7 huge missed opportunities to turn Roman Reigns heel 

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Oh, how many chances WWE had to make Roman Reigns an original instead of continuing to present him as a "corporate bootleg John Cena knockoff."

#4 Destroying a 'broken down' veteran

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This was one of WWE biggest missed opportunities/mistakes in recent memory.

For years on end, fans have wondered on how would WWE finally conclude perhaps the most celebrated career in their company’s history, the possibilities were endless, the ideas were perfect and the time was approaching, as fans knew one day they would have to come to terms with the fact The Undertaker cant wrestle forever.

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So, the fan's most popular fantasies of how WWE could've ended the career of this legend ranged from "the phenom" retiring after his last war to keep his legendary streak intact to him winning the company’s top prize for one last time, but the 'in touch' creative decided to take all the popular fan theories and wonderful fantasy booking ideas and stick straight up our candy asses as what fans though don't mean jack to them.

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As WWE's priority 'pet' project was all that mattered, and that was trying to get Roman Reigns over by giving him the worse booking in wrestling. How can a booker in their right frame of mind expect a superstar with an extremely polarizing nature like Roman Reigns to be cheered when retiring a veteran such as The Undertaker, it makes no freaking sense.

And that unfortunate/maniacal booking saw WWE waste the supposed last moment of The Undertaker's career by putting over Roman Reigns in one of the worst WrestleMania main event matches, that was more boring than watching paint dry. And even though The Undertaker's fake retirement did not last, as he was once again wasted against John Cena the following year, no one would ever forget the tear-jerking scene of The Undertaker laying his attire in the center of the ring and descending down the ramp.

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Wasted tears, wasted opportunities and a wasted main event spot, WWE had one job at Wrestlemania 33 and that was to pull the plug on the Roman Reigns babyface character. As no one could care less about Roman Reigns picking up another victory at Wrestlemania, walking down the ramp as fireworks going off behind him or experiencing a passing of the torch moment, people were just fed up and WWE could've put that overloaded frustration to good use.

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Every wrestling fan under the sun knew the wrestler that finally took the Undertaker out was going to the biggest star in the entire company and Undertaker losing for a second time at Wrestlemania via a Roman Reigns heel turn would’ve made Reigns the number one heel in the world. Consequently, no more evidence was needed to show this was the right time for Reigns to turn heel as the unapologetic reaction he got from the Orlando crowd the following night on Raw, was heat any heel would dream of.

As the vulgar, vicious and hot-tempered chants from the nuclear crowd were not for the fun of it, but it represented their true emotions as they were at their boiling point with Roman Reigns run as the company’s top star. No one wanted to tune into Raw and see Roman walk out acting like a conquering hero and say this is his yard but they wanted to see a smug SOB that gives little regard for people’s opinions, and the legacy of a legendary superstar. WWE had an era-defining heel turn on their hands, and they completely flushed it down the toilet, along with their credibility as bookers.

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Edited by Siddharth Ostwal
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