{"id":67273,"date":"2018-10-09T16:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T21:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=67273"},"modified":"2018-10-09T16:14:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T21:14:30","slug":"monday-night-reigns-o-meter-81-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-come-out-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/10\/09\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-81-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-come-out-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #81: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1061660064\" 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<p>There\u2019s been a big change recently on Monday Night Raw. Whether or not it\u2019s a good change is up to you but, to the surprise of everyone, Roman Reigns is not the hero of the Roman Reigns Show any more.<\/p>\n<p>It used to be, back in the good old days, that Roman Reigns was the fastest rising up and comer on the John Cena Show. The, as days turned to weeks, as weeks turned to months and months turned to years, the John Cena Show became the Roman Reigns Show and the world rejoiced. So what\u2019s happened? Why is Roman Reigns secondary on his own show? Well, Triple H obviously.<\/p>\n<p>Now don\u2019t get me wrong, it\u2019s not all down to Triple H. Triple H, the man who Roman Reigns defeated in the main event of Wrestlemania 32, is now locked in a supposedly brutal feud with The Undertaker, the man who Roman Reigns defeated in the main event of Wrestlemania 33. Seriously, tell me Roman Reigns isn\u2019t the hero of this story.<\/p>\n<p>This week on Monday Night Rematch, The Shield will have a rematch with Strowman, Ziggler and McIntyre. And if you can tell me the last time an episode of Monday Night Raw took place without some combination of those men you will win the internet. Unlike the last few weeks, when The Shield would be littered through the entire show, this week was too busy focussing on up and comers like Bobby Lashley, Ronda Rousey and Kurt Angle.<\/p>\n<p>This next generation is really showing a lot of promise, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Super Show Down was so blatantly forgotten by WWE itself that the Brie Bella vs Liv Morgan fight only started to get personal on Raw, despite the fact that the two shared a ring two days before. John Cena went barely mentioned. They opened the show with a recap of Triple H vs Undertaker that lasted half the show. I can\u2019t help but wonder if Super Show Down actually happened or if it was all some strange Australian dream. So we can assume that Roman Reigns will once again beat the odds, right?<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-390617662\" 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>How can I enjoy a Raw instalment that isn\u2019t Roman heavy? That Roman doesn\u2019t win? That doesn\u2019t feature the usual sing along with Roman Reigns segment?<\/p>\n<p>As we enter the final hour of Raw, The Shield cut one of their classic hidden footage promos. Seth Rollins declares that he doesn\u2019t bend. Dean Ambrose announces that justice has a name, and the name that it has, besides justice, is The Shield. Roman runs through his catchphrases and pouts at the camera before they carefully place the camera on the floor and step around it like the good citizens that they are.<\/p>\n<p>At the close of the hour we see them again, boldly entering the arena once Paul Heyman has finished his whole promo, like the good citizens that they are. Ambrose, still devoid of title, twitches and sways from side to side while his brethren hold on to their arsenal. The match, as usual, takes up four championship belts.<\/p>\n<p>Five if you count Braun Strowman\u2019s apparently fictional Saudi Arabian Championship. Let\u2019s just forget about that though, right?<\/p>\n<p>Reigns and Strowman open the match in classic big man, little man style. Reigns plays the little man, confusingly. I mean, it\u2019s Roman Reigns; I never even imagined I would be calling him a little man in any walk of life. Roman gets beat up most of the match but later realising he\u2019s getting too much of the attention and tags in Seth Rollins to take the beating instead. So, with the whole Shield angle basically all about Ambrose and with Rollins in the ring taking the beating, this week might just be the least Roman Reigns in the history of Monday Night Raw.<\/p>\n<p>We finish with Dean Ambrose in the ring, brawling with Drew McIntyre at a fast and intense pace. I\u2019ve lost track of Roman at this point. I think he was napping. What a hero; always sharing the spotlight with his brothers. After a little Ziggler interference, Roman saves Dean from a violent spinebuster. Somehow, everyone ends up straight back outside though and we are once again treated to an Ambrose vs McIntyre duel. Roman, casually maintaining his hair at the same time, dives into Braun Strowman\u2019s waiting arms but is thankfully saved by Dean Ambrose once again.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all about Dean here. Roman spears Strowman to make sure and returns to his previous nap. Rollins eliminates Ziggler but McIntyre, past and future Roman Reigns of the WWE, finishes the match with his Claymore kick.<\/p>\n<p>As the match ends, Dean Ambrose walks out on The Shield. Roman and Seth are distraught. It\u2019s a fanfic writer\u2019s dream.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4085874340\" 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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qUrPC1PkJmE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Odds Counter<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211; Braun Strowman<br \/>\n&#8211; Dolph Ziggler<br \/>\n&#8211; Drew McIntyre<\/p>\n<p><b>Did Roman Reigns beat the odds?<\/b><br \/>\nNo<\/p>\n<p>Guess that hot young DX crew might be the big deal going forwards then.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S COLUMN:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/10\/02\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-80-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-come-out-on-top\/\">MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #80: 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-855091913\"><div id=\"pwtor-1137890196\"><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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