It's a foregone conclusion that Roman Reigns is walking out of WrestleMania 32 as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. What happens then? Despite having trouble getting the fan reaction WWE wants him to (he'll be booed at WrestleMania, then settle into relatively positive, but tepid, reactions afterwards), Reigns will still be given a semi-lengthy run with the belt. His main feud during the spring will be with Dean Ambrose, who will finally turn on his former Shield brother to provide a fresh program (and, WWE's decision-makers will hope, remove some competition when it comes to Reigns getting the top face reaction in the company). Ambrose will be unable to take the WWE Championship from Reigns, but after he fails, an old foe will return to action and emerge as a challenger...
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
*Best Crowd of the Year, 2013