* been out of Memphis and being hand-held through main event matches in the Mid-Atlantic territory by the likes of Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes and Tully Blanchard. Fifteen years ago, Roman Reigns would've been a Natural Born Thriller being thrown to the wolves and having main event level matches with Jeff Jarrett, Booker T, Chris Benoit and numerous others. In 2015, Roman Reigns is winning the Royal Rumble and headlining Wrestlemania. That's really problematic. Vince's chickens are finally coming home to roost.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
