{"id":42169,"date":"2017-05-09T14:10:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T19:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=42169"},"modified":"2017-05-09T14:10:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T19:10:38","slug":"monday-night-reigns-o-meter-17-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/05\/09\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-17-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top\/","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #17: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3609249087\" 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<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Monday Night Reigns-o-meter<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Booker T claimed that Kalisto had, and I quote, \u201chash tag warrior spirit\u201d on this instalment of Monday Night Raw. Yeah, he\u2019s down with the kids.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Reigns was here again this week, being brave in rescuing his best mate, his blood brother, his cousin from another coven, Kalisto. And you know what, he had to. Kalisto was in position to get a big push, you know? Because anyone who decides to fight a one-armed man is definitely the underdog. What about someone who then gets beat up by said one armed man? Well obviously they\u2019re very strong and courageous. They\u2019re not pathetic, no, no, no. So between fighting Dolph Ziggler two-on-one\u00a0and now fighting a severely injured Braun Strowman, who&#8217;s the biggest bully in the WWE?<\/p>\n<p>And so enter the Roman. To a chorus of boos and wearing his heeliest face, Roman Reigns comes down to the ring. He\u2019s strapped, he\u2019s injured, he\u2019s hurt. He\u2019s still more physically capable than a guy with one arm though, so obviously Roman is the underdog.<\/p>\n<p>Roman checks on his gimp from another pimp, Kalisto, and then\u2026 wait. I said Roman checks on his\u2026 Roman recognises that Kalisto is\u2026 Okay, Kalisto just vanished completely. What a hero. Why was he even there? They could have just as easily made this a backstage brawl. That would have been awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Roman is itching for a fight. He throws some punches. He charges at Strowman in the Baywatch style. Slow motion and clearly not looking where he\u2019s going, you know. He gets kicked about a bit but then starts to drag Strowman\u2019s arm into the ring post. At some point using magic to do so because he clearly does not have hold of that arm.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hK5U4wO8r4Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Reigns waffles Strowman\u2019s arm with a chair some, then stands in the ring, triumphant in his sacred quest to stand in London and get everyone to boo the crap out of him. A noble journey and a noble course for the herald of destiny that is Roman Reigns. I live in Blackpool, hundreds of miles away. I heard the boos.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3292968297\" 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>Michael Cole says: \u201cIt is electric.\u201d Which in this case means: \u201cThe crowd are taking a collective dump on the company&#8217;s top star.\u201d Makes sense. Seriously, where did Kalisto go? Didn\u2019t he get a win over Strowman when Strowman wasn\u2019t even injured?<\/p>\n<p>And so Roman Reigns makes his grand return, ready for his next pay-per-view battle with Braun Strowman. This will be their third pay-per-view match this year and that\u2019s important, because what else can they do while Brock Lesnar, the champion, is off barbecuing live warthogs or something else beastly and manly? Both men are severely injured but neither one cares. Now it\u2019s personal. You know, like it was before.<\/p>\n<p>The worrying thing is they\u2019ve booked Reigns and Strowman surprisingly even. After everything that\u2019s happened, it will be very hard to bury Strowman with any sort of significance. Being second to Roman Reigns is pretty much still top three in the company. What does this mean for the future of the god amongst men himself? It all depends what happens when everybody gets Great Balls Of Fire.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait to hear Michael Cole shill the network for that one. \u201cFor just $9.99 you can have Great Balls of Fire absolutely free.\u201d Class.<\/p>\n<p><b>Odds Counter<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211; Braun Strowman, again<\/p>\n<p><b>Did Roman Reigns beat the odds?<\/b><br \/>\nYes.<\/p>\n<p>Sold those injuries well though, didn\u2019t he? No, no he didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S COLUMN:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/05\/03\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-16-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top\/\">MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #16: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top<\/a><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-167542908\" 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<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow Tom Colohue\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tomcolohue\/\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/colohue\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-229924415\"><div id=\"pwtor-4118970571\"><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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