We all know that WWE is grooming Roman Reigns to be the next John Cena, and weve seen it in full swing recently with Roman in the ring with Cena during the breast cancer survivor segment earlier this month and being front-and-center during all the Susan G. Komen vignettes. But as much as the company wants Roman to become the next face of the WWE, they couldnt have wanted Reigns to emulate one part of Cenas repertoire. During his Hell in a Cell match against Bray Wyatt, a dueling Lets go Roman!/Roman sucks! chant broke out, with girls and kids chanting for Reigns and mostly adult men rooting against him, just like the breakdown currently is for Cena. Reigns turned in a strong performance inside Hell in a Cell, but a sizable chunk of the audience isnt buying him in this superhero role. (Theyd probably rather see his former Shield teammate Dean Ambrose in the role.) Considering all the problems with Romans build from the Royal Rumble in January through WrestleMania and the aborted world title reign, the higher-ups cant be happy that seven months later, Reigns is getting a 50/50 reaction.
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.
