8 Ups And 4 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 3)
1. Is WWE Epically Trolling Its Fans?
So after a video package recalling the WrestleMania main event, Raw cut to the arena, where fans launched into a lengthy, rhythmic “Undertaker” chant, which then added a dueling “Roman sucks!”
And what came next? You guessed it, everyone’s favorite punching bag, Roman Reigns.
Now, if WWE is deliberately trolling its fans, then this really could belong in the “ups” category, or at least be neutral. But that also would only really work if they’re actually going through with turning Roman heel. If his little shtick in the ring (“This is my yard now!”) is a hint of a new cockiness, then so be it.
But we’ve seen for a long time now moments where fans swore WWE would realize a sizable chunk will not buy Reigns as a babyface champion and would thus book him more as a heel than a conquering hero. And that’s never happened. So until it does, this kind of moment felt more like cluelessness than trolling. Or if it was trolling, it’s not coming with the requisite character beat that should be told in this story.