{"id":49172,"date":"2017-10-10T13:19:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T18:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=49172"},"modified":"2017-10-12T12:25:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T17:25:12","slug":"monday-night-reigns-o-meter-39-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/10\/10\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-39-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top\/","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #39: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2895820135\" 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>Last week in your Roman Reigns summarising station, there was The Shield! Also, The Shield got beat up and the odds won the day in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, this week Roman Reigns and the odds had their rematch but this time, it\u2019s personal. Roman wasn\u2019t alone. He had two beautiful sidekicks. Well, one beautiful and one grizzled. Seth just makes me warm in fuzzy places.<\/p>\n<p>We open with highlights of Roman Reigns destroying The Miztourage. For once a video package featuring The Miz actually shows The Miz getting a few hits in himself. Always nice. Then come the odds, with Roman getting beaten down by three guys at once. Despite being roundly cheered last week, WWE resists the urge to take that audio, lift it as high as possible and play it over the top.<\/p>\n<p>And then we come live to The Miz, who naturally continues in his seemingly one man mission to make Roman Reigns a star. Can\u2019t fault the guy; it\u2019s finally working.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was Reigns.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0TP1zVBdosw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the first time in a long time Roman gets more cheers than boos. Why? Shield. I mean, there\u2019s no two ways about it, Roman is only getting cheered right now because people want The Shield back together. Those three guys were really over as a unit.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2121841449\" 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>Roman doesn\u2019t say much. Instead he stands, looking casually buff, and pops the crowd by waiting for his brothers to walk out.<\/p>\n<p>Ambrose comes first. Well, technically Roman is first. Is Ambrose still the leader? Is there a leader? Why is Roman the leader now?<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-tag\" data-ad-name=\"pw_incontent_2\" data-ad-size=\"300x250\" ><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/tags-cdn.deployads.com\/a\/pwtorch.com.js\" async ><\/script><br \/>\n<script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>And then we have Seth, The Architect, the man with the plan. Or is he not? Did he come up with this \u2018Roman walks out first\u2019 plan or was that Roman? Is Roman The Architect now?<\/p>\n<p>The Shield storm the ring. Leader, Architect and all around good guy Roman Reigns makes sure to be on the side of the ring that gets most coverage from the hard cam, naturally. He\u2019s the hero here, of course.<\/p>\n<p>The Shield storm the ring, their old surround and swamp style replaced with \u2018hit all our most famous moves\u2019 tactics. They lay down the worlds softest beating and then close in on The Miz, triple teaming him, cornering him, bullying him.<\/p>\n<p>The Shield is back. Roman is The Guy. The fans even pop for Roman\u2019s music when it hits at the end. Finally, after three years, we finally understand why Roman kept The Shield music. It was always for this moment. They knew.<\/p>\n<p>So Roman\u2019s not just beating the odds anymore; Roman is the odds. What a swerve that was.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Kurt Angle announces the main event we all knew was coming. The Shield will main event TLC against The Miz, Cesaro and Sheamus. In the absence of Brock Lesnar, book six of the top acts in the company.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1808704689\" 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>If not the top acts really, given the absence of Cena and Orton. I\u2019m pretty sure these are the six most recognisable faces in the company in the absence of the class of \u201802.<\/p>\n<p>Later, The Shield see an opportunity to bully someone else three on one. After a brief scare from Matt Hardy, Braun Strowman decides to take Matt Hardy\u2019s prone body home as a trophy. I\u2019m pretty sure as the winner of the match Strowman is entitled to do that. At the top of the ramp he slows to a crawl so that The Shield don\u2019t miss their queue but there they are, in brand new Shield shirts (which is surely the real point of this whole reunion)<\/p>\n<p>Strowman manages to put up a fight by going straight after Roman but having already fought a match that finished just moments before, Strowman is no match for the evil trio.<\/p>\n<p>I have not missed the whole Shield camera zoom feature. Stop toggling that zoom; my head hurts!<\/p>\n<p>Roman launches Strowman through a table, delighting in the fact that actually a nine month long feud Roman has finally been able to do something back to Strowman. Surprised he didn\u2019t also throw a chair at his head if I\u2019m honest.<\/p>\n<p>The Shield are here. And they\u2019ve forgotten their tag belts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kGC28JCPXII\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Odds Counter<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211; The Miz<br \/>\n&#8211; Curtis Axel<br \/>\n&#8211; Cesaro<br \/>\n&#8211; Sheamus<br \/>\n&#8211; Braun Strowman<\/p>\n<p><b>Did Roman Reigns beat the odds?<\/b><br \/>\nThis is Roman\u2019s Oddsometer now.<\/p>\n<p>There will unfortunately be no Reignsometer next week on the go home show for TLC as I will be in sunny (hopefully) Tenerife. But keep a weather eye on the horizon because I\u2019ve got plenty more where that came from.<\/p>\n<p>Like what you&#8217;re reading? Help me get to 1,000 followers by the end of the year with a like or a retweet and have my eternal thanks. Thanks!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Like what you&#39;re reading? Help me get to 1,000 followers by the end of the year with a like or a retweet and have my eternal thanks. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Colohue (@Colohue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colohue\/status\/902597576687419393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S COLUMN:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/10\/03\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-38-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-beat-odds-come-top\/\">MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #39: 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-3490916219\"><div id=\"pwtor-1356004885\"><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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