jonny31623 wrote:Butch718 wrote:wolfv wrote:The only way I see this Reigns crap working is if he turns heel and HHH turns face during the match, similar to Austin and Bret changing roles 19 years ago (wow, can't believe it was that long ago now)
The thing is that double turn occurred organically. You can't force that kind of storyline on the fans these days.
Their best shot of turning Roman heel was during Survivor Series. They had another shot to turn him heel during the triple threat match between himself, Brock and Ambrose, but they decided to have him no sell chair shots from Dean, and no sell a kimura lock from Lesnar instead. And they wonder why fans can't stand him?
None of this is Reigns fault either. He's been booked like garbage. But Vince is completely stubborn and wants Reigns to be his new Cena so badly. The problem is Cena actually got over organically as a face and a heel before he had the machine behind him. He actually possessed good mic skills and had charisma. Reigns doesn't have charisma or the mic skills to be a top face. DB didn't have great mic skills either but at least he had that "it" factor. He was also a believable underdog that the fans could get behind. It's embarrassing to see them try and make Reigns a DB type underdog against the Authority. It just doesn't work, especially when he's won 2 world titles in the past 5 months.
While I feel bad for Reigns, I also can't blame fans for booing him. And this argument that at least he's getting a reaction and that people will be tuning in to Wrestlemania regardless is utter shortsighted BS. Why settle sort term results, when you can actually build him the proper way? But they refuse to, and they refuse to listen to the fans that want to support guys like Ambrose and Owens. And the thing is if they actually turned those two into legit main eventers, they would become absolutely stars that could carry the company. But because neither has the look they're looking for, they relegated to upper mid card status instead, while they continue to force Reigns on fans who simply won't accept him.
im pretty sure reigns will eventually turn heel when rollins comes back.... rollins is the face of the company and will be the best babyface the company has had in a longggg longg timee.
I don't know Rollins was such a good heel before the injury. I feel like he would be stale as a babyface. Kind of like Jericho when he plays face from time to time. Whether WWE like it or not the top babyface is AJ Styles. They should be giving him a big push in the next few months while he is still able to work high profile matches.
