Roman Reigns Won T Give Wwe The Hero Moment It Wants

And … WWE expects that will be enough for you to boo him at SummerSlam. In WWE’s storyline, Roman Reigns is the big hero who will come swinging in at SummerSlam, take the Universal Title from Lesnar, bring it back to “full-time WWE” and save us all from Lesnar’s antics. That might work if SummerSlam were somewhere in the middle of the country with fans just happy to be in the building. But this is SummerSlam, and it’s in New York. Like WrestleMania, SummerSlam has become a destination pay-per-view for a lot of hardcore fans, and hardcore fans don’t like Roman Reigns. Produce this same story with Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar, and WWE might get the reaction it’s looking for when Lesnar loses the title at SummerSlam. But WWE is not going to get that hero moment with Reigns, in New York. And WWE should know that. Instead, they’re going to have an arena full of anti-Reigns fans, who all know before the match even begins that Reigns is going to win the Universal Title. That’s a recipe for a disaster.