Why Vince McMahon Won't Push Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns' joyous return to Monday Night Raw in February was the best moment of the year.
Most of 2019's chaos reached a bottleneck this week. Despite Cody nearly cooking his dog on a pay-per-view and Tony Khan literally making jokes about his talent healthcare arrangements, AEW held onto enough buzz to earn a 1.4million rating, crushing the new souped-up two-hour version of NXT in the process. Raw, as result of the aforementioned billion dollars pumped into blue brand became the definitive WWE B-show for the first time in its near-30 year history. A draft on the second Fox edition of Friday Night SmackDown will likely confirm as much with some lopsided rosters akin to the front-loaded Raws of old.
Yet, none of it compares to the February 25th Raw's show-opening promo from 'The Big Dog'.
In 2017, he was booed out of the building for saying just five words after defeating The Undertaker at WrestleMania 33. Two years later and one less earned him the biggest pop of his career. From "This is my yard now" to "I'm in remission y'all", Reigns' real comeback story far outweighed any predetermined one WWE had tried to script during his time at the top of the company. In his first order of business, he reunited The Shield for a last stand blistering pay-per-view main event at Fastlane. He hasn't headlined a supercard since.
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