7 Times Roman Reigns Acted Like WWE's Biggest Heel

2. Bragging About Retiring The Undertaker

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Don't ever let anyone tell you that The Undertaker needed to lose his last WrestleMania match; 'Taker had already lost his historic winning streak in 2014, so it wasn't much to ask for him to go out on a high in Orlando. Still, it was admirable for Undertaker to follow tradition and lose on the way out.

It didn't have to be Roman Reigns who beat him though, because Reigns was never going to be accepted for cruelly ending the career of a legend. Instead of being respectful and full of sorrow for doing what he had to do the night before, Roman appeared on Raw, revelled in 10 full minutes of fan booing, then uttered, "This is my yard now" into the mic before throwing it down and leaving.

WWE didn't have a lot of choice here, granted. Had Reigns been disconsolate, he would have been booed anyway. Even so, he came across as a super-villain by so coldly dismissing The Undertaker's legacy and claiming the icon's 'yard' for himself.

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