"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium
It was always a mistake for Reigns to hold on to the Shield gimmick, entrance and music after the group broke up. They are making him relay on past successes to carry him through. Separating themselves from the shield was the very first thing Rollins and Ambrose did once they went solo.
AJ Styles theme now out on youtube.
if they want cheers for Roman, fire him, make him destitute, like giving handies for $40 a pop destitute, then have him work in a coal mine for 10 years, then the "fans" will think he's suffered enough to warrant a push
IDK, booking is what got roman over to begin with. they made him look like gold while he was in the shield, they just completely fukt it up when they went about splitting them up.
i agree the shield gimmick that got him over in the 1st place is what's now hurting him.
yeah i'm sure the writers have forced him to be the top heel on the show for the last year against his will, he has no pull in the company after all. poor guy, it's actually probably kevin dunn's fault.
i think the only hurdles he needs to jump through is having good matches and doing good promos, like anybody else. i don't think anybody would have a problem with a solid roman reigns midcard push either.
i was surprised by the reaction AJ got at the rumble and thought it was a great reaction. now that it's had time to settle in does anybody else feel AJ's presence in the rumble overall was pretty ho hum??
i remember before people saying that if they were going to debut him in the rumble he didn't need to win but it should set up a future storyline or feud. that didn't happen though, his elimination was rather meaningless and he didn't have any really memorable interactions that set up a feud or rivalry. he didn't have any significant eliminations to his credit either. he got some time to shine but nothing that separated him from the pack imo.