I really think it played out pretty close to perfectly.
TLC, going in, was the most pointless PPV of all time lol. Not a single person was buy that show outside of the people who were already subscribed, so they went into that show with an ice-cold main event and left it with Roman beating all sorts of ass. Positivity! Progression! Yay, that show gave us something! So going into Raw you had a much warmer character, and we saw what played out and it was fantastic.
Here's the trick with Roman: His biggest issue has been he's what "they" want. "They" want to make this guy a star and "they" know what's better for us and everyone else be damned, "they" want Roman, dammit. If we can describe Roman Reigns's story without using the word "They" you're doing awesome. "OMG did you see the end of TLC? Roman beat all sorts of ass!" "Hey, did you see Raw? Stephanie smacked the shit out of Roman and Vince came back and Roman won the title and took out like 5 dudes in the process!"
Instead of trying to explain what's going on via vague backstage rationale that we're getting from watching the show, we're just describing what just happened on the show. Probably for the first time this year. Amazing what happens when things actually happen on Raw.
The thing is, going forward, either Roman isn't keeping the belt or Triple H is going to dominate the Royal Rumble. That has to be the Mania match at this point. Maybe a dark horse to win the Rumble could be Kevin Owens if those rumors are to be believed, and we get Roman vs Brock Lesnar at Fast Lane, but having Roman lose clean to The Beast seems like a really stupid idea...
Also, Roman vs Lesnar actually feels like a possibility now.
I don't know how they'll get from here to Wrestlemania, so lets tune into Raw and find out.
TLC, going in, was the most pointless PPV of all time lol. Not a single person was buy that show outside of the people who were already subscribed, so they went into that show with an ice-cold main event and left it with Roman beating all sorts of ass. Positivity! Progression! Yay, that show gave us something! So going into Raw you had a much warmer character, and we saw what played out and it was fantastic.
Here's the trick with Roman: His biggest issue has been he's what "they" want. "They" want to make this guy a star and "they" know what's better for us and everyone else be damned, "they" want Roman, dammit. If we can describe Roman Reigns's story without using the word "They" you're doing awesome. "OMG did you see the end of TLC? Roman beat all sorts of ass!" "Hey, did you see Raw? Stephanie smacked the shit out of Roman and Vince came back and Roman won the title and took out like 5 dudes in the process!"
Instead of trying to explain what's going on via vague backstage rationale that we're getting from watching the show, we're just describing what just happened on the show. Probably for the first time this year. Amazing what happens when things actually happen on Raw.
The thing is, going forward, either Roman isn't keeping the belt or Triple H is going to dominate the Royal Rumble. That has to be the Mania match at this point. Maybe a dark horse to win the Rumble could be Kevin Owens if those rumors are to be believed, and we get Roman vs Brock Lesnar at Fast Lane, but having Roman lose clean to The Beast seems like a really stupid idea...
Also, Roman vs Lesnar actually feels like a possibility now.
I don't know how they'll get from here to Wrestlemania, so lets tune into Raw and find out.
