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Quite possibly the most fascinating and at times infuriating thing about the WWE is their continuation of the Roman Reigns babyface push, despite the fact that their fans have been telling them for several years that the ex WWE World Heavyweight Champion isn't, and shouldn't be the new face of the company.
I'm sure you're familiar with the old quote; "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results". So, if that is in fact the true definition of insanity, then it's probably pretty safe to say that Vince McMahon is completely out of his mind at this point.
By now, we all know that turning Roman Reigns heel is probably the only shot he has at being a popular babyface in the long run.
But as of right now, WWE isn't interested in turning him. Instead they just keep trying to trick the fans into cheering him by pairing him against hated heels, which hasn't worked at all.
With all that in mind, let's take a look at a few reasons why Roman Reigns will not get over if WWE continues to push him as their top babyface.
#4 The Shield reunion
WWE clearly believed that a Shield reunion would get the fans to cheer Roman Reigns, as they were one of the most popular groups in company history during their first run.
But, it pretty much went as I expected it to go, as the fans would cheer the trio when they were together, but when Reigns was by himself he'd still get booed.
This is one of the many examples of WWE trying to trick the fans into liking Roman in the short term, with the hope that he'd stay over after the faction was disbanded.
Unfortunately, The Shield's reunion was cut short due to Dean Ambrose suffering an injury, but even if it had lasted a year, Reigns still would have been booed after the group split up.
#3 Failing repeatedly against Brock Lesnar
One thing that won't get you over as a babyface is whining that you're the uncrowned Universal Champion when you simply just couldn't beat Brock Lesnar.
Roman failed at WrestleMania 31, he failed again at WrestleMania 34, and then again at the Greatest Royal Rumble. In short, he's had three shots at Lesnar and he's won none of them.
So instead of turning him heel, what does WWE do? They just have him start complaining about WWE management not giving him opportunities, meanwhile he's been in the main event of the last four WrestleManias, so he's had plenty of opportunities.
Right now, WWE is trying to do the Daniel Bryan thing with Reigns, and it won't work.
#2 He's been given more opportunities than anyone else
Since the Greatest Royal Rumble, WWE has been pushing the narrative that management is trying to prevent Reigns from getting an opportunity to compete for the Universal Championship.
But see, there's one big flaw in that narrative: he was just given two shots at Raw's main title, and he failed both times.
It's also a little hard for the fans to buy this storyline when they already know that Reigns is the hand picked guy behind the scenes, and on top of that he's been in the main event of the last four WrestleMania events.
To sum it all up, he's been given more opportunities than anyone else in the company and yet he's come up short every single time.
There isn't anyone in WWE who has been given more chances to succeed as the company's top guy than Roman Reigns, which is why the WWE universe is rolling their eyes every time Reigns complains about management keeping him down.
#1 The rock and Daniel Bryan endorsements
Prior to Reigns' first match with Brock Lesnar back in 2015, WWE tried to get the ex-Shield member over by having two of their most popular superstars of all-time endorse him.
The first endorsement came back at the Royal Rumble in January of 2015, where The Rock returned to raise the hand of Reigns, who had just won the company's annual 30-man match. However, it didn't go over well, as the fans then booed The Rock for endorsing Reigns.
The second endorsement came from Daniel Bryan, and much like with The Rock, the fans booed Bryan, which pretty much tells you that there's literally nothing WWE can do to get Reigns over with the fans, aside from letting him have a heel run.
To sum it up, if the WWE fans are willing to boo The Rock and Daniel Bryan for endorsing Roman Reigns, then they're also willing to boo Reigns, no matter what.
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