Its just so weird that after all this time, that a large, vocal percentage of the crowd still wants nothing to do with Roman Reigns. When Steve Austin got his push to the top, fans werent chanting for Bret Hart or Shawn Michaels to take his spot. When Hogan was the face of the company, fans werent clamoring for the recently ousted Bob Backlund. Part of the reason is that fans know Reigns is the chosen one, and is being protected by the company. The opening segment on Raw saw Vince and some terribly incompetent police doing all the speaking and acting work, while Roman stood in the background. When they did go face-to-face, audible chants for CM Punk and Daniel Bryan broke out, which is embarrassment for everyone involved. When it was Steve Austin vs. Vince they could rely on Stone Cold to do his share of the work on the microphone, same with The Rock when he went against The Boss. But Roman? Just stand there and show off your pretty smile. I guess hes good at that, but thats kind of it.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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