The Traumatic Rise of Roman Reigns

[@takrimiqbal6378]

I loved him since shield days...he has always been my favorite superstar...it didn't matter to me if people hated him ...but it feels really good now to see people chanting his name every week

[@what-ij2dw]

Same i always liked him

[@kabelomonyela03]

Yea he's been always THAT Guy💯💪🏾

[@judepereira]

@@kabelomonyela03The Guy

[@rodneyhogrefe6180]

💯

[@dylanbryant3547]

2015: hated hero 2020: loved villain 2024: loved hero

[@gamingdragon1356]

Roman was only hated by the smarks. He was a top merchandiae seller as well as a very popular guy among the casual fans.

[@BrainnUniverse]

Only the US crowd used to hate Roman, nobody in the world other than them hated him

[@tahjjones5295]

As a American, I agree with you. I always liked Roman ever since I was a kid and I never understood the hate he was getting. As I got older I realized the ppl that hated Roman were those sweaty neck beard fans

[@terryaasoglenang6023]

Actually it's true At that time he was hated most to every kid I asked loved him I can say more that 95%

[@Slapnuts9627]

This was back when American fans preferred to see wrestlers like AJ Styles or Kenny Omega. Yk, back flips and all that, Roman was the opposite of that. It wasn't cool to like the big guys anymore

[@angrymaniac53]

Not really

[@ReckWayne]

@@tahjjones5295the win over taker still blows me lowkey & I always liked Roman

[@KillSensei]

I never hated Roman

[@StraightAssassin]

ik i sure did but it wasn’t his fault doe. he’s not my favorite of all time

[@alijahcordova8359]

Man y'all all switched up when he turned heel even I can admit big dog Roman was the worst period in his career

[@what-ij2dw]

​@@alijahcordova8359 naah i loved him as big dog too however I stopped watching WWE when he was booed and hated in 2018 but when I started watching again he was already the best version

[@GCMXHD]

Same here I been a fan of him for years

[@VictoriaMofoka]

Me too

[@mrrobluxo2369]

Royal Rumble 2015 hurt him immensely. There was other ways to get the job done but WWE rushed it

[@JaquanJones-u5o]

Roman reigns was my favorite wwe superstar since 2015 and 2016

[@SuraBefekadu]

I still can’t understand one thing and that is the fans never hated Brock Lesnar when he beat the undertaker but they booed Roman when he did the same thing that lesnar did😢

[@angrymaniac53]

It's because of the name Brock carries. While Brock did get boooed but it wasn't that bad because Brock has his own big fan base which is as big as or much bigger than undertaker's. Also Brock was well established veterian unlike roman and Brock was also a pro mma fighter and stuff and given Brock's dominance in WWE, it was logical that someone like Brock beating the streak. Meanwhile roman was being forcefully pushed when there were other guys that should have been pushed and stuff. Roman's lack of experience, unable to connect with fans and stuff, etc there are alot of stuff that made fan booed roman. If it wasn't for that leukemia thing, roman hate wouldn't have died down. That leukemia did help a little bit and stuff. People were just tired of roman at that time especially since that "roman" wasn't an interesting guy and to fans he was just being forcefully pushed as Babyface despite lacking aura. It's just roman reigns used to suck alot. But now because of experience and better booking and storylines he has become a more liked than he was before. If it wasn't for leukemia and his villain storylines he might have still been hated. He also is much more experienced now and knows to play his character and storyline well.

[@jamarlbryant1445]

He’s one of my favorite wrestlers he has done some amazing work for the past 4 years even in his shield days he was good but now he’s amazing he’s going to go down as one of the greatest villains of all time. I didn’t really like the whole big dog / baby face push they gave him it felt force but glad they changed things up .

[@sandiletwala3001]

I have always been a Roman Reigns fan since his shield days, Big Dog days and up to the Tribal chief gimmick. It didn't matter to me if they were shoving him up our faces. I have always been a fan up until now

[@tanzimmostafaopurbo]

Bad boy tribal chief not only changed his life but also changed my life.

[@wrestling.corner]

Hi, who do you use for your thumbnail?

[@thewrestlemanic]

I edit the thumbnails myself in Photoshop.

[@feitanportor3350]

always loved him since his early days good to see the love

[@jvylo6114]

I always loved him since his shield debut.

[@azriazhar6288]

Roman is hated because of Daniel Bryan not getting the spotlight they wanted not him being the hero

[@Historywithmiakeski]

Roman was hated because he was booked like shit can we be real?

[@gouthameow]

He was booed that particular day because of that, but he was also very bad. See his old promos, suffering succotash, and the one where he says he will become the head of the table in 2015-18 time. He was already getting stale reaction as no one wanted to wait for his main event and if they ever wanted to wait, it was to see him loose clean. 2020 Roman was so different, he worked on his expressions, his confidence, his mannerisms a lot during his break. Like he reaopt worked for it. Compared to his promos now, the older ones look like he was trying to resemble a pitbull back then.

[@MajinUltraEgo]

​@@HistorywithmiakeskiRoman was always booked well, this is the same guy who beat the Undertaker clean before he became Tribal Cheif you marks just booed him lmao

[@schnaeider]

Our tribal chief ❤

[@dbradandthem2727]

I never hated dude. Most people hating were just picking on dude. It was rare time NERDS got to pick on the cool guy. 50% of his Boos were CAP🎉

[@MK-9Z3RO]

From the most hated to now the most beloved

[@UncleUkaliq]

When Vince really lost his touch the year before this happened

[@Leviathan1000]

Remember it was all vince idea, he didn't care what the fans wanted, he wanted the next John cena and of course he'll go to Hollywood after 10 years.

[@AlbertHenry-m9j]

My type of champion looks strong,verbally sound with at least 2 finish moves

[@DianaSanders-ie6wp]

❤❤l love love 💕 love Roman Reigns🥰🤩

[@ValiantMonk1]

Shield Roman was my favorite

[@HighWoody]

I never hated Roman reigns. I was just influenced by the dork marks on hating him.

[@dbradandthem2727]

Kurt Angle is GOAT of his generation imo and I LOVED singing YOU SUCK YOU SUCK

[@sharangsharu5079]

Roman is a great wrestler and i am from india and i liked him,and shield too yss his promos were average but his ring work wrestling was great, and when he turn heel i like him even more cuz he now doing something original at first it was not great but by 2021 he was more respected and yet there are some scumbags who refuse to cheer him. Now he is top guy in the company thanks only to triple hhh. Yet Vince played a major part in john cena's career, he thought he could do it again for roman but it awful, now roman is getting his respect cuz of hhh, it took almost 10 years which is insane

[@DarkBrineGaming]

He is the first wrestler i liked when i was a kid and still until now

[@ace-ym2jq]

Isn't this what Dom gets

[@kyleitaliano9079]

His promo skills did improve with the tribal chief character we have to remember the reason he defeated Egg and Daniel Bryan was because of Jey USO again scripted however we have to remember that ha

[@Loranceimm]

❤

[@cihancan3041]

The most hated man is chris benoit

[@deznutzgamer]

6:18 here i knew that this man is going to be great EST champion of all time

[@sebastientumahai9560]

I’ve always liked Roman. But if you’ve seen his work from fcw and his little stint in NXT. And his current tribal chief character. I don’t know why WWE decided to have this dude be a hookie face for 5 straight years untill the pandemic. This guy is a natural badass asshole. What could’ve been from 2014 to 2019

[@SPAC3H3R0]

And now it was the fans fault that Roman has destroyed every single superstar everyone loved in wwe John cena Kevin Owens randy Seth Sami etc the fans had no idea the monster they created and now this title reign 1316 days was because it was the fans fault and Roman’s brother said said “Now go in there and be a asshole and that’s what he did

[@eddiecampbell9663]

He never destroyed seth....he has never beat seth in a PLE

[@SPAC3H3R0]

@@eddiecampbell9663 yeah he did it’s the refs fault he lifted Seth’s hand when he wasn’t supposed to and help Seth grab the rope so Roman did beat Seth and the ref is at fault for that

[@eddiecampbell9663]

@@SPAC3H3R0 u must be referring to royal rumble 2022 seth won by DQ

[@SPAC3H3R0]

@@eddiecampbell9663 no shit Sherlock what else was I talking about Seth didn’t win the ref ruined the entire match and Seth wasn’t meant to grab the rope the ref lift Seth’s hand and let Seth grab the rope

[@Yifeng-rn4ov]

Fickle fans. Hate him as a face, love him as a heel, hate him cause his champ for over 1000 days, chant we want Cody, boo Cody as champ and now say We want Roman. Fake fans

[@slimmy478-6]

His matches were still better when he was hated by normies. Also Vince is the main reason for this. Should've turned him heel after he defeated the undertaker.

[@crispycruiser4654]

I was there at Roman's first PPV match as a member of The Shield. I think it was against Ryback and Team Hell No. I didn't like Roman back then. I was there at WrestleMania 33 in Orlando when he beat The Undertaker, and then next night on RAW when we didn't let him talk for what felt like 10 minutes. By that point, I hated Roman. By 2019, when he relinquished the title due to cancer, for the first time I felt sympathy for Joe the man even if not Roman the character. When he returned in 2020 as a bad guy I was intrigued, but wasn't sure it would work. I began to like Roman's work, but as a heel. It was still always over his head that he failed miserably as a face. I was angry when Cody lost at WM39. But it was all worth it in the end. When done right, long term storytelling can be fantastic. Now I'm hoping they have one final blow off match with the heel/face dynamic reversed. Cody is getting stale, giving title shots to his friends just because. Cody should betray Randy Orton (before Randy can betray him) and turn into a mob boss heel of a Legacy 2.0 stable with Bron Brekker and Brian Pillman Jr. And Roman, finally getting the mega babyface reactions after more than a decade, should continue his redemption arc by losing to Cody due to help from The Rock, culminating with Roman beating Rock at WM41. Who would've thought that would be the dynamic of this match going back to the 2015 Royal Rumble, fans booing The Rock and cheering Roman Reigns? In the mean time, I apologize and I ACKNOWLEDGE MY ORIGINAL TRIBAL CHIEF! ☝

[@Johndagoat11]

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[@Clout_chasing_boy]

He is the sole SUPERSTAR in wrestling today and has been fot atleast 4 years.

[@mycahjofficial]

*Why did Roman’s initial babyface push failed? Hmmm let me see…* - He was pushed way too early long before he was even ready to sniff the main event scene - He was very boring and uncharismatic from a character standpoint - 2015 Royal Rumble debacle (this one doesn’t even need an explanation at all) - So many cringe-inducing promos from “sufferin’ succotash”, “tater tots”, and the infamous “beanstalk”promo - Roman’s never-ending megapush came at the expense of holding back or sidelining other white-hot wrestlers whom were way more popular than he was such as the likes of Dean Ambrose and Daniel Bryan - Giving him blue eye contacts to make him appealing I guess which was very cringe - Handing him FOUR UNDESERVING WrestleMania main events in a row (with 3 out of 4 of them being terrible)

[@simbongilemathenjwa6593]

It just one reason vince tried to make Roman a cena which was something he was not,vince wanted roman to wear cenas craft and it failed coz roman was a natural mega star only when he is himself. Vince couldn't let roman be himself he controlled romans babyface Character to make him a cena which it failed because,it was ovbious to the fans he was not himself.the moment he became himself and control his own Character development he quickly become a megar star.hes got the it factor,the physic,the Aura and the charisma when he himself just like I said hes a natural megar star,he wont fit in other people's craft except on his own.

[@davidmcaninch4714]

Don’t forget he’s only the second person to ever beat the Undertaker at WrestleMania.

[@Clout_chasing_boy]

Its a fake sport, goof. No one “deserves” anything. The company pushes who they want

[@MatheusB.SdeFreitas-sn3pj]

i dint liked roman reigns but i did not hated him, Vince kept overpushing him end burying young Superstars, the real fault was Vince end poor writing.

[@miteshjha7783]

He is a failure in wwe and a big pushover 😂😂😂😂

[@Limitless-m8x]

Dummy...

[@quehunyt]

Man. Your denial is understandable.

[@Historywithmiakeski]

Traumatic 😂

[@explorewithefrain7305]

Some wrestling 🤼 fans are fickle. They will be booing rr again in 4 years.