{"id":43335,"date":"2017-06-06T13:58:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=43335"},"modified":"2017-06-06T13:58:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T18:58:09","slug":"monday-night-reigns-o-meter-21-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/06\/06\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-21-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top\/","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #21: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3480943909\" 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 &#8211; Extreme Rules Omnibus Edition<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Roman Reigns did not blade on Sunday night. That made me sad. However, he did show color once again in that true caught-handing-me-the-capsule Roman Reigns style. I just want to see him blade. Challenge authority, Roman!<\/p>\n<p>First off, a tweet that I made earlier for you to poll whether or not you like Reigns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Question for today&#39;s Reignsometer. Are you pro or anti <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWERomanReigns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWERomanReigns<\/a> right now?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Colohue (@Colohue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colohue\/status\/872151116896751618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And now, on to the Reigns.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Reigns pulled out all the stops on Extreme Rules. He stood in a ring and flexed himself menacingly. He speared two guys who weren\u2019t looking through a flimsy barrier. He no sold a buckle bomb, then remembered to sell the buckle bomb after having already punched somebody. Man, they\u2019re booking Reigns a lot like Brock Lesnar right now.<\/p>\n<p>In a complete shock horror move by WWE, they forget to feature Roman heavily in their YouTube clip from Extreme Rules!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N2CfXAfWKr0?ecver=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That genuinely left me reeling, and not much does that to the British. Suppose now you have to buy the Network to see your favorite in action.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3907203373\" 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>In another enormous twist, Roman Reigns very nearly got pinned! He was done for. He was down. He was beaten. This was after his usual me-versus-everyone punching rampage, of course. His uppercut is way better than his Superman Punch. But he was down! Balor was then dragged off him and put out by Samoa Joe while Roman was lying there in the ring selling the pain. And, you know, slowly rolling out in that way that nobody highlights as being a bit silly.<\/p>\n<p>So Roman lost, despite looking both very strong and very beatable. Man this is good TV.<\/p>\n<p>Rolling forward to Monday and Roman comes out to interrupt yet another Bray Wyatt promo. Now sure, this one wasn\u2019t as good as the last one, but it still makes me want to boo the guy, and that\u2019s great, because everyone wants to boo the guy. Wyatt is now leaving gaps in his promos so that you can boo the guy. Roman Reigns &#8211; a thoroughly modern villain. To be fair, Bray Wyatt &#8211; a thoroughly modern good guy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/grHF5gnAOyQ?ecver=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A match breaks out, which is a languid, hard-hitting, repetitive affair kind of similar to the recent Rowan-Luke Harper PPV match. Seemed like a feud-ender to me, though I could be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Roman, of course, winds up victorious. In clean singles matches he has now bested Balor, Rollins, and Wyatt, with Joe no doubt on his radar once everyone\u2019s second favorite Samoan named Joe has finished his business with Brock Lesnar.<\/p>\n<p>Hmm. It\u2019s almost as if they\u2019re trying to show that Roman is better than his peers. Or, you know, he\u2019s saving up favors ready to lose a lot of number one contendership matches on his way to WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>Or both, you know, who am I to judge? I thought Roman was John Cena mark 2. Turns out he\u2019s the next Lesnar.<\/p>\n<p><b>Odds Counter<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211; Finn Balor<br \/>\n&#8211; Seth Rollins<br \/>\n&#8211; Samoa Joe<br \/>\n&#8211; Bray Wyatt<br \/>\n&#8211; Bray Wyatt again<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3787893855\" 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><b>Did Roman Reigns beat the odds?<\/b><br \/>\nYes and no<\/p>\n<p>Sold that Coup De Gras well though, didn\u2019t he? I love a good cough sell.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK\u2019S COLUMN:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/05\/30\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-20-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top\/\">MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #20: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top<\/a><\/p>\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-3578889169\"><div id=\"pwtor-3843231062\"><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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