The Legend wrote:I have a question for anyone that thinks Reigns is horrible and shouldn't beat Taker or win the title or be pushed as a main face. Who would you want to be the faces of RAW after Mania? Because from where I'm sitting you've got Seth Rollins, who is 10x worse as a face character than anything wrong with Roman, and the one story underdog Sami Zayn. I mean I really am not that interested in repeating the same story of Zayn vs Lesnar, Owens and Joe.
The only other option would be to strap a rocket to somebody else not ready like people think of Roman already, so why not just stick with him until a better option is available.
For me, it isn't about Reigns being horrible or that he will beat Taker. It is that he is pushed so much more than any other full time wrestler. Him being the top face is fine, but WWE needs to learn to push multiple people. Based on booking, Reigns has no full time equal on the roster and for me that makes everything he does worthless. I can't enjoy anything he is in because it will always come off as forced. Those forced moments also invite the negative reactions he gets from the crowd. On Monday the crowd chanted "Thank You Strowman" after Braun took out Reigns. I had to change the channel because not only did the segment get Reigns the wrong reaction, it also got Braun the wrong reaction. That right there is my biggest issue. The way WWE book Reigns (previously Cena) invites the crowd to shit on everything. They know what they are doing, but continue to do it anyway. Then after the crowd does what was expected, the WWE insults them by pretending like it never happened. Vince and company constantly taunt a fanbase that is very loyal to them.
To answer your question about who the top face should be. I wouldn't have one. I would push multiple guys constantly. One guy beats HHH at Mania, a different one beats Taker, another beats Lesnar, another wins the Royal Rumble, another beats Goldberg, etc That would establish multiple guys at once. Instead we get Reigns doing all of the above and Rollins getting a midcard win over HHH. Even the guys who are supposed to be Reigns biggest foes have all lost to him clean (Rollins, Braun, Owens, Styles).