9 WWE Questions With Bloc Party's Russell Lissack
6. The Roman Reigns Problem
What do you think of problems WWE have had with making stars - particularly babyfaces - in the modern era, in the wake of contrasting fan responses to John Cena, and even more so now with Roman Reigns?
"People seem to rebel if something is thrown in their face, and Roman's damaged goods because of that now. I do think he's really good. He has great matches, but the way he's been presented since the Daniel Bryan debacle the other year has basically made everybody turn on him.
It seems as though they can't organically build a babyface anymore. Going for the John Cena approach doesn't seem to work as well for him. Not that Roman wont be a big star and have a successful career, but it even took Cena about ten years to overcome that level of hate. He had years of the 'You cant wrestle' chants.
Its so difficult now though because if he became a heel, the moment you turn him, the problem might be the same. Like with Cena, if you turned him now, a load more people will cheer him and at least half the audience will love him, which is what they already have.
Reigns has been a bit more of a d*ck lately, and maybe a turn is coming, but then everything he's done over the last few years has felt like the start of a heel turn. Every feud he's had could have be the one!"