The boos for Roman are back.

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I don’t know if anyone noticed, but as soon as Roman’s music hit for his match with Drew, very audible boos were present. It may not be 2016 bad, but, they were for sure there. Especially when you go back and listen to it during Kofi’s post match speech. Then, it happened again when Seth mentioned Roman’s name during the off air segment.

2:30 or so.

Man, that’s crazy lol poor dude just isn’t going to catch a break.

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I'm heartened by how fast the Universe turned positive when Word Life Cena came out. It shows me that they may not be rejecting the actor so much as they're rejecting the act.

[spagett]

They've handled the Roman Reigns return about as well as they handled the Daniel Bryan return last year.

And unfortunately for Roman I don't see them letting him turn heel to get his groove back like Bryan has.

I don't think we'll see a return to full on f*** You Roman reactions but it might actually be worse than that. A tepid meh reaction is ten times worse than getting booed.

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Apr 10, 2019 10:48:04 GMT -5 @oldbaby said:

I'm heartened by how fast the Universe turned positive when Word Life Cena came out. It shows me that they may not be rejecting the actor so much as they're rejecting the act.

I would agree, however, they really haven’t pushed Roman as fast or as bad as they did before. They had him looking weak, getting beat down multiple times, letting him be more relaxed in his promos. I don’t know, I just don’t see the need to hate the act right now.

[Pushed to the Moon]

Apr 10, 2019 10:48:41 GMT -5 spagett said:

They've handled the Roman Reigns return about as well as they handled the Daniel Bryan return last year.

And unfortunately for Roman I don't see them letting him turn heel to get his groove back like Bryan has.

I don't think we'll see a return to full on f*** You Roman reactions but it might actually be worse than that. A tepid meh reaction is ten times worse than getting booed.

He needs to switch up his style. We need a new Roman Reigns like the New Daniel Bryan.

[spagett]

Apr 10, 2019 10:55:39 GMT -5 Pushed to the Moon said:

Apr 10, 2019 10:48:41 GMT -5 spagett said:

They've handled the Roman Reigns return about as well as they handled the Daniel Bryan return last year.

And unfortunately for Roman I don't see them letting him turn heel to get his groove back like Bryan has.

I don't think we'll see a return to full on f*** You Roman reactions but it might actually be worse than that. A tepid meh reaction is ten times worse than getting booed.

He needs to switch up his style. We need a new Roman Reigns like the New Daniel Bryan.

Even if he was able to do that I don't think Vince would allow it.

Cena has now set the template for their top guy, you change absolutely nothing about yourself no matter how stale you get.

[Bobeddy]

I think another thing to consider is the makeup of the audience this last week. For Mania and Raw you'll have had the smarkiest smarks in attendance. Since about Mania 33 It's been the cool thing to mercilessly boo Roman at the big shows.

Unfortunately I don't put it past people of a certain mindset to be moronically stubborn and go "I don't care, I STILL don't like him". And by all means, they can cheer/boo whoever they please, but to me it comes off is posturing and trying to still be edgy.

[Pushed to the Moon]

Apr 10, 2019 10:57:10 GMT -5 spagett said:

Apr 10, 2019 10:55:39 GMT -5 Pushed to the Moon said:

He needs to switch up his style. We need a new Roman Reigns like the New Daniel Bryan.

Even if he was able to do that I don't think Vince would allow it.

Cena has now set the template for their top guy, you change absolutely nothing about yourself no matter how stale you get.

You're probably right. I did see that interview where Roman said he wanted to be a little more relaxed and goofy. The Shield gear really needs to go too. I wonder how much say in has in things though. I remember how much people flipped out over him just having white shoes on one time haha. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD START!

[KobashiChop]

Change his music. Seriously, the booing is almost Pavlovian.

And he is still the same guy more or less.

[The 1Watcher Experience]

Apr 10, 2019 10:55:39 GMT -5 Pushed to the Moon said:

Apr 10, 2019 10:48:41 GMT -5 spagett said:

They've handled the Roman Reigns return about as well as they handled the Daniel Bryan return last year.

And unfortunately for Roman I don't see them letting him turn heel to get his groove back like Bryan has.

I don't think we'll see a return to full on f*** You Roman reactions but it might actually be worse than that. A tepid meh reaction is ten times worse than getting booed.

He needs to switch up his style. We need a new Roman Reigns like the New Daniel Bryan.

Definitely. Fans all over were very sympathetic to Reigns and his battle. It was real. Everyone can get behind that and want to see him win even if they weren’t fans of the wrestler or the character. However he’s not going to suddenly win people over beyond that if he’s continuously portraying the same character they couldn’t stand.

Reigns needs a fresh coat of paint and some changes in how he’s presented if they want him to truly be seen in a different light. Give fans the same old shit and they’ll shit on it soon enough. People want to like Reigns. I honestly believe that. Give them more reasons to and they will.

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We'll see how he is this next week since this week is a particular audience. If the same applies to next week then we'll have to have a discussion about it. Mind you Dana Brooke was being cheered this week which doesn't make sense.

[Dub H]

Dude is still the same Roman Reigns people didnt care about.


He needed a make over for people to like him,it was the perfect time for one.

[spagett]

Apr 10, 2019 11:05:21 GMT -5 Pushed to the Moon said:

Apr 10, 2019 10:57:10 GMT -5 spagett said:

Even if he was able to do that I don't think Vince would allow it.

Cena has now set the template for their top guy, you change absolutely nothing about yourself no matter how stale you get.

You're probably right. I did see that interview where Roman said he wanted to be a little more relaxed and goofy. The Shield gear really needs to go too. I wonder how much say in has in things though. I remember how much people flipped out over him just having white shoes on one time haha. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD START!

Haha yeah, although didn't Roman come out and say Vince told him afterwards, never wear those white trainers again?

He finally changed a tiny thing about his appearance and was immediately told nope, go back to the stale old look.

I do have sympathy for Reigns in that regard, I think he knows he needs to evolve and change his look and style up but Vince just won't let him.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Crazy idea.

What if we develop his character somehow so that he's not the same dude that no one wanted?

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Apr 10, 2019 11:17:46 GMT -5 @kn said:

We'll see how he is this next week since this week is a particular audience. If the same applies to next week then we'll have to have a discussion about it. Mind you Dana Brooke was being cheered this week which doesn't make sense.

Yea, considering the audience let's give it another week or two to see what happens

Is the good vibes going to last forever? Hell no, i've already said he needs to switch it up at some point like DB did, but he just came back so it be too early to make that switch. Will see what happens after the shakeup and closer to MITB and Summerslam

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

I guess I can't blame the crowd per se, but that was really disappointing.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Also to add perspective from being at Mania

It was def the men that were booing him and saying he sucks. They didn't say shit to Drew, just wanted to boo Roman but still do the Ohhh Ahhh when he does the spear

[xCompackx]

You can’t bring somebody back who wasn’t getting good reactions, do the same thing, and expect different results. Frankly, of the issues with Roman’s character, his promos being stilted and boring were lower on the list of things needing changed.

People love the guy; if there was anything remotely positive to take away from his absence, it’s that you could tell how much people like him. But, the Roman Reigns character is a failed project.

[A Platypus Rave]

Apr 10, 2019 11:17:53 GMT -5 Dub H said:

Dude is still the same Roman Reigns people didnt care about.


He needed a make over for people to like him,it was the perfect time for one.

But they changed his logo into cancer ribbons isn't that enough?!

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I think Roman's genuinely fine with people reacting however they want to him and he's just grateful to be back. But yeah, they really do need to change the guy's presentation up big time.