{"id":64556,"date":"2018-08-14T15:49:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T20:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=64556"},"modified":"2018-08-14T15:51:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T20:51:06","slug":"monday-night-reigns-o-meter-73-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-come-out-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/08\/14\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-73-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-come-out-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #73: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-817555086\" 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 dramatic, divisive and discussed WWE performers in history. The company makes desperate play after desperate play to make him your favourite graps guy \u2013 with limited success. 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<p>Now me, I\u2019m your friendly neighbourhood Reigns-o-meter; purveyor of joy, mirth, and frivolity. However, today I come bearing bad news. Christmas is cancelled. Tomorrow is doomed. Do not celebrate good times, come on. The sky is falling. The end is nigh.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Reigns is hurt. Run for the hills; it\u2019s all over. It\u2019s okay to cry.<\/p>\n<p>The great evil that is Paul Heyman, the big bad, the monster, the destroyer of worlds, the reigning, defending, of no that\u2019s not him. Heyman. You know, that guy. He did this! With his usual combination of blood, sweat, and tears, Heyman hoodwinked us by giving us the best Raw segment in months. What a cruel, vindictive mastermind he is to give us something good and then take it all away just like that.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed Raw last week you should know that you were tricked. The wool was pulled over your eyes. They got you. Now, however, the trap closes. Paul Heyman, undoubtedly amongst the most accomplished talkers in wrestling history, combined with the timeless physical prowess of Brock Lesnar to provide were able to put down the biggest of large dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Now I have to ask, does Roman Reigns deserve this? For so long he\u2019s been a hard worker. He even parties with The B-Team and helped to record their entrance music maybe. This is what a hero looks like, dear reader. A big, sexy hero and yet he continues to get beaten up by all and sundry. Braun Strowman, Brock Lesnar, Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, and Braun Strowman to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Are we going to see a B-Team and Roman Reigns faction against a Jason Jordan led Shield soon? No. We\u2019re not. Breaking news: That\u2019s not going to happen. But if it does, you heard it here first.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-333054026\" 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 opens the final hour; undoubtedly the hook designed to keep people watching until the very end. He gets a loud and audacious reception. Jo Jo asks the fans to welcome Roman, which they each do in their own unique way. He poses in front of his Roman Empire banner; something he hasn\u2019t mentioned for three years and seems unlikely to mention again. Even the Cenation gets only passing mention. I was always a Testicle myself.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd is hot for the whole segment; in a way, that is rare for anybody these days. Some boo. Some chant &#8220;What?!&#8221; Some cheer. Some film on their cell phone. Some just quietly admire the specimen of Vince McMahon-branded manhood in the ring before them. Roman tells the crowd he\u2019ll take back the Universal Championship &#8211; something he\u2019s never held &#8211; and makes a very welcome comment on Dana White\u2019s rectum.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, though, the top babyface of Monday Night Raw arrives in the form of non-wrestler Paul Heyman. He hits all his catchphrases and panders to the crowd by telling them something they already know: Usos rock.<\/p>\n<p>What follows is a masterclass in how to make yourself vastly unlikeable. First, Heyman tries to make friends with the most hated man in wrestling, Roman Reigns. He goes so far that a crowd is chanting &#8220;Yes!&#8221; at the idea of Roman Reigns shaking hands with Heyman. Just like that, the world was offered to Vince McMahon on a plate. A Roman Reigns heel turn. Put Paul Heyman with Roman Reigns and watch endless glory and popularity be visited upon the top dog in the WWE.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wl32ZBkxLK4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I bet Vince was in the back screaming for Roman to just call an audible and shake that hand. Unfortunately, he did not. He accuses Paul Heyman of \u201cdrowneding\u201d and gives him the line that WWE uses to fire people.<\/p>\n<p>So far, so good, right? Then it gets weird. Paul Heyman gets personal in the Samoa Joe style. He goes right for the heart, like last week only without tears. Then he plays his final trick, offering Roman a contract to look at before spraying the hell out of his eyes. How evil, how cruel, how merciless.<\/p>\n<p>And this is when the sky started falling. This is when the walls started to break down. Roman\u2019s eyes were burned so badly his blue contact lenses dissolved forever. Brock Lesnar\u2019s music hit and the medic helping Roman ran for his life. Too late for Roman. As the two stood in the ring I officially called for the cancellation of Christmas. And then the beat down. Newly tanned and additionally svelt, Lesnar started throwing out his patented submission holds as Paul Heyman casually watched on.<\/p>\n<p>Why he didn\u2019t break the arm like Shawn Michaels did, or like Starlord should have done to Thanos, I have no idea. Let\u2019s not wish any more ill on Roman though, yeah? Even after Lesnar started leaving, he came back to offer more destruction.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3818913571\" 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>And just like that The Great Heyman Lie of 2018 was completed, ready to stand it\u2019s place in time alongside The Montral Screwjob, Steve Austin\u2019s Heel Turn, and that most legendary of Hell In A Cell matches, The Undertaker vs. Shane McMahon.<\/p>\n<p><b>Odds Counter<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211; Paul Heyman<br \/>\n&#8211; Brock Lesnar<\/p>\n<p><b>Did Roman Reigns beat the odds?<\/b><br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Mauled, mate. Mauled.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">At midnight tonight EST, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJStylesOrg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AJStylesOrg<\/a> will become the longest reigning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWE<\/a> champion in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a> history, overtaking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JCLayfield?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JCLayfield<\/a>&#8216;s historic reign.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to the next 280 days, champ.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At midnight tonight EST, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJStylesOrg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AJStylesOrg<\/a> will become the longest reigning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWE<\/a> champion in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a> history, overtaking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JCLayfield?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JCLayfield<\/a>&#39;s historic reign.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s to the next 280 days, champ. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9jG1rd5qLI\">pic.twitter.com\/9jG1rd5qLI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Colohue (@Colohue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colohue\/status\/1029420131460493312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Colohue (@Colohue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Colohue\/status\/1029420131460493312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2018<\/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\/2018\/08\/07\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-72-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-come-out-on-top-2\/\">MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #72: 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-1197374649\"><div id=\"pwtor-3265716775\"><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 dramatic, divisive and discussed WWE performers in history. 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