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What’s the story?
Per WWE.com, Roman Reigns has been fined a huge sum of money due to his actions on RAW.
Apparently, the WWE has fined Reigns $5,000, owing to him shoving a WWE official on this week’s edition of RAW.
In case you didn’t know…
The WWE has a strict policy and rule-set per which the Superstars are disallowed from physically attacking WWE officials including referees, ring announcers, and personnel of the sort.
However, one ought to note that often times when a WWE Superstar attacks an official or hurts them in any manner, the segment is generally a part of the show’s ongoing storylines/character arcs.
The heart of the matter
Roman Reigns defended his WWE Intercontinental Championship against Samoa Joe on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW; and despite having the upper hand on the latter, Reigns proceeded to ignore the referee’s count to break up the attack, and kept striking Joe against the ring apron.
Referee John Cone attempted to stop Reigns’ vicious attack on Joe, however, the Big Dog simply shoved the referee aside and continued his beat-down of Joe; following which the match was called off, awarding Joe the victory by way of Disqualification (DQ).
Nevertheless, Reigns retained his IC title as the belt cannot change hands by way of DQ unless specially stipulated as such. The WWE higher-ups seem to have fined Reigns as the latter shoved a WWE official.
Per the announcement made by the WWE, Reigns has been fined $5,000 owing to the fact that he shoved WWE referee John Cone during his IC title match against Samoa Joe.
What’s next?
Fans can expect Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe to continue their feud in the days to come. Meanwhile, following his DQ loss to Joe, Reigns has attributed his mid-match outburst to Joe attacking his Shield-brother Dean Ambrose—
Author’s take
Roman Reigns is one of, if not the top Superstar in the WWE today, and fans of the Big Dog needn’t worry about his promotional standing in light of the huge fine.
The WWE often hands out fines and penalties as such so as to further pique fan interest in an ongoing rivalry and /or a top character. Whether or not this leads to a major change-up in Reigns’ character orientation…cough…’Heel Turn’, remains to be seen.
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