#4 Inconsistent mic work
Professional wrestling is one part ring work and one part mic work. Fans believe Roman can’t work, and they also believe that he can’t talk. While he’s improved with the former, he’s still very far behind with the latter.
This should have been the biggest concern for WWE. Roman could always be booked against better talent that could help him in the ring, but no one is capable of bailing him out on the mic. That part is up to him; of course, it’s also up to the writers putting the words into his mouth.
Assuming Roman is being handed lines, it must have been obvious to someone very early on that it just wasn’t working. A guy needs to be himself when he speaks, he needs to feel what he’s saying, or otherwise, he’s just wasting his time. No one is going to feel the emotion he’s trying to convey if he doesn’t feel it himself.
If he ever has been given some room to breathe when it comes to promos, then fans likely cannot tell the difference. He’s just too calm, too detached from the moment, and at this point, it’s really impossible to know if he can actually connect in any meaningful way.
Roman should be a killer. He should be seething with intensity, and he should be ready to destroy anyone that gets in his way. Instead, fans get a smiling big man that’s soft around the edges. He talks too much, and when he talks, he just cannot connect. This is not getting any better.
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