{"id":43577,"date":"2017-06-13T11:56:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T16:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=43577"},"modified":"2017-06-13T11:56:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T16:56:56","slug":"monday-night-reigns-o-meter-22-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/06\/13\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-22-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top\/","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #22: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-220872190\" 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>So, awkwardly, Roman Reigns didn\u2019t appear on this instalment of Monday Night Raw. That\u2019s great and all, you know? The appearance of Brock Lesnar means that you don\u2019t need top draws like Roman Reigns, Finn Balor, or Bayley to get a good rating. Instead, room was given to Samoa Joe. That was great.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of stuff happened after that. Miz and Ambrose are still feuding, which is great, you know? It\u2019s only been a six month feud. Six months isn\u2019t a long time.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a really long time, isn\u2019t it? I miss Roman Reigns.<\/p>\n<p>Bayley had an interview! She really needs to beat up The Miz and Maryse or something. If they bring up Asuka purely to job to Bayley I\u2019m going to going to lose it.<\/p>\n<p>Where\u2019s Roman?<\/p>\n<p>Ah, there he is. A video about him. Reigns is making a massive announcement! That better be a setup for Strowman to come out and shout \u201cI\u2019m not finished with you!\u201d in those gorgeous sing-song tones before all the up beating. All the up beating.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2694152685\" 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>Oh, two promo packages. Nice. Austin Aries might have a big package, but Roman has two because he\u2019s a big dog, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m really reaching here, aren\u2019t I? Let\u2019s go to WWE\u2019s YouTube channel and get the usual videos, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>Clickety-clickety-clack. Clickety-clickety where the hell is Roman?<\/p>\n<p>Frowny face emoji, seriously.<\/p>\n<p>But this is a good thing. Last week I conducted a poll on Roman Reigns and was surprised by how positive the results were.<\/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>Yes, I expected an overwhelming negative response, but that isn\u2019t really overwhelming, is it? It\u2019s just plain negative.<\/p>\n<p>The mood is changing when it comes to Roman Reigns, so taking him off of TV for a week might actually be a good move. The same can be said of Finn Balor. We\u2019ve been effectively strangled by Raw\u2019s top five stars taking up so much airtime while only going up against each other. Now that Samoa Joe has emerged as the top contender, this is a perfect time to give everyone time to breathe. Worried that the rating will suffer? Brock Lesnar. We open with Lesnar and finish with the Hardys. Those are big draw names. Alexa Bliss is starting to draw a crowd too.<\/p>\n<p>Raw\u2019s getting some pretty big names, isn\u2019t it? You don\u2019t need Roman Reigns every week. I mean, people are actively upset that Finn Balor wasn\u2019t there last week and still did not appear this week. On the other side, people are annoyed at Shinsuke Nakamura\u2019s overexposure.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1595624395\" 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>So obviously we\u2019re all going to miss Roman, terribly. Am I right?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S COLUMN:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/06\/06\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-21-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top\/\">MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #21: 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-1038016899\"><div id=\"pwtor-2569348821\"><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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