7 Ups And 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Dec 7)
4. Roman! Roman! Roman!
No, your ears werent deceiving you, that was the Charleston faithful chanting for Roman Reigns at the end of Raw. Somehow, some way, Roman manages to elicit a strong positive reaction when hes in the midst of a wild brawl. Thats happened a couple times now where Reigns has gotten the live audience behind him, which might be a sign that hes turning a corner. Or its just the fans trolling the TV viewers. Regardless, a mediocre chant for Reigns doesnt mean that hes suddenly the answer to John Cena or that hes going to change the business like his cousin the Rock did. But if were looking for any positive possible, this has to count for something. It means that fans want to buy into Roman at some level, though its not at the Vince McMahon-inspired superhero level. Reigns got over with the Shield for their hard-nosed brawling, and thats when Roman tends to get the biggest reaction nowadays. (Remember his wild brawl with Bray Wyatt to close Raw a couple months ago?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fPbXRTiLs8 Its just worth noting that Reigns got a nice reaction from the live crowd, but its also worth tossing out that WWE logic would indicate that since Roman pinned Sheamus in the opener and got the upper hand at the end of Raw, hes losing at TLC.
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.
