5 possible reasons why Roman Reigns is out of WWE TLC 2017

#1 To save the actual Shield six-man match for Survivor Series

This entire feud makes more sense if it culminates in a traditional Survivor Series elimination match

When WWE had the Shield reunite, it was clear they were planning on booking them in a classic Shield six-man tag team match like they used to years ago. But the storyline between the Shield, the Miz, the Bar – which became a multi-man match – looked like it was leading to a confrontation one PPV too early.

Survivor Series is fast approaching, and it’s on that show that WWE has historically put multi-man elimination matches and high-profile team or stable-based matches.

It’s possible that the sudden decision to remove Roman Reigns from TLC 2017 is a strategy to entice fans of the Shield to tune into Survivor Series and watch the big match between the Shield and their opponents on one of the Big Four shows as opposed to on a random B-show PPV.

This way, removing Roman Reigns – whom Vince never wants to see lose in clean fashion – would allow the heel team to score a big win and gain some momentum going forward. If they booked the heel team to win, then that could lead to a bigger match at Survivor Series, which would, in turn, see the Shield come out victorious.

In doing so, more or less everyone wins. The Shield (and especially Roman Reigns) score a decisive victory on a major show, Survivor Series gets a real marquee event, fans of the Shield get to see one of the most popular stables in recent memory relive their glory days, and Vince can salivate over his new top guy being cheered again (albeit almost solely by association with his more popular Shield brethren).

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