Roman Reigns Should Be Neutral as “The Guy” in WWE

Roman Reigns has not been treated like the face WWE has booked him since winning the title, nor do they seem to want him to be a villain. How about being a neutral star who faces literally is willing to fight anyone?

Ever since Roman Reigns defeated Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 32, he’s wanted to make it known that he’s not a good guy. The majority of WWE fans would agree considering that the prototypical good guy would usually get plenty of cheers from the crowd; just ask the more than 100,000 who booed him winning in Dallas.

But he’s also not the bad guy, which would mean that he would be known for playing dirty tactics to gain an advantage to winning matches. Reigns hasn’t been built as someone to boo, but he is booed mercilessly by the sell-out crowds. So maybe just being “the guy” will be the right direction for Reigns’ character moving forward.

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Instead of being a face that fans cheer, like a role model that breaks a Make-A-Wish Foundation record, or a heel that makes fun of the crowd – just be more of a neutral superstar that doesn’t need allies and will fight anyone to defend his championship.

It seems that is the direction the WWE went on Monday night when he set an open challenge. But as certain superstars came out, he quickly dismissed them with a non-verbal “shoo-shoo” with his hands. This was most notable when there was the interaction between him and Sami Zayn during the all-out brawl that ended the segment on Raw and led to the Fatal Four Way main event.

Reigns is a confident superstar, but he’s not planning to rub it in if he can’t back it up. In a lot of ways, he should have a similar booking to guys like Goldberg who just destroy whoever is put up against him – whether it’s Triple H, A.J. Styles, Chris Jericho or the eventual feud with Seth Rollins.

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In fact, this character could provide a little more depth to storylines if he isn’t a face or a heel. Think about it, which means he is open to having more match options than being limited to facing only good guys or heels. The mixture would provide a little more unpredictability. One storyline option that this would allow is a possible feud with Dean Ambrose where the Lunatic Fringe earns a title shot and the two see a strain in their friendship.

The biggest problem is that the WWE creative team has tried to push Reigns as the next top babyface star and that is exactly why fans have been so negative against John Cena in the past decade. So maybe it’s going to benefit Reigns in the long-run if the company decided to go a different route and allow Reigns to truly feud with anyone on the roster – good or bad.

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Consider this article as a metaphorical representation of Darth Sidious telling Luke Skywalker to “let the hate flow through you,” Roman. That’s not to say you should be a full-blown villain. But just enough where you’ll want to deliver the Superman punch anyone moving on the WWE roster. In fact, some of us might encourage that sort of behavior since it’s worked for others.