{"id":46388,"date":"2017-08-15T15:36:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T20:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=46388"},"modified":"2017-08-30T11:41:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:41:07","slug":"monday-night-reigns-o-meter-29-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/08\/15\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-29-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #31: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2221050980\" 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<h2><b>Monday Night Reigns-o-Meter<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Short and sweet today, like Bayley&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p>This week featured one of the most shocking things I have ever witnessed in WWE history. That\u2019s right! WWE edited a video to avoid showing Roman Reigns. That\u2019s right! He could have been shown off in that opening package; he could have been dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Shield reunion storyline. He was not.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, he will be. Soon, in fact. Hopefully not too soon though, am I right?<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll note that I\u2019m opening, as Raw did, with Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose. Why? Well, there wasn\u2019t much Roman Reigns this week. In fact, this might be the least Roman Reigns since Roman Reigns returned to Roman Reigns Braun Strowman. Now, while I\u2019m sure The Shield storyline is undoubtedly an-all-roads-lead-to-Roman-spearing-Seth-and-Dean finale, I can\u2019t keep bringing it up because they\u2019re playing it slow, and calm, and realistic.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a really good storyline that isn\u2019t technically relevant, so I have to focus as usual on Roman. Where was Roman? In the overrun. That\u2019s right! Three hours somehow isn\u2019t enough to fit Roman Reigns\u2019s massive talent any more.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t begin to describe just how odd the build has been for this Summerslam match. As expected, Brock Lesnar has been made to look like the toughest SOB on the planet but, for the other three members of the party, the booking has been all over the place.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-354326115\" 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>Joe, after a huge push to Great Balls of Fire, has been pinned, interfered in a match to get his heat back, then just sort of falls out of sight here. That said, Joe has presented the most entertaining promos of all the promos, of which there have been many.<\/p>\n<p>Reigns celebrated nearly murdering Braun Strowman by getting repeatedly beaten up by Braun Strowman. He got his pin on Joe, sure, but got choked out the next week and, all in all, Roman\u2019s spent a lot of time on his back recently. Yeah, he spoke a lot of truth in his promos but he also fell out of sight right here in the go home show.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves Strowman, who has been largely kept out of the firing line when it comes to promos due to his current limitations, has gone unpinned, won a Last Man Standing match because of a referee who doesn\u2019t seem to understand how to count, and now lines up directly against Brock Lesnar. There\u2019s the clip that\u2019s going to be repeated. There\u2019s the moment that everyone\u2019s going to remember. Reigns wasn\u2019t in it.<\/p>\n<p>At time of writing? 2,000,000 views in 15 hours. That\u2019s a big deal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-R_CQ2vfvuI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-R_CQ2vfvuI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By the time we hit 24 hours, that YouTube clip might have more views than Raw had on USA Network.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, as aforementioned, Roman Reigns wasn\u2019t really all that involved, though, so what do I have to cover on that? Well, Summerslam be coming.<\/p>\n<p>Will Roman Reigns walk out as WWE Universal Champion? Honestly, I\u2019m still on no. With The Shield storyline so prevalent and Rollins awaiting a big push to coincide with the release of 2K18, there\u2019s a major story lying incomplete while we wait for Roman Reigns to complete the triangle. Does that still work if he\u2019s the Universal Champion?<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2444380917\" 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>I will be predicting a Lesnar win, pinning Braun Strowman.<\/p>\n<p>No odds today. Roman didn\u2019t do much.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S COLUMN:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/08\/08\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-30-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top\/\">MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #30: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1537810333\"><div id=\"pwtor-1466181885\"><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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