{"id":108466,"date":"2020-11-21T19:34:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T01:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=108466"},"modified":"2020-11-21T19:34:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T01:34:10","slug":"reigns-o-meter-110-tracking-the-tribal-chiefs-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-remain-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/11\/21\/reigns-o-meter-110-tracking-the-tribal-chiefs-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-remain-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"REIGNS-O-METER #110: Tracking the Tribal Chief\u2019s ability to beat the odds and remain on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4228399371\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>So you know how this has been the year of Drew McIntyre? How Drew has been a great, fighting champion taking on all comers, being smooth on the mic, strong in the ring, and basically unstoppable? Yeah, Roman Reigns absolutely destroyed him. It wasn\u2019t even fair. As great as McIntyre undoubtedly is, he basically had to sit and smile while he was repeatedly verbally bitch slapped.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s Smackdown was heavy in two things. Firstly, Undertaker talk. He was mentioned a lot. Secondly, promos. Not just any promos, but good promos. The Street Profits cut a good promo. Big E cut a good promo. The New Day cut a good promo. Sami Zayn cut a great promo. The build to Survivor Series actually hasn\u2019t been bad. The tag match has been built on respect. The women\u2019s match has been built on hatred. The top match is pure star power. It\u2019s not the worst is all I\u2019m saying, and that\u2019s not a bad thing. Bobby Lashley really does look good in a suit.<\/p>\n<p>The intro was really long, is what I\u2019m saying. Felt very classical twenty minute talky intro. Not a bad thing if the talking\u2019s good, just really long.<\/p>\n<p>A half hour in, Michael Cole and Corey Graves run down the card. Murphy and Seth Rollins get to have a scrap, finally. Long, long overdue. Daniel Bryan will get another match with Jey Uso, which is nice. Daniel Bryan has even less hair than usual. Most importantly, Drew McIntyre will get the honor of sitting in a contract signing with hashtag The Big Dog, hashtag The Tribal Chief, hashtag The Head Of The Table, Roman Reigns.<\/p>\n<p>As we come back from break nearly 40 minutes in we get our first look at Roman in a recap of the previous Jey Uso vs. Daniel Bryan match. Roman Reigns does not do much wrestling any more. Instead, he is the most cutting talker in the world all of a sudden. How did that happen?<\/p>\n<p>Near the top of the hour, Roman features in yet another recap hype package. This time we\u2019re recapping last week, when Drew McIntyre invaded Smackdown because reasons. We get to see Drew in a kilt throwing his sword about again and I have absolutely no issue with that.<\/p>\n<p>Drew makes his entrance first so that the proper champion can traditionally enter last. He\u2019s wearing a shirt, which is a shame. I notice they changed his branding. He\u2019s no longer the hashtag Scottish Psychopath, he\u2019s now the hashtag Scottish Warrior. Personally, I\u2019m surprised they don\u2019t want to keep tapping into the psychopath market.<\/p>\n<p>Roman takes his time making his entrance. McIntyre spends a moment looking around as if expecting The Big Dog to enter via the crowd in the old style. Or maybe he was feeling nostalgic about the good old beach ball. I don\u2019t miss beach balls. Cesaro might.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3970635619\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>As soon as we have crowds back the first thing that\u2019s happening is that we\u2019re going to get lots and lots of beach balls.<\/p>\n<p>Roman saunters to the ring. He is super casual and super cool. In my years as your Reigns-o-meter writer, dear reader, I have repeatedly torn Roman Reigns and the WWE apart for some truly terrible decision making. For some truly awful acting. Those days are very much in the rear view mirror right now.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WWE Champion vs. Universal Champion contract signing: SmackDown, Nov. 20, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OgzdFA87VTU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Adam Pearce, essentially WWE\u2019s dad since around SummerSlam time, is there to host proceedings. He takes a seat as directed by Roman. Paul Heyman hovers in the background. There are no hand-held microphones. I can\u2019t see any lapel mics so at a guess the table is hooked up. Roman is really supportive and I mean really supportive. Drew is bold in the face of the biggest threat in the company. His record against Roman Reigns is not good. It\u2019s not good at all and there is practically no chance of Roman losing on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>McIntyre signs the contract and hands it over with a few threats. Roman hovers over the contract with Paul Heyman ensuring that no germs are passed pen to pen. Then Roman goes into Tribal Chief mode. He\u2019s a teacher. He\u2019s a scholar. He\u2019s a saint. He brutalizes the WWE Championship. He brutalizes Raw. He highlights that the WWE Championship is a secondary title. It\u2019s meaningless and its champion is meaningless because nothing is more important than Roman Reigns and whatever title he holds.<\/p>\n<p>Then things get real. Roman says something very simple but all too true. He\u2019s at the top now and he\u2019s going to be at the top for a very long time. Nobody else can be there while Roman is there. Much like the strangleholds of John Cena, Triple H, and Steve Austin in the past, nobody gets to be the top guy as long as there already is a top guy. Drew McIntyre can never be the man around here as long as Roman Reigns is capable of holding gold.<\/p>\n<p>Since WrestleMania, the WWE championship has been the most exciting title in the company and the Universal Championship has just sort of been there. Braun Strowman\u2019s reign wasn\u2019t bad. Admittedly the feud with The Fiend was long and drawn out and featured some really gimmicky things, but on the other brand, Drew McIntyre was destroying all comers and picking up clean win after clean win after clean win.<\/p>\n<p>Drew McIntyre made the WWE Championship the biggest title in the game and then Roman Reigns walked in, reclaimed the Universal championship, and all that was over. Normal service was resumed and Drew was thrown back down the ladder. One day soon Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair will return and Drew McIntyre and his WWE Championship are in even more trouble.<\/p>\n<p>The only way that Drew McIntyre can reclaim the top of that mountain is to not just beat Roman Reigns, but to utterly destroy him. Does anyone actually see that happening?<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2910665485\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Keep fighting, Drew. You\u2019re not beating the odds this time. Roman Reigns is the odds.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/11\/14\/reigns-o-meter-109-tracking-the-tribal-chiefs-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-remain-on-top\/\">REIGNS-O-METER #109: Tracking the Tribal Chief\u2019s ability to beat the odds and remain on top<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1423653163\"><div id=\"pwtor-3938094708\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>So you know how this has been the year of Drew McIntyre? 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