I had a good time watching Wrestlemania (thank God my strategy of skipping the preshow worked again). Didn't think any of the matches were bad, despite some head-scratching finishes here and there. And I didn't really disagree with the winners of any of the matches. Except one: Drew Mcintyre vs Roman Reigns. Drew should have won.
The story here was that this was Reigns' first real singles match since returning, and throughout the match the commentators were constantly wondering if Reigns was 100% and if he had bitten off more than he could chew by taking on Drew Mcintyre this soon. So what happens? They book a template SuperCena match. Reigns gets his ass kicked for most of the bout, hulks up, hits one Spear and pins Drew.
And I wasn't surprised that they did this, nor was anyone else, since it's Reigns after all and they were obviously gonna superpush him like a son of a bitch to capitalize on the momentum of his return. But it was the wrong call to have him win here, and in the long run I think it will ultimately speed up the process of fans turning on Roman again. Which is a real shame, because for the first time since his singles push in 2015 Roman Reigns is actually OVER as a babyface. It's a real shame because those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Yeah, it's only been one match and perhaps I shouldn't be so quick to judge. But from that one match I can confidently foresee how they are going to fail with Reigns again.
Just have him take the loss to Drew at Wrestlemania. Have the fans feel sorry for him and stay with him throughout his struggle to get back to form, just like they did when he was fighting leukemia. Build him back up a little more gradually, and have him kick Drew's ass at the next PPV. Or the next one after that. A loss would've done jack shit to hurt Roman at all.
And it would've done wonders for Drew Mcintyre. This guy has the IT factor. He has a badass look. He has a badass theme. He has a badass nickname. Everything about him screams "next Roman Reigns" to me. Give him the win on the big stage to establish himself as a force to be reckoned with, and then it wouldn't matter as much if he loses the next PPVs to Reigns.
Hell, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.