One of the common criticisms of Roman Reigns is his very limited moveset. Punch, punch, punch, kick, kick, kick, jumping clothesline, corner clothesline, Samoan drop, basement dropkick, Superman punch, Spear. That's pretty much it. Every once in a while you may see him do a powerbomb or a tilt-a-whirl slam, but it's been ages since I last saw him do that. I don't remember the last time he did that suicide dive too.
And if you take a look at his matches in developmental, he's not AJ Styles but the guy has such a bigger variety of moves he uses. I'm talking dropkicks (regular, not basement), elbow drops, running crossbody, spinning back elbow and some submissions such as full nelson and rear naked choke.
It's obvious that the problem isn't him not being able to do these moves. We've seen him do them, and the guy is pretty athletic. But for whatever reason, he either doesn't want to, or is instructed not to do them. I mean, freakin Braun Strowman does a dropkick now every match, and Roman Reigns, who actually has a great leap, never does them?
Is it because he's a "brawler" so they tell him not to do athletic moves?
And if you take a look at his matches in developmental, he's not AJ Styles but the guy has such a bigger variety of moves he uses. I'm talking dropkicks (regular, not basement), elbow drops, running crossbody, spinning back elbow and some submissions such as full nelson and rear naked choke.
It's obvious that the problem isn't him not being able to do these moves. We've seen him do them, and the guy is pretty athletic. But for whatever reason, he either doesn't want to, or is instructed not to do them. I mean, freakin Braun Strowman does a dropkick now every match, and Roman Reigns, who actually has a great leap, never does them?
Is it because he's a "brawler" so they tell him not to do athletic moves?