4 negatives from Roman Reign's WWE run in 2017

#3 His feud/match with John Cena

Not what we expected.

In a further indication as to how big a year it has been for Roman Reigns, after defeating Taker at the show of shows he then moved onto the guy he is meant to be replacing at the top of the WWE main event picture.

Rather than using this as a way to claw some credibility back to the character and give Roman a chance at fulfilling his destiny, everything about the way the WWE handled the Roman Reigns vs. John Cena program was a massive let down.

First of all, it all happened out of nowhere. One minute Cena was defeating people over on Smackdown, and the next he was demanding a match with Reigns over on RAW. This really should have been a Wrestlemania or Summerslam feud, with weeks of build and a lot of effort being put into the narrative.

And while there may have been a couple of memorable moments along the way, it all essentially fell under the radar, culminating in a match at a throwaway B-PPV.

Worst of all, as far as Reigns is concerned, fans were witnessing how much of a gulf still exists between the two men. Cena's mic skills, while not his best, were still considerably better than Roman's. There is still, sadly, a long way to go before Vince can fully trust his new pet project to lead his company into the future.