WWE Power Rankings: Nov. 24, 2015, Post-Survivor Series
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3. Dean Ambrose
Last Rank: 6
Week Highlights: Lost in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Finals. Didn’t turn on his best friend like many suspected he would.
The Title Tournament was beneficial for Ambrose even though he came up short at the end.
For starters, it gave Dean the opportunity to really show off his ring work in extended contests. Outside of perhaps Cesaro, no one was more consistent in regards to performance quality as Ambrose was in the Tournament. Even in the short finals match it was, at times, believable that Ambrose could pull off the highly unlikely upset—a daunting task when going up against Roman Reigns.
Next in the hopper looks to be a showdown with Kevin Owens over the IC Title. As great of a standard regulation match as the two potentially could have, adding a ladder and some chairs into the mix presents a slew of intriguing dimensions.
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2. Roman Reigns
Last Rank: 1
Week Highlights: Won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and lost it five minutes later. Received minimal crowd reaction in both instances.
As much as the WWE books him to win, there truly is no winning with Roman Reigns.
To set the record straight, there is nothing wrong with Roman’s skill set: he looks like a god, has a fitting repertoire of power moves, and he’s—um—improving on the mic.
At this point it’s obvious that Roman Reigns’ problem is that the WWE is trying to fit him into a mold that he doesn’t belong. The WWE wants Roman to be “the guy,” but to make him that they are attempting to transform him into John Cena 2.0.
He can win all the time, if that’s what being “the guy” means; however, Roman doesn’t need to talk trash or have some endearing backstory built up around him. The dude is by a nature a silent killer. If the WWE tapped that, similar to WCW’s Crow-esque Sting, people would be more inclined to care when Roman Reigns wins or loses the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Survivor Series revealed, above all else, that the WWE’s current approach to make Roman Reigns the next beloved face of the company has absolutely failed. For everyone’s sake—most importantly Roman’s—the WWE needs to present him in a new light.
Next: No. 1