5 Times WWE Superstars botched their promos: The Undertaker forgets major detail, Roman Reigns fumbles lines

#2 Roman Reigns stutters while addressing his WWE WrestleMania 31 match with Brock Lesnar

On the road to WrestleMania 31, it had become clear as day that WWE wanted Roman Reigns as their top babyface who would meet Brock Lesnar in the main event of the show. Reigns won the 2015 Royal Rumble match to one of the biggest negative reactions in history. He went on to defeat Daniel Bryan to silence the fans who wanted the latter to take his place at The Show of Shows. As WrestleMania approached near, Reigns cut a promo on Lesnar on WWE RAW. The Big Dog made a major botch during the promo, as can be seen in this video.

I beat Daniel Bryan at Fastlane, and I go on to WrestleMania and I breat... beat Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Reigns' promo was met with boos by the fans, and the negative reaction continued at WrestleMania as well. Thankfully, the fans went home happy as Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase during the match and pinned Reigns to become the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

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Abhilash Mendhe is a pro wrestling journalist at Sportskeeda with nearly five years of experience. He completed his MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management in 2016 and worked with multiple banking institutions, including Tech Mahindra. While he started writing WWE articles for Sportskeeda in 2019 as a hobby, it eventually became a significant part of his professional journey.

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Given the opportunity to script WWE’s next big storyline, Abhilash would treat fans to the second installment of The Bloodline Civil War. He would book Roman Reigns to re-form The Bloodline with The Usos and Sami Zayn upon his comeback. The angle would see The Tribal Chief-led group go head-to-head with The Rock, Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, and Jacob Fatu in a blockbuster family feud.

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