7 Ups And 5 Downs From WWE Great Balls Of Fire

1. Roman The Sore Loser

Let’s recap this right away: Roman Reigns went for a spear on Braun Strowman, but like a geek, he whiffed and landed in the ambulance. Strowman wisely closed the doors and won the match. End of story.

But Roman was a sore loser and attacked after the bell, driving off with Braun in the back of the ambulance, then smashing it into a tractor trailer. That’s actually more than being a sore loser; that’s attempted vehicular manslaughter.

Now, if this is supposed to be Roman finally just outright turning heel rather than being booed by 65% of the crowd (and the announcers played into this by asking what Roman was thinking), then that’s one thing. But it’s hard to believe that Vince McMahon would let his pet project suddenly turn heel like this, even if it would make more sense than continuing down this path.

And before someone points out that “Stone Cold” Steve Austin used to use vehicles to torment his opponents, let’s note that: 1) Austin was built up as a babyface by the fans; 2) Austin tormented the authority figures who tried to hold him down; 3) Austin’s victims of vehicle assaults were usually hated heels, not someone being cheered by more than half the audience; and 4) Austin wasn’t portrayed as a virtuous babyface to cheer, but as an anti-hero from the get-go.