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A seismic shift is currently taking place in WWE!
After years of WWE booking Roman Reigns poorly and essentially pushing him down fans throats as the next big thing, the company has seemingly reached a turning point and found a way to get fans to support Reigns. Of course, it wasn't an easy process at all and required many changes to the current product, but it seems like they are finally going in the right direction.
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With that being said and WWE fans now living in a parallel universe where people actually chant, we want Reigns," one has to wonder what exactly brought about the change and how exactly WWE is pulling this off. Furthermore, what factors are at play that is making fans get behind Reigns?
In the end, its impossible to know all the factors that are at play here and what exactly is going on, but it seems like the WWE presented several factors of the current WWE product in order to get Reigns over. With that in mind, here are five ways The WWE Universe is being essentially tricked to get behind Reigns.
#5 Shorter promos
One of the biggest problems Roman Reigns had was that his promos would go on forever. He would also get lost most times or go into some kind of hokey metaphor that the WWE wanted him to say. Fortunately for Reigns, WWE changed that by making his promos shorter and getting to the point faster.
In the end, it might not be a huge change, but it's one that seems to be really resonating with fans. Not only is that evident by the crowd erupting whenever Reigns delivers a one-liner, but also by how to the point he seems to be now. In fact, he has condensed his speaking so much that when he does get on the microphone, it has become more meaningful.
#4 Putting him up against the right people
It's no secret that The WWE Universe doesn't like when Roman Reigns gets a win over their favourite Superstar and while that is a natural part of the business, it doesn't resonate well and makes his push look forced. When WWE puts him up against a mega heel, however, things quickly change.
That's why WWE has put Reigns up against guys like Jinder Mahal, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. They all make it impossible to root for them and thus puts the WWE Universe behind Roman Reigns by default. That's not to say there aren't a few other factors at play here, but one of the main points is to put him up against heels that people hate.
#3 Giving him a win over Bobby Lashley
While Bobby Lashley defeated Roman Reigns in a barnburner of a match at Extreme Rules, Roman Reigns went on to win their number one contender's match and thus earned the shot to face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. With that being said, this win allowed for Reigns to gain legitimacy of his own for being a former MMA star.
Not only did that win stand as a stepping stone for Reigns finally looking like a legitimate threat to Brock Lesnar in the future, it also set him up to be the company's top guy once he takes down Lesnar. In the end, no one would have the same level of legitimacy as Reigns would have after defeating a guy like Lesnar and will allow him to finally be the company's top guy!
#2 Leaving fans wanting more
Believe it or not, WWE have been doing a fantastic job leaving The WWE Universe wanting more when it comes to Roman Reigns. They first accomplished this a month ago on Raw when they had Reigns compete twice in the same night, but had him come up short of a win both times.
WWE did it again on The July 30th episode of Raw, where The WWE Universe was literally chanting, we want Reigns at the conclusion of the show. Interestingly enough, WWE didn't bring Reigns back to attack Lesnar in the closing moments of the show, which only made fans more desperate to see it happen.
In the end, WWE have succeeded in building up a lot of momentum this way and no doubt could again if they continue to go with the formula they have been using. They have also finally succeeded in making Lesnar versus Reigns more interesting to watch than ever before, which was previously thought to be impossible with Reigns in a lead role.
#1 Making Brock Lesnar the bad guy
If nothing else, it became extremely apparent throughout the entirety of Monday Night Raw that WWE wanted Brock Lesnar to look like the bad guy. Not only was that evident by Lesnar's line about not watching Raw unless he's on it, but also by the fact that Lesnar manhandled his own advocate backstage and even F-5'd Kurt Angle in the main event.
Interestingly enough WWE seems to be hinting at Heyman costing Brock Lesnar the match at Summerslam and thus helping Reigns win the title. In the end, having Lesnar turn on his own advocate and The Raw General manager was a great way to paint The Beast Incarnate as the bad guy and will only make Reigns come across more and more like a babyface.
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