The Roman Reigns experiment will fail once again. Not only will fans resent his push back to the top of the card, but they'll view the manner in which he won the WWE Title to be cheap and indecisive. Lesnar will hound Reigns for a rematch, but all he'll get will be a triple threat bout at Survivor Series with Seth Rollins. Reigns will pin Rollins, retaining the title while Brock goes unbeaten. John Cena will win the 2017 Royal Rumble, with WWE hoping that a Cena-Reigns confrontation will both silence anti-Reigns sentiment and establish him as the new top babyface. In the weeks leading up to the event, though, it will become clear that the WWE Universe wants no part of either man as champion. Their face-offs will be booed vociferously, and WWE will panic. The WrestleMania bout will still go on as intended, with Reigns pinning Cena with the Spear establishing himself as the champion emeritus's superior. Immediately after the match, though, Rollins will cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase. This time, he'll pin Reigns and once again capture the WWE Title at WrestleMania.
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
