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The Official "Will Reigns get booed when he wins" Thread

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#1 ·
We've been speculating for months whether or not this will actually happen. Here's your chance to make your prediction prior to the event and to brag (or run with your tail between your legs if you're wrong) about it afterwards.
 
#2 ·
Of course he won't get booed, why would Reigns get booed?.. The fans will be pretty satisfied when Bryan wins the Royal Rumble so they'll leave Reigns alone.
 
#7 · (Edited)
Will Rumble be held in a smarky city?
Will Reigns be eliminating another heavy favourite to win? (e.g. Bryan)
I think these determine what his reception will be.

My guess will be mixed reactions.
 
#9 ·
the fans will cheer bryan the most. a top heel (rollins, rusev, or even the authority) will throw him outta the ring through fuckery. The ppl will boo that person. Reigns will then eliminate that person, causing the fans to cheer for him. That will be wwe's formula for da royal rumble.
 
#11 ·
He will probably get booed when his music hits from a small majority of fans, if he wins everyone will boo him.

Fans don't like him or care about him much anyway and they see him as a major threat to Bryan winning the rumble who the fans like so it's obviously going to cause some fans to boo him.
 
#12 ·
It's possible. How much he gets booed depends on how they handle Bryan and what sort of crowd it is. Philly is known for being a smarky crowd but these days the likes of NY, Chicago, and anywhere in Canada or England are more smark orientated than Philly.

But remember last year it was in Pittsburgh that Batista got booed out of the building and the uproar of Bryan not being in the rumble took place. And that's generally a pretty casual city compared to the ones I mentioned including Philly.

It will be very interesting indeed, I hope Bryan wins so we don't have to witness the reaction but if Reigns does win (and if Bryan gets eliminated before the final two then we know its gonna be Reigns) it will be interesting to see the reaction.
 
#13 ·
I'm not saying it's definite that Reigns will get booed but I really think that it's a huge gamble for WWE to let him win if Bryan is in it, even if Reigns eliminates the guy who eliminated Bryan and gets "redemption" for a fellow face.

Think about it. Last year, everyone expected Daniel Bryan in the Rumble. Who came out at number 30? One of the greatest professional wrestlers in history, and THE greatest professional wrestler in his style to ever step foot in a WWE ring, the long time fan favourite Rey Mysterio, and it was a surprise entrance too. And Rey Mysterio came out to boos.

Fans in attendance weren't booing Rey. They were booing the booking, the backstage officials, creative, HHH, Dunn, Steph, Vince, everyone who had a hand in making Bryan miss the Rumble.

People are too aware of what goes on backstage nowadays that when their favourite doesn't win, or isn't included, they don't get mad at the heel in the match, they get mad at the people backstage who booked it that way.

Some may say that this is untrue, but it's really not. I'm willing to bet that at least 75% of North American WWE fans are aware wrestling is scripted and everything has to go through officials to actually happen. Most of those who don't know are just kids. And just because we represent a small minority of wrestling fans doesn't mean that ones that don't frequent forums or other online communities for wrestling aren't in the know-how of booking and creative issues.


So will Reigns get booed if he wins? Maybe, it's a gamble.
It's a combination of both what I was rambling on about above - people knowing it's booking - and the clear obviousness that Reigns is getting this mostly unwarranted huge push to the top, not based on dedication or merit, like Bryan, which are things most fans care about more than not, but based on heritage among other things, which don't denote skill nor any form of caring for the business.

Personally I wouldn't risk the (huge (IMO)) chance of Reigns getting booed because he won over Bryan, unless I was purposely pushing him as a heel, which would be good and it's something Reigns should do.
 
#14 ·
I think he will. The last few weeks and Bryans return have sealed it tbh.

The fans aren't stupid, at least the ones who pay to go to the PPV's aren't and the majority are not going to want to see a generic powerhouse who tells fairytales and quotes Sylvester and Tweety-Pie go on to headline Mania.

WWE had a chance to do something big with Reigns when he returned to gain more fans. They didn't and he has been reduced to a meandering feud with a 43 year old Big Show and some of the worst promos anyone on the roster has cut ever.

This is what it boils down to though on a grander scale. Daniel Bryan is a ''Product'' of WWE and so is Roman Reigns.

One of those products is massively in demand with their fanbase and the other is just fairly popular.

What other company in the world would try and push the ''inferior'' product center stage and limit the potential of the one that the consumer wants?

Only the badly run and failing ones would. WWE genuinely believe they can tell their own audience what is ''best for business'' and that is where all their faults lie.

The audience has bought into DB as a main eventer now and they want and expect him to be headlining the big shows. You cannot just replace him with a guy who you think looks better in that role. The audience will revolt. It's nuts and WWE are going to learn the hard way again.

This would be a different story btw if Reigns had been a WWE champion already, drew big numbers in merch, ratings and PPV numbers and was a lot more over than he is now.

In that scenario you'd be silly not to go through with Reigns vs Lesnar as the potential is there for all to see. Right now WWE are just making assumptions about Reigns based on nothing.

Literally it is based on nothing other than how the guy looks. We know this because the guy hasn't done anything of note. Not once.

Goldberg had a huge undefeated streak on TV and drew big numbers before he got the belt.

Lesnars booking and overall presentation was a million times better than what we've seen from Reigns when he was hotshotted into the main event.

Reigns has been exposed since The Shield split in ways in which guys like Goldberg and Brock never were before their big title runs.

He's doomed. They are setting him up to fail without even realizing it.
 
#15 ·
I think there's a damn good chance he'll get booed if he wins. Hell he already was getting some jeers during his promo last week. He keeps acting like a geek on the mic and wins the Rumble over the fan favorite and I think it's a safe bet that Reigns will get a mixed reaction at the very least.
 
#17 ·
I really don't think that Roman Reings will get booed if he wins, it's who the majority of fans expect to win the Rumble. This is a totally different story from last year where we really hoped and expected Bryan to turn up in the Rumble match and win it. Then were disappointed because we got Batista, a guy who's pretty meh when it comes to a modern Mania main eventer.
 
#19 ·
He won't get booed because he isn't going to win. Bleedat :reigns
 
#21 · (Edited)
Nah he still gets good crowd reactions. Only way I see Reigns getting some boos is if he eliminates Bryan to win. Plus Bryan may not even make it to the RR match. I know he will probably win against Kane on SD but The Authority gonna try their best to make him lose. And yes they are dumb enough to not put him in the RR match. They did it last year.
 
#151 ·
Nah he still gets good crowd reactions. Only way I see Reigns getting some boos is if he eliminates Bryan to win. Plus Bryan may not even make it to the RR match. I know he will probably win against Kane on SD but The Authority gonna try their best to make him lose. And yes they are dumb enough to not put him in the RR match. They did it last year.
LOL
 
#22 · (Edited)
I would've said he wouldn't like 3 weeks ago, but considering a lot of the crowd is already super apathetic towards him, and the crowd loves Bryan, I'll say yes, they will boo the hell out of him if he wins and not Bryan.

I'd rather him win tbh, the quicker he is in the main event, the quicker the Bryan fans sabotage him and he is done as the top guy. I'll gut it out for 3 months to get this shit over with.
 
#25 ·
I would've said he wouldn't like 3 weeks ago, but consider the a lot of the crowd is already super apathetic towards him, and the crowd loves Bryan, I'll say yes, they will boo the hell out of him if he wins and not Bryan.

I'd rather him win tbh, the quicker he is in the main event, the quicker the Bryan fans sabotage him and he is done as the top guy. I'll gut it out for 3 months to get this shit over with.
Valid point tbh, if he doesn't win the Rumble and doesn't mainevent this whole Reigns push could go on alot longer and be much more unbearable then if he does mainevent and gets shitted on.

But I dunno anymore, I am lost with what they are gonna do there incompetent at the best of times.
 
#23 ·
Will he get booed yes. Should he get booed no. WWE has given him nothing to work with from his promos to having to work with the Big Show. I think it is on purpose to see if he really is ready to be the man.

When will the WWE start building two new jobber monsters. They have them in Rowan and Harper. Beating Kane and the Big Show means absolutely nothing anymore. When will WWE learn.
 
#24 ·
WWE will save Reigns main eventing Wrestlemania for another year if they know what's good for them, looks very bad.

#1 Daniel Bryan is in the Rumble, Bryan wasn't even in the Rumble last year and Batista still got booed, now he's in, getting Eliminated will cause even more heat, especially on Roman Reigns(At least Batista was over once in the past, Reigns isn't over, he's still fresh)

#2 , Roman Reigns isn't ready, his promos are really bad and he hasn't demonstrated great in ring skills.

I want Reigns to succeed, therefore I want him to be saved for another year or 2 for when he's ready, because he's not ready yet and winning this year will get Reigns backlash, even worse than Batista.
 
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