{"id":78031,"date":"2019-04-11T12:55:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T17:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=78031"},"modified":"2019-04-11T12:55:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T17:55:35","slug":"monday-night-reigns-o-meter-87-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-come-out-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/04\/11\/monday-night-reigns-o-meter-87-tracking-roman-reignss-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-come-out-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"MONDAY NIGHT REIGNS-O-METER #87: Tracking Roman Reigns\u2019s ability to beat the odds and come out on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3479091396\" 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>The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed a certain lack of Roman Reignsometer in your recent history. Allow me to explain.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, Roman Reigns really hasn\u2019t done all that much recently. Naturally, this has been an immense disappointment to me and, I\u2019m sure, all of you too. Everybody wants to see Roman right now, but he\u2019s barely been featured. In the first of the last two weeks, Roman got beaten down by Drew McIntyre in the middle of an interview. That was it. Imagine having someone this famous, this powerful, this suave in only one segment all night.<\/p>\n<p>Treachery.<\/p>\n<p>Then came WrestleMania, after which there has to be a Reigns-o-Meter. It\u2019s the start of the WWE season. Imagine if there wasn\u2019t a Reigns-o-Meter. What a horrible person I am.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Reigns did not main event WrestleMania for the first time in five years. He has main evented WrestleMania for so long that a whole Women\u2019s Revolution went from 30 seconds on Raw and cut for time at &#8216;Mania all the way up to a triple threat main event on the show of shows. Roman Reigns main evented WrestleMania for longer that Steve Austin\u2019s entire WWE main event run from his first championship win to his retirement against The Rock. This year, not so much.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Reigns took on Drew McIntyre. Drew McIntyre who destroyed The Shield. He destroyed Dean Ambrose and he destroyed Seth Rollins.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1612130327\" 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>The match took place after the broken, battered body of Seth Rollins had won the Universal Championship so I don\u2019t think we can really call it destroyed, can we?<\/p>\n<p>It was late in the night, well into the twilight zone of post Kofi WrestleMania. The crowd was tired. They were cranky. They wanted to see more Kofi. They didn\u2019t boo; promise! They were just tired, that\u2019s all.<\/p>\n<p>Roman enters the arena to the sounds of business as usual. First, a rousing wave of hatred following by an extended awkward silence as all sound was sucked out of the building by a mysterious force of quietness. I expected the positivity to last a little bit longer, but here we are. Welcome back, Roman. I hope you enjoyed facehood while it lasted.<\/p>\n<p>The match was&#8230; fine. Two men entered; two men left. There was a little grappling. There really wasn\u2019t a lot of heat. As blood feuds go, it just wasn\u2019t very bloody, you know?<\/p>\n<p>And then, last night, I fell asleep. With my laptop on my lap, right there on my couch, having been essentially awake since 6 a.m. on Friday, I completely passed out. I\u2019m still not entirely conscious, to be honest with you. I missed Smackdown &#8211; haven\u2019t even seen it yet and I don\u2019t remember seeing Roman on Raw.<\/p>\n<p>So, start as you mean to go on right? I\u2019m a couple days late, I\u2019m practically sleepwalking, but I don\u2019t care. Roman Reigns won at WrestleMania once again. He\u2019s broken the curse of his constant eternal feud with Brock Lesnar. Onwards and upwards? We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k42Facqm6Lw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Odds Counter<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211; Drew McIntyre<\/p>\n<p><b>Did Roman Reigns beat the odds?<\/b><br \/>\nAbsolutely.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-478282500\" 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 literally slept on Roman. 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