1. Roman > Every Heel Combined Times 2
There was so much wrong with what WWE did with Roman Reigns on Monday Night that its hard to know where to begin. For starters, you cant job someone out week after week after week, and make us suddenly believe theyre a threat, like they did with Wade Barrett on Monday. R-Truth beat The King of the Ring winner just the prior week on SmackDown in two minutes. It took Roman Reigns 14. That doesnt mean that Barrett suddenly got better, that just means they needed to fill 12 more minutes of TV time. It meant nothing. WWE is now the Bowser of booking. Sure, the large dude could send 100,000 Koopa Troopas, Goombas and Hammer Bros at the exact same time at Mario and overwhelm him easily, but instead he lets them go one at a time. Mario then easily jumps on their heads one-by-one for our enjoyment. In the next game, Bowser learns nothing and tries again, because this is a series primarily targeted for children. So what was stopping HHH and Steph from giving Roman just three opponents if they don't want him in the match? Why not give him 50? Why did three wins suddenly feel fair to them? Or, hey, why not just fire him if they dont like him so much! Evil authority figures do not work if you want to have any type of coherent, logical storyline. Not only was the angle flawed, but WWE is again over-aggressively pushing Roman Reigns, which is what led to the backlash against him in the first place. With the right build, Roman Reigns vs. Barrett or Mark Henry or Bray Wyatt could be a pay-per-view match. They have 13 of them a year to fill after all (unless they want to start booking more with two weeks notice). But instead, he went through them all in one night. The former potential main-eventer in Wyatt couldn't beat a man who wrestled twice that show already, and had The Authority on his side. So only five other competitors in Money in the Bank to stop Roman? Gonna need a few more Koopas. Time to kick out.
Andrew Soucek
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