{"id":39084,"date":"2017-02-21T12:20:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T18:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=39084"},"modified":"2017-02-21T12:20:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T18:20:50","slug":"monday-night-reigns-o-meter-7-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/21\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-7-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top\/","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #7: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2976310844\" 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>Roman Reigns is one of the most divisive and talked about WWE performers in history. The company makes desperate play after desperate play to make him their number one star &#8211; thus far to no avail. How do they do it? What do they do?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m <b>Tom Colohue<\/b> and this is the <b>Monday Night Reigns-o-meter.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Monday Night Reigns-o-Meter<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Roman Reigns is not in the opening promo for Monday Night Raw. Instead, Kevin Owens opens the show and, despite a truly magnificent segment with Chris Jericho last week, Owens is still more popular than Roman. Roman\u2019s push is dead. Long live Roman\u2019s push.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, basically this whole show is dedicated to Roman Reigns getting beaten up. It\u2019s all about putting over his opponent at Fastlane: Braun Strowman. Strowman will get bigger and bigger and bigger until only someone as truly and outrageously talented as Roman Reigns can take him down. It will take a true champion\u00a0like\u00a0Roman to make this magic happen.<\/p>\n<p>Strowman\u2019s gonna eat him.<\/p>\n<p>So when does Roman turn up? Quite late on, really. He appears briefly in a Strowman promo package; his sexy hair twisting in the wind. He later appears in a backstage segment with Mick Foley and is so cripplingly unpopular that Mick Foley can not be heard over the sound of the boos. Their conversation is interrupted by The Club &#8211; they&#8217;re after another match.<\/p>\n<p>Remember when The Club were doing great things in WWE? No. Me neither. Roman eschews a partner, then eschews the room, all the while eschewing any semblance of charisma. I think he had maybe two lines there? Remembered them both though, didn\u2019t he? Didn\u2019t have to write anything on his hand, did he?<\/p>\n<p>A replay is shown of Roman getting beaten up, again, while he comes out to a mixed to negative reaction. Pretty sure the last three handicap matches have all been two-on-Reigns. We have no idea why that is, though; Roman\u2019s proper buff and he\u2019s got loads of friends. Roman recovers well in his replay, then glares at a nice, big \u201cDelete Roman\u201d sign that\u2019s genuinely opposite the hard cam. Bet that vanishes soon.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4239391652\" 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>I really like The Club\u2019s music. FYI.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/erlHnYmcOX0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With no partner for Roman there\u2019ll be no hot tag build, so to keep this match from getting boring, it\u2019s important that he never looks likely to lose. That\u2019s why he\u2019s booked to look incredible; I promise.<\/p>\n<p>Roman\u2019s offense is not all booed. That\u2019s different. He\u2019s been getting a few pops recently, just not when he comes out. A chair finds its way back into play, and the fans are hot and cold on it, then just hot on it. That spear got major pops. Considering how badly concussed he\u00a0and Shane were last time he tried it, the guy\u2019s got guts.<\/p>\n<p>I count four times he\u2019s buried Gallows and Anderson now. Only twice as tag champs though, so, you know.<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s no Roman for a while. A long while. But how will we know he\u2019s the star of the show? How will we know that he\u2019s the one we\u2019re supposed to love long time? But if Roman\u2019s not on the screen, who should I love? Samoa Joe? But he\u2019s not my favourite Joe the Samoan. Owens? Strowman? Where did all the faces go on Raw, by the way? This is like the most heelish show ever.<\/p>\n<p>The main event happens. Roman politely allows it to finish before doing his run in. Not really a run-in when everyone knows it\u2019s coming, is it? This is like Monday Night Raw &#8211; We Promise Fast Lane Won\u2019t Suck edition.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F66xnfyxw7o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Braun doesn\u2019t even get his music to celebrate his win. Roman lands a few hits. Braun is tired from just finishing a match! Strowman goes down! Strowman drop kicks Roman in the face. Crowd goes wild. Ball game. The lowest drop kick I\u2019ve ever seen. Roman gets beat up some more.<\/p>\n<p>Reigns has been getting beat up all year. Looks proper stylish in defeat though. Methinks he\u2019s getting a big win at WrestleMania to make up for it.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3690704943\" 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>At Fast Lane? Maybe not.<\/p>\n<p><b>Odds Counter<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211; Secondary booking<br \/>\n&#8211; Getting beaten up in replays<br \/>\n&#8211; Being overshadowed by Foley \/ The Club<br \/>\n&#8211; Gallows \/ Anderson again<br \/>\n&#8211; Handicap match and a chair<br \/>\n&#8211; Strowman\u2019s 2 foot drop kick<br \/>\n&#8211; Strowman in general<\/p>\n<p><b>Did Roman Reigns beat the odds?<\/b><br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>That spear was nice though, wasn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S ARTICLE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/14\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-6-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top\/\">MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #6: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Follow\u00a0<b>Tom Colohue<\/b><\/i><i>\u00a0on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tomcolohue\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/colohue\">Twitter<\/a> for updates.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3340800717\"><div id=\"pwtor-3007407796\"><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>Roman Reigns is one of the most divisive and talked about WWE performers in history. 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