Roman Reigns

[2.0] "Roman Reigns, despite being positioned as WWE's top star, remains a polarizing figure. In the ring, his matches often feel overly choreographed and formulaic, relying more on storytelling tropes than on technical prowess. His "Tribal Chief" persona, initially compelling, has grown stale due to overprotective booking and an aura of invincibility that drains suspense from his matches and sidelines emerging talent. On the mic, his delivery tends to be flat, with heavily scripted promos lacking genuine emotional punch. Ultimately, Reigns feels more like a manufactured product than a well-rounded performer--symbolic of WWE's preference for control over organic connection."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns has definitely improved over the years, especially with his recent character work as the "Tribal Chief." While his in-ring style isn't always flashy, he plays his role well and has great presence. Not everyone will love his long title reign or slower-paced matches, but he's clearly a major star for WWE."

[1.0] "Another completely overrated member of the Anoa? i wrestling family but I'll rather deal with Roman Reigns over Jey Uso by a thread at least he looks like a superstar and I enjoyed when he was in the shield he looked cool of course he was my least favorite member but that's all he has to offer. Roman cannot wrestle at all with a completely limited move set and weak mic skills he needs a manager to save him. He has one of the worst finishers of all time it's the most simple move in professional wrestling and I just roll my eyes when he uses it. I cannot take him seriously at all his unnecessary almost endless champion reign was one of the most painful thing I had to deal with. He did not deserve to have that lengthy run at all it was an absolute miracle when it ended I was like a kid in Christmas morning when I saw it end."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns's tribal chief work really saved his career. I was a fan of his in his big dog days, but it just felt rushed. I am glad he finally found his foot into the business with this gimmick and cemented his legacy as one of the greatest of all time."

[10.0] "I think his in-ring style is a sleeper; it's slower-paced and methodical, but I like it. I'd say it's an acquired taste; he's also just one of the best at acting and in-ring psychology. He also has gotten better on the mic, and I'd say he's a decent talker overall. All of that plus a lot of aura and some charisma, and you have probably the biggest star of the last decade. The Tribal Chief character created some of the best storylines, segments, matches, and promos in the history of WWE; it's clear when you go back and watch the last 5 years of the company."

"Roman Reigns is an interesting case. Like most, I was not a fan of him early on because his skills were lacking and he had it rough being at the top with no time to work on his craft. However ever since his return in 2020 as the Tribal Chief gimmick really showcased his abilities as a performer and his improvement on the mic by miles."

[8.0] "If you ignore his post Shield and pre Tribal Chief era, Roman has been a really great wrestler. And I seriously would have never though I'd be saying this, considering how much I hated his babyface push, genuinely might be the worst push I've had the misfortune of watching live."

[6.0] "He's still not the best promo in spite of his improvements but his character work has changed so drastically and for the better that it's not completely detrimental. I don't see myself ever rating him any higher than this because he's definitely at his ceiling now but it's a lot better than it was in 2019. His matches can be entertaining but they follow that specific WWE formula. If you watch enough WWE you can predict when he's going to start doing all of his signature moves."

""Roman Reigns is a prime example of the strongest soldier win the hardest fight. This man never gave up and never let setbacks and worst moments get the best of him. This was the wrestler who was booed and trashed by audiences during his baby face run as the Big Dog (2014-2019), whether he was winning the 2015 Royal Rumble, main event WrestleMania, defeating legends such as the Undertaker and Triple H, or defeating his toughest opponents such as Braun Strowman, Samoa Joe or Brock Lesnar, fans never favored him because they realized that WWE was going to make him the top guy of their company after John Cena. After defeating Leukemia that nearly ended his career, he came back stronger than ever, aligning himself with Paul Heyman and became the Head of the Table which in my opinion is one of the greatest gimmicks and heel runs in wrestling history. He carried WWE on his shoulders during his legendary 1316 reign as world champion when the company was facing challenges, controversies and competition, and with his impactful Bloodline stable and memorable feuds and storylines with Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, Kevin Owens, Brock Lesnar, and the new Bloodline stable, put WWE right back on the top of the mountain. To me, Roman was the hero we hated, but the villain we loved."

[4.0] "Although I get that WWE in general thinks of its wrestlers as merchandise products, the case of Reigns is fascinating to me. This guy can't wrestle, doesn't have a personaliy or mic presence other than being Super Hero Cena 2, his very limited moveset based on his powerhouse gimmick was not original nor engaging to look at and still, he was pushed to the STRATOSPHERE for years, muting booing from the audience and pretending he was the big thing that everyone wanted to see. And even though he flopped and could never get over, they pushed through with it. This type of corporate move, where they push a wrestler down the throat of the very unwilling public was like a slap on the face, a power move even. Saying "Yes, we hear you and don't care, you will still buy anything that has the WWE logo on it" and it was true. WWE became such a big monopoly that they could get away with it. So Reigns® is the next big thing and you'll LIKE IT. Even if his only distinguishing characteristic is kicking out 500 finishers and having plot armor. And again, they're are right, because WWE turns him heel, makes their important superstars® like Cena® and Taker® call him the GOAT® , and now people suddenly enjoy his matches and think he's great, even though he never got better at anything and now works part-time thinking he can nepobaby his way to Hollywood like the did WWE. Yes, as a heel the heat makes his matches more engaging because the company doesn't treat you like you're stupid for disliking him and he has more freedom to brawl and use dirty tactics. Plus he's got Heyman filling-in for his lack of persona. And still, his matches continue to feel like a lackluster finisher-spamming mess with a hundred kick outs to pretend it's le epic struggle. Tuned out big time from wrestling during his anti-climatically bad reign of terror and I'm still not willing to fully go back to mainstream with him there when I know it's impossible for this dude to get beaten cleanly 99% of the time."

[10.0] "The Shield era, singles run in 2014, Fighting with cancer, The Trible Chief reign. This man has been a part of our life since very long and still giving chills when he arrives."

[9.0] "He was good enough in the Shield, but then floundered as a top star for years after as a babyface that no one wanted. He was involved in three horrible WrestleMania main events in a row against Brock, Hunter, & Taker. But then he found himself when he went heel & started with Heyman & the Bloodline. That saved him in the eyes of many fans - myself included."

[7.0] "I'm not going to lie, purely based on in-ring skill, Reigns leaves a lot to be desired. He has a couple of moves he can pull out here and there, but other than that, he's rather limited in the ring. However, after he returned during the Thunderdome era and rebirthed as the Head of the Table, he finally showed why he was worth the heavy push. Being a heel seems to come naturally to him, and his promo skills have really improved a bunch, seeing how much he can carry a storyline. I'm glad that he got over whatever was going on prior to the pandemic and turned into an entertaining main-event star whenever he shows up."

[10.0] "I don't care if he's a part-timer, I don't care if his wrestling style isn't everyone's cup of tea, there is no denying that Roman Reigns has "it". His 1316 day reign was the best WWE title reign of the 21st century, and most of his matches feel big time. Roman is the GOAT of this generation in WWE. Anyone who hates his Big Dog time has to realize that its not his fault for the booking, and his run in the past 5 years has shown how damn good he can be when allowed more freedom. While he is a divisive figure now, 20 years from now we will look back and marvel at the epic run of the Bloodline and the OTC."

[3.0] "Plodding and formulaic in the ring, bland and repetitive on the mic. Reigns is the sort of sports entertainmenter who has managed to get very far primarily by having a marketable "look" while otherwise possessing only the basic WWE Performance Center skillset. His permanent vacation as Universal/WWE Champion was kept alive by other people talking for him while he wasn't there, other people talking for him while he stood in the background making pouty faces, and generic, lazy performances when he had his once in a blue moon matches. Unquestionably the worst top guy in WWWF/WWF/WWE history."

[7.0] "In my opinion, Moxley, Roman, and Seth were the best members of The Shield, in that order--all three are great. The Tribal Chief persona really saved Roman Reigns, and I like him much more now than his Big Dog character."

[10.0] "I truly do believe that Roman Reigns is one of the all time greats. The Tribal Chief character changed the wrestling industry forever. It gave us The Bloodline, one of the best factions in the history of the business. More importantly, it is what began to turn the tide of momentum in the favour of WWE in the war against AEW. In the ring, I believe Roman is very good, not the best, but very good."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns is one of the best character workers who have been positioned as WWE's top guy. Even during in the 2015-2020 "anybody but Reigns" era, he still put on good to great matches and would always give his best to the fans, even if they didn't return the favour. His character as the Tribal Chief is easily the most entertaining gimmick in the whole Anoa'i family. He has the look, personality, and skills of a top star and Hollywood is the only natural progression for him. That being said, in recent years he has shown up less and less but makes the most of his few appearances. He even sells great to make his opponents look a million dollars."

[9.0] "Let me start off as to why I'm giving Roman just a 9. His dominance in the wrestling ring is like no other and you'd be lucky to see him lose a match, every title reign he has is dominant just like his character, his mic work is pure badass "Big Dog" talk and his character as the "Tribal Chief" has been perfected and he's pretty much universally loved for that, his in ring work is great or mid depending on if the match is serious or not, if he's going against somebody like Seth Rollins or Cody Rhodes he puts his all into it, however if it's a mid carder he destroys them in 10 minutes and calls it a day and that's completely fine, he is a great seller and that 2.99 kick out always gets me. Now, why not a 10 after everything I just said? He doesn't wrestle enough. For somebody with the build of Roman Reigns, the talent, and skill, wrestling only 5-1 matches a year in recent time is utterly unacceptable. There is no excuse. That's why he's only a 9."

[6.0] "I really like Roman Reigns in terms of his juggernaut presence, but I honestly feel that's the only thing going for him. At this point, I am very sick and tired of his Universal Title run, and his matches come across as repetitive and predictable. I will give him credit where credit is due, his facial expressions and mic skills have come a long way since 2012, but there is no question that his promo content has staled considerably right now in 2022 with the same old "Acknowledge Me". In the ring, he has flashes of magic and is excellent at selling and 2.99 kickouts, but never really seems to kick it up a notch, with his dreadful slow 'over-milking' of the crowd. in 2021, I would have given Roman a 7, but currently in 2022, in the midst of a title reign that has obviously stayed way too long, Roman Reigns is the single reason for souring my enjoyment of WWE wrestling. [2025 edit]: Roman has freshened up and improved after dropping the title. Increasing the rating to 6 - he's still very limited in many areas compared to Seth or Drew or even Cody."

[8.0] "I think Reigns as OTC is good, but the shine has definitely come off Roman since his record breaking title run. He's not good enough in the ring to not keep up with his character enough. It can't be denied that Roman now is world's away from his terrible character in 2019, that's a testament to his talent."

[4.0] "Possibly the middest wrestler I've ever seen get a push that big constantly. Which he failed at over and over and over again only to be given constant extra chances by Vince McMahon. The term 'industry plant' doesn't really get used in wrestling but he might be the best example I can think of."

[8.0] "In 2017 i'd give him a 5 or 6. At first, they tried making Roman a bit of a mix between goofy and silent badass babyface/tweener, then they'd just ditch the first thing, so at least he stopped cutting awkward promos, but he was still boring... Fast forwards to the 2020s, The Bloodline storyline and turning him into a heel made him a must-see guy and the main attraction of WWE. He still doesn't hang with the best when it comes to cutting promos, but look at his promo vs Cena in 2017 and look at him now."

[7.0] "Roman is such an interesting wrestler because at times, he is an amazing wrestler, but other times he is just horrible and impossible to watch. I don't think he is the GOAT or near it in fact, but he is still good. His Universal title reign was legendary and will be talked about for ages, however when he unified the belts, that's where I started having problems, he shows up less and less, and his matches get worse and worse, until he'll occasionally just come out and have a crazy banger of a match. He is easily the weakest of the Shield in my opinion and it's not close. And don't even get me started on The Big Dog because all of that was just absolute garbage. Overall Roman will forever be a polarizing figure in the wrestling business and will be known for being great, or being an overbooked reign of terror."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns is divided into two categories: Big Dog and Tribal Chief. He was definitely overrated when he was Big Dog, but now he is a main eventer and there is absolutely nothing to criticize. His looks have always been great and his ability in the ring is definitely worthy of being in the Walker ranks after he transitioned to a heel."

[6.0] "Overall he's a good wrestler. But he's so overrated. There's nothing unique about him, he's the casuals' favorite wrestler. I liked Roman when he was in the Shield, I liked the Big Dog era when I was young. But looking back, he never did anything crazy until his Heel Turn. Heel Turn that started out great but was ruined by the last year and a half of his Run. I say it Roman Reigns and the Bloodline have destroyed the wrestling industry and in a bad way. At least the fans of them."

[6.0] "Certainly a lot to like about Roman. His career turnaround is very inspiring, the Tribal Chief is easily one of the coolest concepts for a wrestling character of all time but I personally just can't click with him. As someone who has fairly recently got into wrestling I completely missed out on the era when he was the punching bag of the wrestling world (that being said another thing I admire about him is how he was able to take that much abuse and hardly complained, at least publicly). However, he still somewhat represents the things I PERSONALLY dislike in wrestling. Promos upon promos upon promos with few actual matches or title defences (and the subsequent conditioning of a certain section of fans to believe wrestling is only good if it follows this exact formula). The one time I really enjoyed one of his matches was the Wrestlemania 40 match v Cody. Definitely solid in the ring, definitely solid on the mic, but the rapturous devotion so many have for him just kinda eludes me."

[8.0] "I have been highly critical of Reigns in the past, that being said I have really come round to him in the last year or so. As the top heel in WWE reigns was a fantastic believable and dominating figure, leading the WWEs main storylines for almost 3 years. At the time of writing Reigns is still involved at the top of the card and is putting on highly entertaining segments and matches. Glad to say I was wrong on Reigns."

[8.0] "Initially, I never liked Roman Reigns due to him being over-pushed. In a way, it reminded me of what John Cena was during the 2010s. Overpushed. It showed that Roman was not ready to carry the company when he had his initial gimmick before the tribal chief. But once he turned heel, he's improved and turned into something impressive. His in-ring work is pretty much a mixed bag but outside of that, he's shown mass improvement with storytelling and his promo work."

[7.0] "First of all, I won't forget his pre-Bloodline days. His booking and lack of in-ring skill created a persona that was the living and breathing symbol of WWE's shortcomings at the time. It actively turned the fans away from the product. You could write entire books about that series of failed experiments. Now he found his groove and grew into a very solid and intense wrestler. Promo-wise, he's finally the cool and strong character he had the potential to be. Unfortunately it looks like his full-time career is already winding down, and you can only wonder how far his career could have gone without that very long false start."

[10.0] "**08.04.2024**Typing this a few hours after the WM 40 main event between him and Cody Rhodes. Man, Roman Reigns has come A LONG WAY since being Leakee in FCW. His WWE debut with The Shield was a perfect way to introduce him (and the other two members) into the main roster. He was really touted as THE GUY WWE would put all their stock into, and for a while it seemed like a very poor investment. From a character standpoint, the guy sucked. He was as generic as they could possibly come, no doubt this was due to Vince and the writing staff, so I can't blame Roman at all for that. WWE put him in a lot of awful positions, especially winning the Rumble when Bryan was eliminated so early on. After that point, he was booked as Cena 2.0, something which nobody wanted and it just didn't work. They really, really tried forcing him down the throats of fans but so many revolted against it. Despite all of this, Reigns was still putting on good matches and improving with each main event star he wrestled. The turning point was his heel turn in 2020, from then onwards it was just incredible storytelling and wrestling from Roman. He's far, far better suited as a heel, or just somebody who isn't a generic WWE mouthpiece that fans can see right through. Had the best WWE title run in recent memory, took on and defeated a hall of fame worthy list of challengers. Truly elevated himself into legendary status within WWE and cemented himself in wrestling history as the longest reigning WWE Champion of the modern era. He has come such a long way, improved so much and again, reached legendary status within WWE. Couldn't of asked for a better WWE Championship run, the guy just killed it whilst making others look strong along the way.**29.03.2025** Have to bump him up to a 10. The guy is just an absolute star and has really proven to be everything WWE expected him to be."

[10.0] "He deserves this rating, not because he's a 10/10 in the ring, he's not. But because everything that he does it worth watching. Every second of what he does is pure cinema and mind blowing sometimes. The chief of the most iconic faction of all time, one of the integrants of the shield. This man is a 3 time all of famer at only 39 years old"

[5.0] "genuinely talented performer ruined by being shoved down fans throats for ages rather than letting things happen naturally. from their attempts to get him over in 2015 getting the rock booed at a time when that was unthinkable, to the recent ridiculous and boring 4 year title reign, roman has never been able to live up to the standards set for him. also largely responsible for the terrible new focus on "cinema" in wwe, newer fans starting to watch during the bloodline storyline and becoming convinced that wrestling is supposed to be a soap opera."

[8.0] "Even though he has very average and limited movements as a wrestler, Roman Reigns was one of the weakest men in The Shield in the past, but his Bloodline story and dictatorship stance with Heyman were very popular and earned my praise. They built a very solid story and showed that wrestling is not just in the ring. In this way, Roman Reigns increased the aura and I think he saved WWE. His charisma and aura, of course with the skills used by the manager, became a good icon. Normally 7, but I give 8 for Cagematch."

[6.0] "Wasted potential is something I would categorize Roman Reigns career as. During his best in-ring days, which were between 2015 and about 2018-19, his gimmick held him back from being accepted by fans as the face of the company that Vince and WWE so desperately wanted him to be. When he finally turned heel, he had a tremendous run and incredible character work from 2020 to 2023. The Tribal Chief run was amazing until WM39, where he became an even bigger part-time attraction and only defended the titles once every 3-4 months. While he's now cheered by the fans in his current anti-hero run, he is still working a part-time schedule and currently feels out of place in Seth and Punk's extremely heated feud. While I can't argue how profitable and how much star power Roman Reigns has, I personally don't think he was ever as good as he could've been, which holds him back from being one of the GOATs for me."

[8.0] "I'm quite a fan of Roman Reigns' work, especially in recent years with his "Tribal Chief" gimmick. Being a heel/more intense babyface has allowed Roman to lean into the gritty and grizzled aura he's always given off since day 1. I almost wouldn't be surprised if he turned back heel sooner rather than later. I also never really got the hype of him being the next Cena or Stone Cold, I think he's more comparable to a Batista than the former two. Definitely capable of carrying your company if needed, but is limited and fans will not always take to his character if utilized poorly. He deserves an 8 because I think, like Batista, he brings a lot of natural charisma, has an imposing presence, and is a proven draw, but he has his limits in the ring, on the mic, and as the face of the company."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns has established himself as one of the top stars in wrestling today, showcasing remarkable storytelling skills both inside and outside of the ring. However, his part-time schedule can be disappointing, particularly during his championship reign. While his recent matches have moved away from a predictable formula, it would be refreshing to see him step out of the Bloodline storyline. I would love to see him compete more as a single competitor, allowing for fresh matchups and fewer interruptions."

[7.0] "If Jon Moxley is a good wrestler who is poorly produced, Roman Reigns is the opposite, an average wrestler who with a good team managed to make him shine and look like a star. His alliance with Paul Heyman was what was missing to hide all his weaknesses as a character and get the best out of him... many have fallen in love with Roman again these years, but personally I can't forget how painful it was to see him from 2015 to 2020, where no one understood what was so special about him (thanks to Vince McMahon's horrible production). I'm glad that Roman has finally become the wrestler everyone expected him to be... but I think he reached his limit and he doesn't get any better from here."

[4.0] "I've just never been a fan of Roman Reigns, like at all. Even before his mega push was activated. 2015-2018 Roman Reigns was the worst version cause this man was freaking hated back then, nobody wanted him to be in the main event, but WWE kept putting him there when we wanted someone else. Roman was just continuing to get world title matches and main events, mostly notably WrestleMania main events. Even thought saved his career in 2020 with the Tribal Chiefs gimmick and 1316 Day reign as Universal champion, I was sick of him. I was tired of him being champion, he had 3 different moments to drop the title, in matches with Drew McIntyre, Jay Iso, and the first Cody Rhodes match. Everyone now loves Roman now which is great and I will give him that he's character work and mic work has improved so much since that infamous promo on Smackdown, but Roman just isn't for me."

[2.0] "Roman went from boring: babyface edition to boring: heel edition and then to boring: babyface edition but edgy this time. He can wrestle, technically. He can't really tell an interesting story in the ring or even do anything very entertaining but he can do moves. The way that Roman gets over storylines in the ring is by.... screaming exposition... it gives me second hand embarrassment to watch. It's fine in some places, when he was choking out Jey that first time for example, but he does it against literally every single opponent. He also just flat out doesn't even try half the time, why should I care about what you're trying to do if you don't even care? So much of what Roman gets away with relies on years and years of WWE PR forcing him until they finally broke down the door after 7 years of slamming the square peg into the round hole."

[9.0] "Inzwischen hab ich meine Meinung über Roman Reigns geändert; mir ist erst letztes Jahr richtig bewusst geworden, wie wertvoll er eigentlich ist! Von dem Punkt aus, als er ein überhyptes Face war, das ausgebuht wurde, hat er sich natürlich um Welten weiterentwickelt! Nachdem ich auf dem Network sowie durch Youtube-Videos vom WWE-Kanal viele Matches von ihm nachgeholt habe, bin ich jedoch der Ansicht, dass er im Ring auch im letzten Jahrzehnt ein gutes Stück besser war, als es hieß. (Ich hatte lange, lange kein WWE geschaut.) Und ich denke mal, für seinen damaligen eindimensionalen Face-Charakter konnte er nichts, den wird er von seinem Arbeitgeber wohl aufgesetzt bekommen haben. Danach ist aus ihm ein schier unbesiegbarer Monsterheel und Dauerchampion entstanden, der total over ist und als Anführer eines der brillantesten Stables überhaupt, der Bloodline, glänzt/e. Auch von seinen In-Ring-Fähigkeiten bin ich mittlerweile überzeugt: Mit den Pausen, samt Trash-Talking, zwischen seinen Offensiven, hat er's für meinen Geschmack zwar übertrieben, aber es war eben ein bewusstes Stilmittel für seinen Heel-Charakter, um eine gewisse Erhabenheit oder Überlegenheit auszudrücken. (Das macht er jetzt als "Face" positiverweise nicht mehr in dieser Form.) Wie auch immer - er hat es mittlerweile im Geviert richtig drauf! Bei ihm wirkt kein Move verschwendet, sein ganzes Vorgehen im Ring wirkt unheimlich stilsicher, er weiß genau, welcher Move zu welchem Zeitpunkt passt und seine Matches haben ein hervorragendes Storytelling sowie ein Big-Time-Feeling. Außerdem hab ich den Eindruck, dass jeder, der in einer Storyline mit ihm war, unheimlich stark von der Zusammenarbeit mit ihm profitiert hat - wesentlich mehr, als er durch jeden anderen Fehdengegner hätte gewinnen können: vgl. Sami Zayn, Jey Uso, Cody Rhodes, Solo Sikoa. Roman Reigns ist der größte Star von WWE, und bei diesen vielen positiven Eigenschaften gehe ich von 6 auf 9 Punkte hoch. Er zieht jetzt als Face ebenfalls sehr gut, aber ich kann immer noch nicht vollends einschätzen, welche Wirkung er in dieser Rolle längerfristig haben wird. Sobald ich das kann und wenn er weiterhin derart beeindruckt, gebe ich ihm auch die höchste Punktzahl."

[6.0] "Pre-Tribal Chief, my score for this guy would've probably been a 3 or so. He spent most of his career being mediocre in the ring, bad on the mic, overpushed, and incredibly boring without having someone else in programs with him carrying the weight. It is undoubtable that the Tribal Chief run changed all of that, and while I don't think anyone can argue that that championship reign was one of the greatest things WWE ever did with a character/wrestler, the value extracted out of that almost (almost) had less to do with Reigns and more to do with the subversion of expectations of WWE and the many moving pieces around him. All that being said, Reigns became a masterclass promo during this time, and his in ring work got markedly better, too, thank god. He's still plodding and occasionally limited, but his showmanship and willingness to work to the strengths of others cannot be underlined enough"

[6.0] "The most overrated wrestler I can think of in the last 20 years. He's more overpushed/overrated than even peak Super Cena. His look is a 10 out of 10, but everything else is nowhere near. His mic work, like many of the fullblown WWE-only creations, is delivered in a way where it feels/sounds like rehearsed lines from a Nickelodeon made for TV drama. This would be passable IF HE WEREN'T CONSTANTLY FEATURED ON TV WITH A MIC IN HIS HAND. His mediocre/basic ringwork is carried by his look and presentation, but in a vacuum it is very standard. Just another guy who was FORCEFULLY JAMMED down the viewers' throats and booked to SEEM like he's over when he never actually was, until he came back from his leukemia scare. If you view him with a critical eye, he has not improved since The Shield days. He's literally the exact same guy. Same look, same ringwork, same micwork. Just with a different presentation to make him SEEM more important. His micwork being unimproved over 15+ years is staggering to me."

[5.0] "This new and enhanced version has a nice beard but still does the same old boring routine, unfortunately no shift in aura alone is wiping the stink off this one."

"The most overrated and overpushed wrestler of the modern era. He's been stealing the spotlight from talent he could not hold a candle to for ten years now. He is the embodiement of everything wrong with WWE as a company and it's not even his fault."

[8.0] "Very polarizing. At his peak, Reigns was putting on banger matches and amazing segments. Nowadays he really hasn't evolved his game so he absolutely does get stale but this man is around and is in many of the greatest and my favorite moments in WWE. Iffy most of the time but I can't deny the skill and the emotion he can bring."

[7.0] "Not really a fan of Roman, but I still have to unbiasedly give him 7, he is very overpushed, whether as a face or as a heel, but he's actually good in the ring, and has improved vastly on the mic, he's really good, he is one of the pillars of WWE, I like him, but not like how WWE wants us to like him, also I hate the bloodline storyline sm"

[1.0] "Roman Reigns debuted on the main roster in 2012, and from the get-go, WWE/Vince McMahon/Triple H decided to sculpt him as the face of the company, regardless of whether fans were on board. Spoiler alert: They weren't. For years, Reigns was force-fed to the audience, shoved into the spotlight without earning the adulation that other stars worked for. His in-ring work is repetitive, generic, and painfully limited--punch, kick, Superman Punch, Spear, rinse, repeat. His mic work? Let's just say charisma isn't his strong suit unless you count monotonous promos and the occasional gritted-teeth growl as "star power." Let's not forget those early years of Roman's push. WWE desperately tried everything to get fans to love him: endorsements, main event after main event, and even using The Rock (yes, The Rock) as a human shield at the 2015 Royal Rumble. Yet the fans booed him mercilessly--rightfully so, because no matter how much "Big Dog" propaganda they shoved down our throats, he simply didn't have the presence to justify it. Fast forward to his heel turn in 2020. Yes, he got a fresh coat of paint with the "Tribal Chief" gimmick, which finally convinced fans to stop booing him, but let's not pretend this was some masterstroke of character evolution. He was still playing the same indestructible, unbeatable superhuman archetype WWE has been force-feeding for over a decade--just with Paul Heyman doing the heavy lifting on promos. And then there's WWE's little psychological master plan to turn him into a "draw." Reduce the number of matches he works, slap both world titles on him, and create an artificial sense of exclusivity. Fans, deprived of an alternative, were left with no choice but to invest in his sporadic appearances. It's a cheap tactic, manipulating scarcity to inflate demand, not evidence of genuine stardom. If you hold two titles hostage for years and wrestle only a handful of matches annually, people will eventually beg to see you--out of sheer desperation, not admiration. In short, Roman Reigns' career is the ultimate case study in corporate stubbornness: a wrestler built not by merit but by relentless branding, corporate favoritism, and manipulation. Sure, he's a "draw" now, but only because WWE rigged the game. As for his in-ring work and promo ability? Still as mediocre as ever."

[4.0] "Reading these comments "most recognizable" lol. Roman is adequate. For everything that hes been gift wrapped, a nepobaby that took 8 years to get over with the golden push. Couldnt talk, gave him the best manager, had the actual "most recognizable" wrestler put him over again and again. He's just an avatar for the Samoans. I can take anything from his matches though. His hair flips really sell."

[9.0] "From the least notable member of the SHIELD to the most recognizable wrestler of all time. WWE, and Vince McMahon in particular, believed in Roman Reigns so much that they had started promoting Roman as a solo superstar even before the SHIELD broke up, and after that, Roman, faced with indescribable hate, didn't give up and did his job satisfactorily. He has grown a lot in terms of presenting himself on the microphone: if before his voice seemed to tremble, he sounded uncertain, then in the last couple of years Roman Reigns has mastered the microphone freely, which can even be seen in meetings with John Cena in 2018 and 2021. Roman Reigns has one of the best title reigns as a world champion, although, frankly speaking, something has clearly gone wrong since 2022, but overall he is a legendary reign, and all his confrontations mattered at least because his opponents managed to outdo themselves. Every time, it was believed that Roman Reigns would lose the title to him, especially in the story with Daniel Bryan, Brock Lesnar and Jey Uso. Unfortunately for me, Roman Reigns, after losing the title, came back too early and somehow became a good guy. According to the storyline, he had terrorized SmackDown, as well as his bloodline, manipulating Jey Uso"

[7.0] "I really hated Roman back in the day when basically everybody hated him, WWE repeatedly tried to push him into the number one babyface status, but it never really worked and it backfired several times, to a point he was booed out of the building everywhere and it felt like he was a flop, a failed try, I truly believed he didn't had enough qualities to be in high spots, but after a lot of evolution and repackaging, Roman could become the superstar that WWE always wanted him to be, as a heel, something that he should've been the whole time, and WWE was able to rescue him after a lot of damage and bad bookings, and after that he became the most profitable and accomplished superstar of his generation. Roman had a vision during the pandemic that few people had, and he really benefited from the empty arenas to work on his craft and create a really nice thing for his character, adding a lot of depth and psychology into the things he do, and without the pressure and more freedom to try something different, he shifted the perspective and developed an unique style and way of telling stories, inside and outside of the ring. I'm still not the biggest fan of wrestling 'cinema', but it's undeniable that Roman Reigns became the most draw wrestler in the world by working this style, that created a huge amount of possibilities and stories that WWE will rely on for decades."

[5.0] "Auf der einen Seite bietet Roman Reigns eine extreme Ausstrahlung und solange er nicht kämpfen muss sind seine Auftritte immer gut oder sehr gut. Damit sind wir aber auch bei dem Problem angekommen. Roman Reigns bringt im Match nicht das rüber was er sonst ausstrahlt. Die Matches wirken immer extrem langsam und einschläfernd, völlig unabhängig davon wen er als Gegner hat. Sicherlich ist dies auch irgendwo ein erstaunliches Talent, allerdings kein Talent was wirklich gut ist. Das er trotzdem die WWE jahrelang getragen hat, ist deshalb umso erstaunlicher."

[10.0] "One of the greatest wrestling superstars of all time. Had an amazing debut with The Shield and then got shoved down the audience throats with bad promos and character. Came back in 2020 with more control over his creative and aligned himself with Paul Heyman as the Tribal Chief. He had a much better character, promos and most importantly he came back as a badass heel who oozes charisma and aura. He then started one of the all-time great championship runs of over 3.5 years while also leading probably the greatest faction and storyline in wrestling history with the Bloodline which soared the company's popularity, quality and attendance to the highest it has been since the attitude era. He also helped propel many stars into main event talents with their inclusion in the Bloodline saga like Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, Cody Rhodes, Solos Sikoa and Jacob Fatu. Though it took some time and fighting through bad creative, Roman Reigns has now strongly established itself one of the greatest wrestlers of all time."

[8.0] "Roman was a really hard sell for me. Awful promos and boring matches galore. WWE trying to push him down everyone's throat wasn't doing him any favors either. Once he returned with his heel persona, however, it was clear he had found his way. From there, while his moveset was pretty much the same, he now used it better. His matches improved, now being able to carry his own weight. And his presentation and mic skills went through the roof. He is not perfect, as WWE wanted/wants you to believe, but he is good."

[6.0] "Romans in ring skills are really repetitive however he can put on a good match if his opponent can wrestle if its someone like an LA Knight then its not gonna be a good match. When it comes to mic work WWE needs to stop giving him scripts and lines Roman can cut a good promo off script I think WWE really screws him and limits him. His character is really good. I think WWE pushes him way too much and honestly outside of wwe I dont think he would make it far in any other promotion. Roman isnt the greatest wrestler in this era but also he is not the worst he needs to show up on tv more often and title was really stale kept wrestling brock lesner half the time but he did make a really long title reign work. I think a lot of fans hype him up."

[10.0] "The WWE wanted him to be a face. The fans rejected him. Finally WWE relented and made him both a heel and their most dominant champion. The fans then were beholden to The Tribal Chief after it was all said and done because they accepted him as a heel. Reigns has the look and the menace about him, but all accounts away from the camera point to a locker room leader as well. The guy has overcome adversity in his personal life to become the face of wrestling's largest promotion and it was entirely deserved. Believe that."

[2.0] "Roman Reigns Era, despite making a lot of money for WWE, but in my opinion, if you want to look at its matches in general, you will get nothing but a series of boring matches. 2-3.5 star matches that have continued and will continue since WrestleMania 30 and Seth Rollins' betrayal to the recent feud with Bloodline Fake. Roman Reigns managed to defeat Undertaker at WrestleMania 33 when he couldn't even do a proper promo against John Cena that same year. I can never understand the reason for the unreasonable push by Vince McMahon and then HHH"

[0.0] "Read my rating for WWE as a promotion. This person and one other guy epitomise my issues with the WWE work style. The core fundamentals of in ring wrestling people score poorly but still get pushed. Show m no great skill in grappling either standing or mat-based Strikes that look bad [ ie once that look bad if someone sells them] and feeble to non-existent ground game. the match structure of the last considerable title run lazy played heel tropes like the same issues i have when going back to watching the highly loved stuff in WCW if you just tune in to a match waiting for the interference to happen it hurts me buying in to the match. it is the same issue i have with the HOT in New Japan. to promos are bonus and not a main thing is rate on if he was a 50/100 good promos get him maybe to 60/100 every other thing is so bad spot his good promos s potentially push him to Around 5/100 an I find it odd people put his stuff on the level of great orations of history[i have seen this said] of the level of something like Oliver's version of the St Crispin's day speech from Henry the 5th or Churchill's we will fight them speech. This makes me hate Roman more because he of what he represents in wrestling. People say Roman is as important to wrestling as people like Goddard were for film[ yes have seen this said as well ] also what knock more off his scored for me is the lack iof innovation in his move set I also are hugely on innovation. his match output is around 10/100 innovation 0/100 so 10/200 or 5/110 convert to the system this sites uses 0"

[10.0] "Probably one of the most controversial when it comes to rating careers, but Roman Reigns as The Tribal Chief definitely had infinite aura that is never felt on any other wrestler in the history. The way he talks, walks, moves in the ring made you feel like he is the boss of WWE. It is truly incredible considering how bad he looked during his previous face run where everything felt out of place. Maybe he does not deserve a 10 all things considered, but we probably will never see a wrestler that made everyone feel above everyone else in a long time, which is why he was truly special."

[10.0] "Probably one of the more divisive wrestlers in terms of how you view him in the last decade. When he first came up with dean and seth as part of the shield everyone loved them, especially when they became babyfaces. The shield as a whole were involved in some of the best multi man tag matches I have ever witnessed. Then when they broke up and they were looking to push Roman as a singles act, the fans werent rocking with it, and understandably so. Despite having the look, he wasnt believable as a babyface because of how bad of a promo he was. Even with what he was doing in the ring, there were still fans that werent rocking with Roman like that because they felt his push was forced. There were probably a number of ways how his push could of been better booked (have him win a midcard title first to show he can work main event style matches), then if he succeeded there, you push him to the moon. He was also still rocking the shield gear that still had fans reminisce of those days were they preferred Roman. He also was still using the shield theme song too for the longest time. Fast forward to 2020 in the summer and thats when he changed the game, linking with Paul Heyman, becoming the tribal chief, the way he leveled up in every aspect of wrestling was a sight to behold. He mastered doing the little things, his promo work was utter worldly. Not only what he did, but the bloodline story, played a huge role in the perception of WWE being where its at today. 1316 days a champ. No one will come close to that ever. Whether you love him or you hate him, you have to respect him for truly changing the game the way he did. His current run as the otc is still a work in progress. But you can tell what his next goals are (getting Jacob over, and trying to get solo as a more legitimate wrestler? ) the second part will be tough but hes done so much in this business Im truly looking forward to to seeing Roman give back more cause wins and losses dont mean anything to him no more. Hes stamped as one of the greatest of this era. Now its time to see who else joins him in that regard"

[7.0] "Not a great in ring performer, but a great character. Especially in last 5 years with his new tribal chief persona, we recognised one of the best storylines of the wwe history. Without a doubt, He is the face of the company"

"At first he was a part of one of the GOATest factions in WWE - THE SHIELD. Then after his solo run began, WWE tried to push him as their next top guy, in typical Vince fashion it was through our throats, which of course bakcfired dramaticaly as Big Dog Roman Reigns was generic af and insecure on the mic. And the cringy, badly written promos (like suffering succotash) do not gave him any favor either. Althrough Big Dog arc wasn't all that bad: in fact he was one of the best in-ring workers since 2015 already. Anyway, despite having an obvious natural charisma on top of all other attributes his actual character was OFF. That's until 2020 happen, when he did a heel turn and finally found himself:: legendary historic 4 years World Title reign & Bloodline saga begun and now in 2024 he is HIM. A truly generational talent with a 1000 lvl aura. Everyone, even his former haters are putting their fingers up everytime his theme kicks in."

[9.0] "If you had asked me 3-4 years ago my opinions of Roman they would be quite low, but since his return to the company in the pandemic he showed his true potential. I do not think he is an amazing wrestler still, but overall he is a very solid and well put together character, his mic skills became so much better, his overall presence was felt so much greater, he is certainly one of the greatest WWE superstars of the 2020s thus far. 9/10"

[7.0] "Roman Reigns is one of the most important stories in history and is still alive. The first run with the shield's fight was fun and he even received good attention, but then came the dissolution of the stable and the birth of "Big Dog", or a more generic babyface, dull and rejected by the fans. During the 2014-2019 era, it was clear to WWE (Vince McMahon) that he had become a game changer, but it wasn't a good place to be, but he was a super generic person, had zero charisma or a guy who had nothing to do with this, even though he was a competent worker who could make good matches. In 2020, the pandemic took a turn and transformed Tribal Chief into a group that was not a big player, as the big players ran from fighters in history, to the house of Voltou with charisma, to a tremendous big in promotions and sends for the fantastic storyteller. However, it was accompanied by incredible support like the Usos and Paul Heyman, who is King Midas of PW. Until 2022, I loved the race because it had an aura of an incredible final boss, but the unification of titles came and everything went down the drain, endless hiatuses, matches following a super boring formula or face that was licked by the whole company like the The most dominant Champion of the modern era was beating lower ranked guys with help which in my opinion killed the character, and during his last rivalry as champion he was completely overshadowed by The Rock."

[10.0] "If you wanna talk about aura, this guy has it. Sure his "Big Dog" gimmick is somewhat torelable back then in my opinion but this guy has improved, at the absolute best in his career now and probably one of the biggest draws of WWE since John Cena."

[10.0] "While his early on run was probably only a 6 or 7, the simple insanity of how unbelievably good the current iteration Roman Reigns is boosts him up to GOAT status. The main face around the revitalization of wrestling in the 2020s, Bloodline Roman Reigns is just a level above. Character, 10. Storytelling, 10. The look, 10. Everything about him during the Tribal Chief run has been, and will continue to be top notch"

[6.0] "Roman Reigns is interesting because he can be and is undeniably good. There is a reason why people rate and rave and call him a goat and so on. That said, it feels like part of that is because he has been pushed so hard for so long. I came back to wrestling in 2022/2023 and what I have seen I have kind of hated. He was a part timer who took long ponderous walks and got lifted up by a solid supporting cast and the undeniable Paul Heyman. Then every single match of his that I saw had the same formula of plodding start with crowd milking, back and forth, bloodline interference, and surprising win. All the while the announcers tell me how great he was when he kept winning through outside help. I can suspend disbelief, but this is outright lying and the dissonance took its toll. Out of character, I like him a lot more. Now that he is not the big champ, I think he is in a position where I will like him more but I am just sick of his extended family drama so we will see."

[10.0] "Since his 2020 run, an all-time legend. Enough said. The aura he carried himself with during this period elevated professional wrestling to mainstream level once again."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns as a person? amazing and brave for pratically beating cancer. As a storyteller? also amazing with a look and presence that became iconic. As a wrestler? honestly, i was expecting a lot more, he's a great wrestler don't get me wrong but wwe definitely overhypes some of his moves and it looks like the "basic" moves of wrestling become finishers with him"

[10.0] "2012 - 2014, I enjoyed his time with The Shield as the muscle of the group. Then in 2014 - 2019 I couldn't stand him because they kept forcing us to like him. But from 2020 - Now he has been the best character in wrestling today, and the biggest wrestler in the world today with all the mainstream media he has today."

[2.0] "He might be the most overrated wrestler of all time. A dude who literally took 3 month breaks off, while holding 2 world championships. His in-ring skills are meh. Honestly, if it wasn't for his storytelling abilities, his matches would be pretty bad. No one is going to act like he was the most overpushed wrestler for 5 years of his career. This dude was also the person who wouldn't go a single match without some type of interference in his match. The most overrated wrestler today, and maybe, the most overrated wrestler of all time. 2/10"

[10.0] "The face of this company since 10 years. He was the most charismatic member of the Shield. The gimmick of the Tribal chief, with the Bloodline has allowed him to be one of the best ever in WWE. This is the biggest star actually in all wrestling, his return at Summerslam prove that. This guy is fighting every day against leucemia, with medical treatment and healthy lifestyle. He deserves the maximal rating."

[6.0] "roman reigns is a case of good look of a wrestler, but doesnt do anything entertaining in the ring. if this was 2014-2018 he would be a 8 for me, but i feel like the more we progress as years go by he looses that spark he had."

[10.0] "Roman hat sich jetzt nach seiner Heel Zeit als Tribal Chief und seinem Face Turn vor kurzem endgültig auch bei den ganzen hardcore Fans als neuer Babyface der Company und damit Nachfolger von John Cena durchgesetzt. Und das auch völlig zurecht Ich war selber einer, der in seiner ersten Babyface Zeit von 2015 bis 2020 ziemlich negativ gegenüber Roman eingestellt war, was sich jetzt in 2024 aber um 180 Grad gewendet hat. Ich bin gespannt, was 2024 und die nächsten Jahre so für Roman bringen."

"Great Athlete and great performer. He's had one of the incredible turnarounds in wrestling history, from being one of the most hated babyfaces, to now beloved villain. Without the guidance of Paul Heyman, I don't think Roman improves (leaps and bounds) the way he has."

[10.0] "is right up there with Austin, Rock, Hogan, and the other major catalysts of pro wrestling boom periods in wrestling history. Real life athlete (All ACC DT at GA Tech), great mic skills, and a charisma/aura that dwarfs 99% of pro wrestlers all time. Has gotten over almost everybody who has faced him and made them bigger stars afterwards"

[10.0] "Roman Reigns, where do I start? I have so many good things to say about this man. He carried WWE by himself during his return after the pandemic, he is truly a legend which people are starting to recognise, he is over like crazy with the fans right now, he is an amazing wrestler, he has amazing promos and segments, If I could give this guy a 20, I would. This man will go down in wrestling history as one of the best and he absolutely deserves it."

[8.0] "I give Roman Reigns his flowers; he has been a great champion and worked wonders in some feuds. His promos have gotten so much better since that suffering succotash line, which most likely is the worst promo in the history of wrestling, but over the years, he has really come on leaps and bounds with his promos, especially when he cooked Austin Theory alive. Besides that, he has had his troubles in wrestling and his run as a workhorse, so I think that has allowed him to reach the level of being a PLE merchant."

[7.0] "Roman the one and only Tribal Chief. His first 7 years with WWE were average at best, was never a fan of him whatsoever. Although the bloodline has helped him become an actual superstar. Great look, puts on a good match and his mic skills have improved tenfold since the beginning. Will always watch him as he's mainevent calibre but the reason he only gets a 7 is his inring work isn't always the best, Taking into account 7 of his 13 years were average and his lack of actual ring/on screen time. If he appeared more alone he could be a solid 8-8.5"

[10.0] "Roman Reigns is the Original Tribal Chief. The head of the table. His champion reign was legendary. He is athletic, strong, has the size for a world champion. He has improved so much from his days in the shield. Being overpushed as the big dog to carrying the WWE during the pandemic era. He is one of the greatest from this generation."

[9.0] "Hot take, I thoroughly enjoy The Tribal Chief as a character, and Roman as a worker now. Post 2020 he has been putting in the work of his career, and I love him for it. Every time he showed up it felt important. Had he been showing up every week, people would have gotten sick of him so quickly. He truly is the main event when he shows up, and the next time he does I just know he will be getting the pop of a lifetime."

"Roman is probably one of the worst and overrated wrestlers my eyes have ever witnessed since I started watching wrestling in the early 90s. He had to be carried through his face run by Vince shoving into our throats, and then Paul Heyman had to carry him to save Roman's carrier when he returned. He is the worst part-timer I have ever seen; to push Roman over the entire WWE roster had to get buried and held back for years while Roman kept the titles in hostage for years. Even with Paul Heyman carrying him, he's still so plain on the mic. They have to shut his opponents so Roman can shine without talking about his lame Ring workjust two or three moves. I'm so glad that Roman's sugar daddy Vince left WWE. "

[5.0] "Lets be honest here, Roman Reigns is only considering good is because of his famous title reign, this guy is SOOO overrated, he has got a good character, his promos are meh, is in ring work is good but not great at all, i just think this guy is completely overrated, every time he is on the mic the word the sentence "Acknowledge me", every match hes in, theres gotta be a interference, because hes always getting beat in a match then Solo comes out or Jimmy comes out and saves this man from dying, he is not good, his babyface run could have been something if he wasnt presented so fast, and pushed so far, before his tribal chief gimmick i think he could have been something, but now its every week hes on the mic and yaps. overrated"

[3.0] "(Sorry english is not my firtst language) I dont like this guy he is most overrated wrestler in history nto that good like rycochet or gunther and his character quickly god destroyed by helping from everyone from the bloodline, from Jay, Jimmy, Paul and Sikoa to ( god no ) The Rock. And before you start saying that its wasnt that bad then i have e question, you know that we rating his whole career? So tell me before tribal chief do you like him or do you just escape the arena or stop watching like at this fight with samoa joe"

[8.0] "[7.5] Roman has spent a large chunk of his career being positioned as the successor to John Cena, and ironically, much like Cena, I find him extremely hard to rate, mostly because of the top-star treatment that entails. He's undergone so many evolutions it's insane, from a really good strong-silent type enforcer in the Shield, to an aggressively mediocre babyface who just hadn't put it together at all, to a fairly entertaining if unspectacular heel (granted, a good chunk of that was not his fault). All in all, he's good, but I'm not sure he's quite good enough to warrant both the position he gets on the card and the absurdly protective booking he received as the Tribal Chief. He has a solid enough look and charisma, is good enough in ring, and is decent in promos when he isn't being fed his lines by a geriatric man desperate to make him seem cool."

[7.0] "The man who saved WWE from the swamp. I honestly didn't like the Big Dog gimmick, but he was very good at everything as Tribal Chief. He's still young, I mean come on he's only 39 years old. I hope we will have the opportunity to watch it for a few more years. It is also unreasonable to say bad things about in-ring without seeing it in other companies and promotions."

[0.0] "Sorry to all the Reigns fans out there but he first made me quit watching SmackDown back in 2021 when half of the show was him sitting in a room and talking to the Usos once in a while. Then eventually when he beat everyone I was too fed up with him and the product around him that it made me stop watching current wrestling. His title reign was the worst i have ever seen and his matches did not deliver. Also think that a lot of his promos are laughably bad. One of the key things in his reign was the fact that the never beat anyone clean and always had to have outside interference that does not make the face of the company look very good. Personally I do not understand why Cody could not beat him the first time but at that point i had been pissed for a while already so i was not surprised he won. Again I know that he has a lot of supporters but this is my experience with him."

[8.0] "Yea, he is overrated and his booking is way too overzelaous. But over time he really has improved, he is digestable on the mic now, he is good in the ring and he is involved in great storylines. Still not top-tier level though but not far off either. I will give him an 8 instead of 9 because of his cocky and condensending attitude about his overpush back in the day. Hope they never turn him face again...."

[7.0] "Roman is a bizarre case where the booking has almost always been out of step with who he is. Under Vince, he flourished as a part of The SHIELD, as he had Ambrose and Rollins to cover his weaknesses, and heighten his strengths. But his intimidating visage and powerful wrestling didn't match with Vince's direction of making him the reigning babyface, leading to quite possibly the biggest rejection of a wrestler in WWE's history. Even as he improved as a wrestler, both in ring and on the mic, the fans never were on his side, even after his leukemia diagnosis. No one can deny just how good his turn as the Tribal Chief was, beginning what many call one of WWE's best storylines in the form of the Bloodline. Reigns was brutal, almost sadistic, bringing the Usos onto his side and carving through the roster to become the Undisputed Universal Champion for more than 1300 days, and he was DAMN impressive in the role. But again, whilst he was booked as this true final boss of the promotion, his booking didn't reflect that, with him being absent for large spans of time. When he was on the scene, his feuds and precense were undeniable, his in-ring abiltiies are far cry from his middling performances in the mid to late 2010s, culminating in the fantastic build to Wrestlemania XL, where he was finally defeated by Cody Rhodes. So how is Roman Reigns? I think he's fantastic, especially in his role as the Tribal Chief, but he's a victim of booking; he had to be there more, and making him a babyface in the 2010s was a massive mistake that damaged him irreparably for years. I thin when he returns, he'll get one of the biggest pops of all times, as I think perception of him, coupled with his return likely setting off a Bloodline Civil War against Solo Sikoa will finally get him the natural recognition all babyfaces crave. I like Roman - and maybe, the best is yet to come."

"Roman Reigns is overrated. As baby face everyone hate him and as a heel everyone loves him instead. He is bad at mic and he breaks the character to make it more interesting which is never a good thing to break character. His skills in ring are average. The only one aspect he is ok is his selling. Roman Reigns was stubborn push from Vince which a lot of wrestlers would've done it better"

[8.0] "It feels weird rating the Tribal Chief an 8, but the fact remains that he was largely mediocre for most of his career, pushed way before he was ready (through no fault of his own, of course) and forced to remain a babyface despite the crowd clearly being against him, all the while stuck with The Shield gimmick and music despite the dissolution of the faction. But the past few years, especially during the pandemic, as the Tribal Chief have really given him the opportunity to prove to everyone that he's capable of being a massive draw, a fantastic actor and a brilliant ring general. The fact that his Shield past actually became a part of his character beat is icing on the cake."

[9.0] "Roman is simply amazing. His promo skills are great and he can put on an amazing and compelling match. As a fave he worked a very explosive style and as the Tribal Chief, hes very slow and methodical, waiting for his opponent to make a mistake and capitalize. The Bloodline story is great and his accolades are very important."

[8.0] "Gimmick: 11 von 10. Warum der Neue besser als der alte "Big Dog" ist: -Oberkörperfrei, wie es sich für einen Maineventer gehört. Wenn man schon n 50er Oberarm hat.. -der schmierige "Kevin Kuranyi" Bart ist weg. Vollbart schaut schon besser aus. -die Tribal Chief Kette macht was her, statt ewig im Shield RipOff Look die Rampe runterzukommen. -endlich eine Catchphrase! -Man geht nach Jahren endlich auf die Verwandtschaft mit den Usos ein. Leider laufen seine Matches recht gleich: Trash Talk, paar Punches. Es geht noch draussen: Drive By (fast der erste Wrestling Move nach 10 Minuten). Die Offensive vom Gegner sellen. Eingriff von Aussen. Superman Punch, Spear. An einem guten Tag gibt es den Perfect Plex. Egal ob gegen Jey, Edge, Cena..es wird auf die Epicness gesetzt. Wrestling Moves auf Sparflamme. Schade. Was mit 3-4 Moves mehr in einem 20 Minuten Match drin wäre. Durchschnitt: 5 Punkte. Kommen wir auf 8 insgesamt ;)"

[9.0] "There is definitely a big difference between the Big Dog of 2015 and the Tribal Chief of 2023. Roman has developed itself a lot, especially in the sense of the microphone, besides, all the stories and events it was involved in have left a mark. The Bloodline, The Shield, The Authority... He proved to be a really good wrestler and I don't think anyone will have a 1316-day reign again."

[8.0] "At one point in his career, Roman Reigns was looking to be a massive bust. The WWE wanted to make Roman the next John Cena-style Babyface and push him to the moon, unfortunately for them, many fans both hardcore and casual were against that idea, and even though I wasn't one of those people who was anti-Roman, can you blame them? I certainly don't. But as is the case in Professional Wrestling always, one gimmick isn't ever the "end all, be all", and it was clear that WWE was going to have to completely scrap the Roman Reigns face run and go a different route, which is what they did in 2020 with the Heel Tribal Chief character. Before I talk more about that new character, before 2020, Roman Reigns was fairly mid in the ring and wasn't exciting to watch whatsoever, he had main-evented several WrestleMania events and most of those matches weren't good. However, starting a new year and a new era in 2020 due to a pandemic around the world, WWE was changing rapidly, 2020 was a rough year for WWE as was the 2017-2019 era of WWE, but, things were about to change when Roman Reigns turned heel and formed a new character, which over time, became a hit with many casual wrestling fans and ended up creating one of the greatest stables of this generation, The Bloodline. Say what you will about Roman presently and historically, without his heel turn and gimmick reformation, WWE would be on a much different path and maybe a path that wouldn't have made their product much better. Although Roman's in-ring work stayed relatively 'mid' over the course, his aura was otherworldly and made certain other wrestlers with aura like Goldberg seem relatively tame by comparison. Roman's matches became must-watch and the regular segments skyrocketed in viewers whenever they were shown. I do have some criticisms of Roman's near-1500 day title reign, but for the most part, a lot of that aura and storytelling made me forget about many of those flaws. If I were rating Roman before 2020, I would have given him a 5, but his character reinvigoration and helping to transform WWE into it's new era is enough to warrant an 8."

[9.0] "Similar to a talented athlete that needs the right team to shine, Roman needed the right gimmick and storyline to show that he is one of the all time greats. Of course, having Paul Heyman helped Roman's career quite a bit, as Heyman has always been able to draw out the best in wrestlers. Bret Hart used three metrics to evaluate his own career so I'll be doing the same for Roman. They are look, promo, and in-ring ability. Beginning with look, Roman is one of the few wrestlers in the world that truly looks like they deserve to be WWE Undisputed Champion. Roman's size and stature makes everything he does believable, whether it be barking orders to the Bloodline or hitting a spear in the ring. As far as promo skill goes, Roman refers to his work as "cinema" and it's hard to disagree. Obviously, he has shown tremendous skill and improvement throughout the years in garnering reactions from audiences as well as carrying long term storylines. I truly believe he has advanced the business with his approach to storytelling. For decades, wrestling promos consisted of catch phrases and shouting matches. With the exception of "acknowledge me", Roman doesn't rely on either outdated mechanic. Finally, Roman's ring-work is solid. I know, we all got tired of Bloodline interference in everyone one of his matches, but that's on WWE booking, not Roman. With that being said, his matches were still entertaining as the Bloodline saga unfolded. I don't mind that Roman didn't defend his title often in his last year of champion. WWE has such a well-rounded roster that they didn't need to risk derailing Cody's two-year story with an injury. It's not the 1990s anymore where "the guy" has to carry the company. Anyways, Roman has a nice moveset and everything from his entrance to his finisher feels epic. Lastly, no matter your opinion of Roman, you most certainly have one, which is the goal of every wrestler on the planet."

[10.0] "My tribal chief...my goat...I will never feel this feeling for any other wrestler.....Tribal chief Roman was the best character ever created. Everything that it did. Everybody it elevated. Roman, the Usos, Solo, Kevin, Sami, Cody, so many guys. In fact, the tribal chief character was the best storyline I ever saw."

[5.0] "Romans babyface run from 2015 to 2019 was a colossal failure, and the biggest reason I cant really consider him an all time great. He saved his career with the tribal chief gimmick but it got really stale towards the end for me. He is a big draw though and most people love him so I will give him that. He just felt like a budget Batista to me."

[9.0] "Currently as of June 20th 2022, Roman is a top draw and i can see why, Roman has the look of what a champ should be, hes gone through everyone hes come across while deffending his titles, the bloodline is a great storyline, and Roman himself has the talent to carry the company better than most other wrestlers. And going back on his history, the Sheild was a great stable back in its day, hes one of 2 to beat the legendary Undertaker at Wrestlemania, 4 time WWE champ, 2 time Universal champ, 1 Raw, 1 IC title, and FCW tag champ, Roman is an accomplished star and future hall of famer no doubt. Roman has few problems though, for example, his matches are very repetative since WWE doesnt want to spend the money to bring in actual legends to make the Tribal Cheif gimmick matches have new opponents, his promo skill needs work though he has improved since his Big Dog days, needs to cheat in a lot of matches"

[10.0] "He definitely can't be called the best wrestler of all time. But the best wrestling memories I had were related to Roman. Still, emotions in wrestling cannot be ignore, so as part of my childhood, I give Roman Reigns a 10. But as a wrestler, I give him 8 if it's important for someone to know that."

[10.0] "One of the best to do it right now. His matches always deliver. He can always get the crowd going and is currently involved in one of the greatest stories in wrestling. People always say he has a limited move set. He does sure, but he makes it work to his advantage. He doesn't repeat his moves to often and always knows how to put on good matches. Every match he's had has stolen the show. His skills on the mic have significantly improved. His title reign was good in the being. Great in the middle. A little slow in 2022 but really has picked up now since the start of 2023 and I think this might be the best year in his reign so far. The story with Sami and the Story with Cody is great. I cannot give enough praise to this guy. A wrestler in every sense of the word. 10/10."

[10.0] "Roman has grown on me a lot and he's been a draw for years. He was cool during the shield, overpushed and hated by everyone but has done a great job working hard and rebuilding himself. His heel character work is very good imo, he is intense and I love his approach to in ring psychology. He is condescending to his opponents and it's believable, he's built like a champion and his movepool is versatile enough to make his matches entertaining. He's a great talent and great performer."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns has undeniably transformed the landscape of the sport with his incomparable influence, magnetic charisma, star power, and unparalleled in-ring capabilities. Reigns has cemented his status as one of the most significant figures in the industry. From his early days as a member of The Shield to his evolution into "The Tribal Chief, " Reigns has showcased an exceptional range of abilities that distinguish him as a performer. His charisma is palpable, effortlessly connecting with audiences whether he's beloved or reviled, demonstrating the kind of rare star power that comes once in a generation. This innate magnetism has made every storyline, feud, and match involving Reigns a must-see event, underscoring his role as a major draw for WWE. Reigns' in-ring work is equally commendable. Combining power, agility, and an astute understanding of storytelling, he consistently delivers matches that are both technically impressive and emotionally compelling. Perhaps Reigns' most remarkable attribute is his drawing ability. He has proven time and again to be a linchpin for WWE's financial and ratings success. Reigns' appearances and matches are significant drivers of TV ratings, network subscriptions, and live event attendance. His ability to draw in fans, both loyal and casual, speaks volumes about his impact on the industry. This drawing power is not just a testament to his skills and charisma but also to his hard work and dedication to his craft. In an era where wrestling has more competition than ever, Reigns' ability to maintain and grow his position as the face of WWE is nothing short of extraordinary."

[10.0] "Der absolute Topstar der WWE in den letzen10 Jahren, der die Company auf seinen Schultern trägt. Hat ALLES, was man als Superstar braucht: Look, Body, explosiven Wrestlingstil, Promoskills und Charisma bis über beide Ohren. Und das, obwohl er eine sehr schwere Krankheit durchstehen musste, die jederzeit wieder aufkeimen kann. Auf einem Level mit Hulk Hogan für mich, das heißt was!"

[9.0] "Roman Reigns is up there with the most naturally talented wrestlers to be trained in a North American developmental territory, and it saddens me that we never got to see him outside of WWE when he was at his absolute physical peak as a wrestler because I think any notions that he was a bad (or overrated) talent would've disappeared very quickly. I was a Roman defender through years of atrocious creative direction because I recognized that there was something that was untapped with him. The example that always stands out to me is the night after WrestleMania 33, where it felt like the beginning of some change, but it ended up being a pump fake. It took several years, a near retirement, and a world-changing pandemic for Roman to fully reach his potential, but I am unbelievably glad that he did. While I do think his Universal Championship reign lasted too long and could no longer justify its length in its final eight months, the core of it turned him into an undeniable performer. His work elevated to a level that even I, as someone who always thought he had something, could not have possibly predicted. After being forced into a spot as "the guy" in a role that did not suit him, he finally had the reign that he always wanted and got the respect of the general fanbase, something I am sure he dreamed of. And then he put his successor over in a MASSIVE way, somehow justifying his title retention at WrestleMania 39 even though it felt terrible in the moment. A genuinely great wrestler with a great feel for what he does. When he turns babyface in the future, it has the potential to shift the industry in a way that his previous runs as a good guy never really could. I look forward to it."

[10.0] "(26.02.2023) I'm only going this high because the current iteration of his character as The Tribal Chief is legit one of the greatest performances as a heel I think Ive ever seen. His character rn is THE final boss of pro-wrestling and he IS the biggest wrestler in the industry rn. Not even that, theres so much nuance to how he carries and presents himself if you read between the lines (only person Ive seen who does a nuanced asshole better is Jay White), and he plays his role in whatever the storyline needs him to be to perfection. His in-ring work tho leaves alot to be desired, which is why I cant give him a perfect 10. (present) Yep, he deserves the perfect 10. Best heel run as champion I've ever seen."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns is undeniably one of, if not the greatest professional wrestler of all time. Critics can argue, fans can dislike him, but his place among the legends cannot be denied. Groomed for stardom, Roman was initially pushed as a babyface, but the audience rejected him. It was clear he was misused. While I agree, I wouldn't change a thing. This struggle shaped him into the champion he is today. Roman Reigns is a game-changer. He brought his own unique style to wrestling, and it's a masterpiece. His heel turn is arguably one of the greatest moments in wrestling history. During a time when both WWE and the world were at their lowest point due to COVID, Roman stepped up. He became the top guy, leading us on an unforgettable ride. The Tribal Chief's reign and the bloodline storyline might never be surpassed. Roman elevated the meaning of being a WWE Champion to unprecedented heights. The title hasn't felt this prestigious in years. Every time he enters the ring, it's a major event, a testament to his status as a true top guy. Roman Reigns is, in my opinion, the greatest wrestler of all time, the biggest draw in wrestling history, and the catalyst for the current wrestling boom."

[6.0] "One of the most overrated top of the card talents of all time in my opinion. An absolutely plodding and unexciting worker who's a moderately good promo. He has a degree of charisma/aura to him since his heel turn, but nothing like the charisma that WWE believes he has."

[7.0] "Roman is a guy that was given the role of the top guy from the moment he walked in and he was never going to live up to it fast enough. He was a guy who grew into his role too late, but I think he did a pretty good job all things considered. Leakee in FCW was just a guy but he had a great look. The Shield is a legendary stable to the point that even being the weak link in it means you're still doing great work, and it was built TO get him in a top spot fast. His top face push in the mid-10s was just not well-done, done before he was ready or over, booked like Cena without the mic skills and with less blood to get him over (yeah he bled against Brock but people already hated that the match was happening), but honestly he had many of his best post-Shield matches in that run. His battles with Leukemia derailed his late-10s, and the fact that he still battles with it isn't lost on me. But that 2020 heel turn that lead into the Tribal Chief and insanely long main event title run, that's when Roman felt like a top guy. It's a shame that he slowed WAY down and mostly put on melodramatic matches that should've gone 10-12 minutes shorter and often had non-finishes, though the first couple years still had some gems like the feuds against Jey and Bryan. The later years of the run have had too much fluff and a part-time schedule, which I get given his aura and Leukemia, but it hasn't lead to great matches despite some great character work. I genuinely believe that if Roman had gotten this Tribal Chief run with his mid-10s workrate he would've lived up to what WWE wanted him to be and been amazing, but we didn't quite get that. Still, again, he grew into the role they wanted from him eventually, and you can't really deny that he's made gold with it without having to do a lot. If his title reign and career wind down after tomorrow, then I think he'll be remembered fondly by history despite all the issues with his run."

"Turned from a scary-looking enforcer in the SHIELD to some "charismatic" bumbling heavyweight who mainly relies on his opponent. List me 3 matches where Roman Reigns set the main pace of the match. Hard, right? Really a shame how he has to rely on two goons and a fanbase (at least right now) to stay relevant. I would've forgot him by now if he didn't have either; we're lucky if he shows up every month or two anyways."

[6.0] "Roman is a tough guy to rank because he has changed a lot from the big guy in the shield, to the guy doing suffering succotash, to the big dog, to the head of the table. But ultimately, through it all, he's just never been the true top tier guy the WWE has wanted him to be. He's good, he's athletic, he's a strong in-ring performer, he has a great look, and his promos are perfectly serviceable. But ultimately I think he's just forgettable, and it won't be long until the only thing people remember about him is that he had a really long title run. There's something special in the guys who get over naturally as opposed to an overly-pushed guy like Roman, and he's just perpetually missing that intangible something more. I wish the pieces could've fallen into place for me like they have for thousands of others, but they just never have."

[10.0] "One of the biggest progressions in this industry. It was difficult for him to embody what was expected of him. Luckily, he ended up getting there, finally helped by an interesting booking. Paul Heyman's support and his heel turn were the best things that could have happened to him. Since the start of his historic reign, his acting has been excellent, he exudes monstrous charisma, his presence is sensational, he carries his role like no other. The stories that accompanied his reign (until recently) were each better than the last. He is strong, impressive, charismatic, sexy, impactful, funny. Whatever you think of him, he inevitably provokes a reaction. A star, a real one."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns is complicated to rate. If I base it only on his in ring or on his storylines from the last year, he would only be at 5 or 6, it would be too simple because Reigns is not just that. He's a huge star unlike any other in WWE, a star that WWE struggled to obtain for years. I no longer like his reign as champion since a little before his first match against Cody, too long and not much interesting to say but when his reign was at the peak of quality he proved that he was incredible on the microphone as well that full of charisma while being able to put on a very good match in his style like against Cesaro, Kevin Owens, Bryan and Edge or even Jey Uso. Reigns has reached a rank that few wrestlers have reached and it is difficult to rate him without taking that into account."

"Great on the mic, great in ring and great style, the only negative about him is that he wrestles very rarely."

[9.0] "The tribal chief has come a long way. He was cool when he was with The Shield, he sucked as The Big Dog but now finally, he looks and feels like a true champion. The man that can carry WWE."

[5.0] "This rating at halfway has nothing to do with the man or his winning. It's HOW he wins. Fans turned on John Cena a long time ago b/c he was shoved down our throats and politicked his way to wins. Now, Reigns is doing the same thing and people constantly say the unacceptable excuse "Uh, he's a heel." Yeah, and so was Flair, Edge, Miz, Savage, Orton, Bret, Owen, Yokozuna, and almost every single other wrestler in WWE history. The difference is that each of them could win a majority of matches on their own (save maybe the Miz.) Roman hasn't won matches on his own in over 3 years and acts like he's tough when he needs to be bailed out. The character change also hasn't done any favors for him because now people only like him because he changed allegiances. Until he wins more matches on his own, I'll have to keep this ranking somewhat low. Again, nothing against the man or his record, only how he pads his record just so he gets whatever he wants."

[6.0] "I like him a heck of a lot more as a heel than I do as a face. I'll say that right now. For the last 10 years, WWE has been shoving him down our throats and none of us wanted it. Now that he's heel. We are a little more accepting, but he is still be shoved down our throats. His promos have got much better, but it's hard to judge his wrestling since his matches have been lather, rinse, repeat for the last three years. I hate the fact that WWE is just stat padding now to make his reign longer, but that's on them more than him. Is he good? Yes. As good as they are trying to make him? No. Greatest of all time? Ehh... Top 10 maybe, but not Top 1."

[0.0] "Roman Reigns is not and never will be the GOAT, I don't know why WWE is trying so hard with this guy, it has to be stubbornness. Vince McMahon never wanted to be wrong about his hand-picked top guy and now Triple H has to keep him around. His ongoing 1200+ day (as of this review) title reign has been absolutely awful and puts the championships on lockdown, no the World Heavyweight championship that Seth Rollins currently holds is not a real world title, it was a consolation prize created because "nobody can beat Roman" which just further artificially bolsters his paper legacy. The Bloodline story is only interesting because of the people around Roman, not Roman himself. His matches are the same boring slog, make faces, talk trash, punch, ref bump, outside interference, spear. He should have dropped the belts a long time ago and retired like he basically already has. I will never acknowledge this fraud."

[3.0] "Not a huge fan, he is much better now as a heel but still hes just not my kind of tea. His reign has been too long which has made all of his matches painfully predictable, all the bloodline interruptions are genuinely detrimental to my enjoyment of his matches. In-ring hes ok, a bit old school, hes pretty slow and his moves get really repetitive but Im sure people enjoy him despite that, so again not for me. I guess its hard to look bad when you have the entire company backing you. Im not a big fan of Brock but he pretty much did a similar thing but much better, not to mention more believable since he is a killer UFC talent. Also quick random thought but in kayfabe how do the General Managers just ignore the fact (I havent watched recently so if this has been brought up its my bad) Roman wins most of his title matches by cheating?"

[5.0] "Overrated guy that WWE overhypes. It's a no brainer why the fans booed Roman Reigns for many years. His individual singles run has met with a lot of criticisms, his promos are monotonous and lack of passion. Who wouldn't forget the "Jack and the Beanstalk" promo and the "Sufferin' Succotash" promo by Reigns, hope that we forget it easily. His matches are consisting of Superman Punches and Spears, that's it. Although his initial Shield run shows very promising of Reigns. One of the worst pushed guys in WWE. Glad that his Tribal Chief run was somehow an improved run of Roman Reigns, it has a final boss feel to it. However, the matches are predictable and repetitive, and mostly Bloodline interference which is sickening. What's worse that he held the Universal title longer than anyone because WWE wants to break "record". And the longer his reign, the staler it is. One of the major problem WWE have is having big muscular good-looking men like Reigns to be the next top star. I guess they never learned from John Cena then. Although he is not worse than Hulk Hogan, still Reigns can somehow deliver a very good match if their opponents are as calibre as Bryan Danielson or AJ Styles. The story telling has also been good since the Tribal Chief run as what the die-hard fans teased as, "cinema". I just hope Reigns has become more variant on his move set and just be an untalkative guy with Paul Heyman as his mouthpiece because the way he talks sucks no matter how much he tries."

"Roman Reigns has consistently proven himself to be a formidable force in the world of professional wrestling. His incredible athleticism, powerful presence, and captivating storytelling have made him one of the most captivating performers in recent memory. Reigns' in-ring skills are top-notch, as he has showcased his versatility with a wide range of moves and techniques. Since turning heel, he has displayed excellent mic skills, delivering compelling promos that engage the audience and elevate his character. Reigns' ability to connect with the fans as a dominant heel is commendable. His character development and evolution have been intriguing and have kept fans invested in his journey. Overall, Reigns' performances and contributions to the wrestling industry deserve high praise, making him undoubtedly an exceptional talent."

[5.0] "I had Roman at a 7/10 at the peak of the Bloodline stuff but I think 5 is a fair rating on the whole of his career that I have seen based on all elements as a professional wrestler. The character change was definitely what he needed and you can't deny his success with it. Ironically, without the years of fans not accepting him I don't think his current run could have worked. The Bloodline story started interesting but became repetitive and stale under Vince with no end in sight. New life was breathed into it under Triple H's creative but it peaked and they have continued it into a direction that no longer makes sense and a situation where the top champion in the company, on the longest reign in modern times, barely appears on the shows. In the ring Roman is capable but pretty limited. His matches have literally all become the same stale, repetitive sequence of events. He gets treated as some dominant monster, yet in every match he will require outside help and the challenger (no matter how weakly booked they have been in the past few months) will hit their finisher only for there to be no ref (due to a copy and paste ref bump). I don't really understand why he seemingly HAD to be 'the guy' under McMahon. All while more talented and popular stars around him were underutilized or misused. As for his finishers, which comprise about 50% of his offence, they are incredibly unprotected. His Spear is average and there have been many wrestlers with better versions of it, even inside WWE, over the last few years. While the Superman Punch has always been one of my least favourite moves. His look is pretty average too; he has literally been wearing the same gear for the past 3 years."

[6.0] "Still feels like he's lacking something, and a 1000+ day title reign hasn't improved matters. The only real change from his push in the mid to late 2010s is that he's a heel now which I guess on the internet means it's COOL to like him. Spends a lot of time laying on the mat in matches while 73 angry Samoans interfere for the hundredth time while the commentators for some reason while happy to call out these shenanigans when other heels do them still insist he's just really strong and the best wrestler ever. Still solid, but let's face it, Okada's V12 reign was essentially the blueprint for how a long-ass heel title run should be in pro wrestling in the modern era, and WWE hasn't exactly gone for just having him actually have good matches and winning while being an asshole about it. Probably cuz he's not good enough to pull it off."

[10.0] "Barely a 10 because of his part timing but i get it, he needs to see his family, i guess they had to took off his belt 1 year ago, its not really his fault i guess, has good matches, has that big wrestler feel and was part of one of the greatest factions in the bloodline."

"Is he the best heel today or best babyface? The fans really started supporting Roman Reigns after the tribal chief era started. It is very impressive that WWE would let a wrestler to be a champion for so long and that fans are behind it. I remember when everyone used to hate Roman because he was pushed too hard but the push wasn't his fault and it did pay off later. Roman Reigns might be the biggest star of his era. I hope he doesn't leave us to Hollywood."

"[5.0] "In terms of skills, he's basic, yet also impactful. The trouble with him is that he's never been presented correctly. He went from being a resident tough guy with The Shield, to being a pathetic "underdog" hero, to being a dumb, control freak. When they broke The Shield up, they tried to make this guy their next top guy by turning him into a shell of his former self with fake blue eye contacts, and a dumb character presentation that ruined his momentum. Nothing they tried with him worked because his presentation was something no one would get behind. As for more recently, he's now faced with the opposite problem, as in he's too over, and they can't replace him, but at the same time, they still are presenting him as a weak entity, almost similar to what they did with him before. There's no doubting what he's achieved since he reinvented his character, but he started off on the wrong foot, as he pinned Strowman, the challenger wanting a rematch, to win the universal title, and not the actual champion in Bray Wyatt. Then, he spent his entire time going through older stars, or people going to AEW to keep himself relevant, instead of going against current popular stars. Then, especially as he went part-time, he started manipulating and beating his family and his manager to not only control them, but also to use them to hold onto his power. This is not a character I would ever get behind, and his skills don't back him up either. The big dawg character didn't work because they portrayed him as an underdog when he clarly wasn't, but the tribal chief character doesn't work with the way he's been presented since Payback 2020, especially not without his much more talented cousins by his side as his henchmen. The man can wrestle competently, but none of his characters are good enough for him to maintain longevity without someone or something overshadowing his short comings in storyline or in real life.""

[10.0] "since 2020 he has moved to another galaxy. He is the superstar, the biggest in this industry. master of storytelling, the definition of charisma as a heel, and an impressive number of memorable matches. He is in the pantheon of sports entertainment."

[8.0] "Judging his entire career, I think a rating of 8 is fair for someone like Roman Reigns. From when he broke out of the Shield into a singles star and the next face of WWE, he wasnt great. He ended up carrying the same traits as previous top faces like Hogan & Cena, which the crowd were sick of at this point, and his moveset was nothing special. I feel like most of this was at fault of WWEs incompetent and stubborn booking at the time, where they kept trying to force fans to get used to him, which resulted in moments that were memorable, but not for the reasons they wanted. But then came 2020, where the Tribal Chief was born. Romans new villainous attitude and manipulative, vicious and commanding character resulted in some of WWEs best character work from any wrestler since the days of CM Punk. His in-ring work substantially improved as he got to work with the best talents of the company and use his newfound storytelling skills to elevate his matches into spectacles. The Bloodline Saga is one of the most compelling wrestling stories of all-time and even though that and his historic Universal Championship reign are starting to grow stale at this point, it is undeniable that Roman himself has turned himself from a hated hero into a beloved villain."

[7.0] "Such a natural heel, it worked in The Shield & as The Head of the Table. Sadly, the fans quite simply never connected with The Big Dog. A decent worker in the ring but for years his poor mic work held him back but finally I feel that were saying Reigns at the top of his game. However, a great deal of Romans recent success has to been down to the brilliance of Paul Heyman."

[9.0] "I've always been a fan of Roman's work, I didn't think he was working as a milk-toast babyface but I've always been a fan of his in-ring abilities. His character has improved drastically since they paired him with Heyman and started the Bloodline."

[2.0] "Least favorite wrestler of recent memory. Every match is the same, every promo is the same, everything he does is the same and hinges on the natural charisma of his opponent to make it any entertaining. As the Tribal Chief, he's stopped selling as much, he's stopped appearing on shows, he's taken the Universal Championship (and for a really long time as well, the World Heavyweight Championship) hostage, all of his matches are exactly the same, and, though not his fault) has garnered some of the most annoying fans of any media I have ever had the displeasure of experiencing. Since I came back to wrestling at Survivor Series 2022, he should have lost every single match for the championship's he's been in, but has skirted by in WWE's attempt to break old records. The general population seem to think highly of The Bloodline as a group and a storyline so I guess the plan is working, but is overplayed at this point. Roman as the "Head of the Table" actively hinders my enjoyment of Smackdown and WWE as a whole."

[9.0] "Roman Reigns has had quite the career his shield days were incredible as he was a silent powerhouse wrestler his in ring work started to improve but fans couldnt connect as his character work and promo abilities and forced push was fucking awful until he was repackaged into a heel who will do anything to win a match to continue his family legacy his matches have become formulaic for quite a while now but his storyline has a played a major impact into his matches his heel work is very good I think he has another much better babyface run in him"

[4.0] "Roman is a really mixed bag for me. He had a pretty good run in the Shield, was still finding his style I think and didn't have very good mic skills but put on some very entertaining matches, and the end of the shield and ensuing feud was pretty sick, but soon after he had a pretty mid feud for the US title against Rusev and then fought at Mania 31 in the main event for the WWE title, which was also a pretty mid match against Lesnar imo until Seth cashed in MITB out of nowhere like the RKO he took earlier in the show and won the title, instantly saving the show and performing the greatest MITB cash in ever. Roman would soon after have some more mid ass matches with guys like Big Show and Bray Wyatt (RIP MY JIT) until his mammoth push for the title in late 2015 where he held onto it for like 2 minutes until sheamus cashed in, which was pretty awesome. Alright let me just get this out of the way the only reason im writing any of this backstory is to get to Mania 32, thats fucking obvious. Right after Roman won the title back he had a fucking career nosedive going into Mania 32 as nobody wanted to see this forced babyface ass jit get pushed any more unless it was off a cliff. People would rather cheer for TRIPLE H, THE DUDE THAT HAS NO REASON TO HOLD THE TITLE IN 2016 AND IS ALREADY INFAMOUS FOR BURYING JITS LIKE THEYRE OHIO SKIBIDIS. Anyways Roman won at Mania 32 and was awarded with the most deafening chorus of boos ever recorded in history. Not that anyone outside of AT&T Stadium would've known that anyways, since they pumped in fake crowd cheer royalty free sound fx to make people think Roman was still liked. Also when Roman finally returned from his real life battles with leukemia, HE WAS STILL BOOD OUT OF THE ARENA. Y'know sometimes WWE marks get made fun of for being pussies and not being hardcore but jesus christ, booing the guy that just got back from having fucking CANCER might be the most hardcore shit ever. Anyways all you need to know is hes done the same old same old getting bood as a face until around 2021 when he started the Bloodline schtick, which although still very flawed, I definitely prefer to old Roman. But unlike what you'd think, he is not the MVP of the bloodline. That award would go to my main man, PAUL HEYMAN! We love him. He's always 100% in tune with the audience and all his mannerisms are perfect. He comes off as arrogant and desperate yet still smart and a good manager. W casting for his role. But everything else about the Bloodline is pretty shaky imo. Jimmy and Jey are always flip flopping sides and have always had a pretty predictable story with who's gonna defect to who, and Sami was also a defection everyone saw from a mile away as a cheap rehash of the Shield breakup, which let me just say, my problem isn't that the tensions within the bloodline are obvious, since I get that there's stupid children watching Saturday Morning SLAM on their iPads with their thumbs in their mouths loving every second of it and they need to make storylines obvious sometimes for the stupid children, but my problem is WHY IS EVERYONE ELSE IN THE BLOODLINE FUCKING STUPID? Like hello? Were they testing fucking nuclear bombs in whatever town they grew up in? Why is everyone so oblivious and stupid? Ok well now its time to talk about Solo Sikoa! Everyones favorite Samoan Spiker! Just kidding, fuck Solo Sikoa. Nuff said. That was kinda the cliffnotes version of the Bloodline but whatever. Ok so basically, Roman is a big, strong, tough guy, right? And we should build him up as a strong, tough, decisively winning guy, right? Nah, lets have him win every match with ref bumps and outside interference. Awesome. Exactly what I wanted. At least he's actually a heel now so they don't have to play the fake free royalty free HD 320kbps crowd cheering sound fx anymore. Oh let's also have him fight Brock Lesnar at Mania 38 for the undisputed championship. Because there were too many belts, right? Wait, you mean there's actually a belt shortage? Oh oops maybe that wasnt a good idea. Doesnt help that I feel like Ive already seen Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns 3528387 times. Well if theres too little belts, maybe we should make a Jacksonville Jaguars belt. That would be pretty cool. Oh wait. Anyways lets just fast forwards already to Mania 39 and talk about the epic match of Roman Reigns vs Stardust. The buildup was great. Cody coming back at Mania 38 and then winning the Rumble in 2023 at #30 was pretty predictable, but still awesome. It was great to see Cody come back to WWE having made his talent known in ROH/Whatever other Indies/AEW, after having been a perpetual lower to mid card guy, forced under the very unfortunate aliases like JobDust and Undashing CoDibiase Rhodes. It was a feel-good story and it felt like the WWE finally realized Cody was a very talented wrestler and gave him the push he deserved. The push he earned. So here we are, Mania 39, and the match he was with Roman is awesome. He has it in the bag. Roman's outside interference crutch was failing since Kevin Owens and Sami were playing cowboys and indians with them. Then all of a sudden, Paul Heyman distracted the ref, and Solo Sikoa, SOLO FUCKING SIKOA SAMOAN SPIKES CODY AND COSTS HIM THE MATCH. It would've been one of the best Manias ever, both nights combined, but that finish absolutely KILLED the match. Paul Heyman, which yes I love to death but even I have my limits, might as well have pulled out an M249 SAW and shot Cody 40 times in the head because either way Cody's momentum was absolutely KILLED by Heyman. They couldn't just finish the story. And now we're stuck in the Catch 33 timeline where Cody has to either beat him later on, which'll likely feel bittersweet and too little too late as they should've just finished it at Mania 39, or we could have him just never finish the story, which would just be fucking sad. Either way, LA KNIGHT IS WINNING AT CROWN JEWEL YEAAHHH jk"

[6.0] "I do not consider myself a fan of Roman Reigns. But when measuring a wrestler or even rating them one must consider the following elements. 1. In ring talent, does it look good? Is it done safely? 2. Mic work, are they able to move the crowd verbally? Do they make mistakes on the mic? 3. Character work, are they convincing of the role they play? With all these elements in consideration my perspective of Roman Reigns is that he has tremendously grown as a performer. What was once the weakest Shield member in terms of talent has almost become a household name. Roman is strong on the mic and convincing of his character and can move the crowd verbally and with his in ring prowess. He is more refined and even though his strongman style is predictable and similar to others in the past it is still well done and looks realistic. If I were to highlight one element of Roman's abilities it would be his kickouts. Never in my years of watching wrestling have I seen a performer so consistantly kick out by a hair of a marigin. They ability to shock the crowd with nearfalls and each one feel so close to a loss is a hard skill to master and in just about 5 years or less Roman has seemed to have mastered it. No athlete is without their flaws though and Roman's are partly his and partly the WWE's. Roman's style as I previously mentioned is sort of stale. We usually know what we are going to get. Slams and finishers. No submissions no surprisng rope dives. For an athlete to be iconic and entertaining it is good to have a diverse arsenal of offensive manuevers and Roman sticks to his basics. The other issue the Roman has is mostly at the hands of the WWE. Because the company has made him so big and unbeatable that whem they do take the belt off him I am unconfident that he will be booked appropriatley or even easy to book. Its hard to get company face level characters out of the spotlight and back into the mid card without relying on other performers or significantly embarassing the performer and all they accomplished. That being said when Roman's main title run is done whats next? A tag team championship run with the rock? Even under new creative control I dont hold much hope for Roman being used in anything that doesnt highlight some of his weaker points and unless he continues to improve I could see him retiring shortly with the reputation hes built honored and intact."

[4.0] "Some decent matches and moments here and there, but I've just never really been a fan. His most memorable matches include AJ Styles and Braun Strowman, and a lot of the Shield tag or triple threat matches. I hope they would have someone beat his endless title run, but WWE doesn't really seem interested in changing course anytime soon. I'm lowering his score as well because he's really soured me on WWE product in general for the last few years."

[5.0] "Hes so boring, im sorry sue me. Has literally done nothing for nearly 600 days and has pretty much monopolised an entire division in that anyone below him is essentially a midcarder. This is especially annoying as WWE is on such a high right now it just feels so stale, its also WWE for some reason not pulling the trigger on three different guys that are more than capable of leading the division. Hoping Cody Rhodes gets his moment come Wrestlemania 40."

[3.0] "Possibly the biggest disparity between how much of a push a wrestler has gotten and how much their actual worth is that I've seen. Reign's is not TERRIBLE, but he's not good at any area at all except sort of having the look. His presence and work in the SHEILD days was okay, but much less so any time after. The forced push that fans hated in the 2010's was an embarrassment, and his multi-year championship run as the tribal chief is only slightly better, and that's because of other people's involvement in the storylines. The Heyman and Sami Zayn factors put some life and intrigue into it, otherwise it's stale and dragged out, especially the more Reign's simply does not appear and fight. His matches are annoyingly formulaic, often a snooze in which he barely displays skills, and often spamming the same moves. There are shades of HHH's long boring and overprotected top-billing in Reign's, but even HHH could occasionally put on a great match if carried by a much better wrestler. Reign's is simply unremarkable, and the fatigue over him has been going on for several years."

[5.0] "He have a good presence, due his size and strenght. But, his persona and in-ring performances are not satisfactory. He's too much limited, and his big matches are repetitive and formulaic. And he simply not appear on the shows, making him looking a absent champion and overprotected by the company. Also, he have a weak mic skill. I give him some points because he was in some of some good old storylines, and because of his time as member of the Shield, that was his best moment in carreer."

"The GOAT. Roman Reigns, our tribal chief, is undoubtedly a force to be reckoned with in the world of professional wrestling. He has not only redefined what it means to be a top-tier WWE superstar but has also captivated the hearts and minds of fans worldwide. Reigns is a true legend in the making, and his journey to the top is a testament to his unwavering dedication, unmatched talent, and magnetic charisma. One cannot discuss Roman Reigns without acknowledging his incredible athleticism and in-ring prowess. From his debut in WWE as a member of The Shield to his subsequent evolution as a solo competitor, Reigns has consistently delivered outstanding performances. His in-ring skills are a perfect blend of power, agility, and technical prowess, making him a versatile and dominant force in the squared circle. But what truly sets Roman Reigns apart is his ability to connect with the audience on a profound level. His character, as the tribal chief and the head of the table, has added a layer of depth to his persona that few can match. Reigns has a remarkable ability to command attention, whether he's delivering a passionate promo or dominating his opponents in the ring. His magnetic presence draws fans in, and his storytelling ability keeps them engaged week after week. Reigns' journey to becoming the tribal chief is a story of resilience and redemption. He has faced numerous challenges, both personal and professional, and has emerged from them stronger than ever. His battles with leukemia and subsequent return to the WWE ring have inspired countless individuals around the world. Reigns' willingness to share his own struggles has made him not only a wrestling icon but also a symbol of hope and perseverance. As the tribal chief, Roman Reigns has built a dynasty within WWE. His dominance as the Universal Champion has been nothing short of remarkable, and his reign has elevated the championship to new heights. He has successfully defended his title against some of the most formidable opponents in WWE history, solidifying his status as the top dog in the company. Moreover, Reigns' leadership within his faction, The Bloodline, has showcased his ability to elevate those around him. His cousins, Jey and Jimmy Uso, have thrived under his guidance, and together they have formed a formidable unit that has dominated WWE's tag team division. Reigns' role as the tribal chief extends beyond the ring, as he leads his family with honor and pride, cementing their legacy within the wrestling world. In conclusion, Roman Reigns is more than just a wrestler; he is a symbol of excellence, determination, and charisma. His journey to becoming the tribal chief is a testament to his resilience and unwavering commitment to his craft. Reigns' ability to connect with the audience and tell compelling stories in the ring sets him apart as one of the greatest WWE superstars of all time. He has redefined what it means to be a top-tier talent and has solidified his place at the head of the table in the world of professional wrestling. The WWE Universe is privileged to witness the reign of our tribal chief, and his legacy will undoubtedly endure for generations to come."

"8/10. I heavily disliked the Big Dog gimmick, it was so boring to me. But now? The Tribal Chief is one of the things that has made me go back to wrestling. Sure, he could show up more and get less wins by Bloodline interferences, but the aura they have built around him is just great."

[8.0] "It certainly took a while, but Roman Reigns in recent years has arguably become the megastar that he was always meant to be. The presence he carries is outstanding and people easily forget that he is a great in-ring worker in his own right, having had several really good matches. Although he's always being overpushed for a long time now and many things regarding often feeling as though they have outstayed their welcome, it's hard to deny that his star power is something special that many wrestlers in the future may have difficulty living up to."

[6.0] "Hes like if HHH and the Rock were one wrestler and thats... like... actually... not a great thing.... I wish the guy would improve but he seems super stuck in his ways like Cena in his prime so I guess Roman is going to be a Frankenstein of every top company guy before him with zero originality."

[8.0] "Nowadays, I cannot really stand Roman Reigns and his title reign especially since he pretty much turned into a part-timer who barely wrestles and almost everyone is dying to see the titles off him. While I think he is overrated, he is very far from someone I would call a bad wrestler. I would say he is still better than a good number of wrestlers today and I definitely agree that he has the looks and mannerisms of a top star. His biggest asset is his storytelling along with how well he plays his character of being the Tribal Chief and while his promos are repetitive, he still comes off as entertaining. The Bloodline is arguably (imo) the best storyline for the past few years (but I think its dying down a little nowadays). When it comes to pure in-ring skills, he is brutal and a complete powerhouse so it makes sense that his matches are usually long. It does not stand out though but he is very good as a wrestler. He saved the WWE when it almost went to the ground and revived the Universal Championship to greater heights. I have nothing but respect for how far Roman Reigns has come but sooner than later, he needs to drop the title to other deserving wrestlers for them to get a chance."

[10.0] "WWEs Poor Creative Team failed roman for over 6 years by simply not seeing how destined he was as a heel if he had turned heel earlier he could have been every bit the megastar Vince Mcmahon saw in him. But it happened at the perfect time. Just when wwe was at its absolute worst he returns with the exact ghimmick he should've had years prior. Saving wwe from burial and starting one of the greatest storylines in wrestling history."

"8/10. Roman has done a complete 180. The first time I saw him, I could never believe how could he be a Babyface. Now as a heel I hate him badly, which means he's doing his job. Great storyteller and heel in the ring, proving that the quality of moves is better than the quantity of his moves. Looking forward to more, he's currently the world's best heel and world champion. I'm liking it."

"The Gimmick of the Roman Reigns persona has had its high points, and low points. From his call up from the FCW developmental to competing on NXT. He became part of the triple threat stable that dominated most of the WWE locker room as "The Shield". Ultimately, he served more less as the enforcer to the trio as Seth was usually the one calling the shots. The WWE tried to create him as a babyface after "The Shield" split; however, this deemed unsuccessful. The fans, and powers that be were not gaining the results which was being sought. Reigns would then turn heel and develop the Tribal Chief gimmick. This would prove not only the best decision made by WWE creative for the company, but also for Roman himself. His fan base has risen; and even the individuals that booed him still tuned in the see him win time after time. My view is Roman needs to remain champion and eclipse the record held by Bruno Sammartino which currently sits at 2, 803 consecutive days. This is currently the second longest run in WWE history of any title. The longest being that which is impossible to break in today's era. The Fabulous Moolah even though having lost the title several times is recognized by the WWE for being the longest run at 10, 170 consecutive days. They do not recognize her losing the title from September 18, 1956 till July 23, 1984. Roman Reigns himself sits at 1, 071 and counting days at the writing of this. He would need to remain Universal Champion until May 4, 2028 to beat Sammartino by a single day. This doesn't seem like it will happen though. Unless creative gets very creative with the storyline that keeps the fans wanting to see him as Champion. If ratings start to faulter; look to see Reigns lose the title. If he does lose the title, it is a high probability it will be to Cody Rhodes who is getting a major push by the WWE. But, in the modern Era there is no wrestler better than Roman Reigns. My largest argument is that he is a part time champion, which can be an argument of why he shouldn't be considered the greatest. Only time will tell on the Legacy that is Roman Reigns, our Tribal Chief, the Head of the Table, the Big Dog. How far will he go?"

[9.0] "Reigns used to be the worst face ever, but his evolution into a heel who thinks he's a face? Incredible storytelling. He's developed so much over the years into a solid worker, great on the mic, and an exceptional storyteller. The Bloodline storyline has been superb."

[4.0] "Seriously he is still someone I would consider overrated even as a heel.Sure his promo work is way better than his promo during his face run but the guy seriously can't cut promos.And he isn't also a good wrestler.He can't execute moves correctly and his matches are usually boring.Seriously just because his heel run is better than his face turn and just because he improved it doesn't make him good.The only reason he is still the poster boy is because he is the perfect for the poster boy image(the big sweaty man) of the company."

[4.0] "Yikes. Roman Reigns is very difficult to rate. I think his promos are pretty great and his matches can surely have you on your toes with how close his kickouts are, but everything surrounding his "unstoppable" aura just makes me sick. I'm glad that Jey pinned him simply so we can stop looking at this "dominant" champion who cheats every title defense as someone who's presented as a serious ass kicker in the ring. Not every heel has to cheat as much as he does! He's the single reason that I miss the days where the ORIGINAL WWE Title was still able to play a decently consistent "hot-potato, " but then he held the single world title for 400+ days until creative pulled their heads out of their ass and created a new one. His whole 1, 000 day shtick is dumb. But hey, at least it was the title that nobody gave a care about. It also just screwed the many opportunities to reward other stars with a well-deserved world title (Balor, Rollins, McIntyre, Rhodes). Although that includes Rollins, you can't help but feel that the WHC is gonna be a consolation prize up until Roman drops his belt. I'd genuinely give a 10 for Roman's promos, in-ring and storytelling ability, but boy, does his booking make me question the sanity of "creative genius" Triple H."

[2.0] "He might be one of the least talented wrestlers that were ever being pushed. His matches are repetitive and boring, and he never truly be able to be interesting even though he always gets the spotlight."

[5.0] "Roman Reigns has had two good periods in his career- 2012-2014 and 2020-2022. Its just that those periods were immense. The tribal chief character has died a death however and hes back to how he was originally. Someone people just want to see lose. It doesnt help that his acting ability is severely overrated too. Overall. A decent wrestler."

[9.0] "He'd get a 10 if his early career wasn't them trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. He does not make a good face at all, and some of the more boring years of WWE title matches had him at the helm. Now that he's been built into a great "final boss" wrestler, though the over reliance on interference has taken it's toll. He should have lost the belt at Clash at the Castle, and since then it's felt like they're needlessly dragging his title reign out, but still, he's created a big fight feeling around his title fights that hasn't been seen in quite some time."

[10.0] "the 2nd best wrestler in wwe right now behind cody. he's fantastic on the mic, an amazing storyteller, and he can SERIOUSLY work a match. big ups to joe"

[9.0] "Derzeit einfach der größte Star der WWE! Früher als Face einfach nur nervig aber jetzt als Heel mit der ganzen Bloodline Story meiner Meinung nach einer der besten! Zwar schade das er nicht mehr alzu oft in den Ring steigt aber seine Promos und Redekünste einfach ein Traum! Seit der Bloodline bin ich ein großer Fan!"

[10.0] "Roman reigns is great wrestler in this era.he have great match afer returne in 2020 and his promo was so great"

[5.0] "Has improved a lot from 2015 when vince tried to push him to the moon. Has worked on his mic skills and developed a decent character but the thing he lacks is wrestling skill, as a person who regularly watches njpw matches, the quality of his matches is not upto that standard. Also WWE's less is more formula isn't doing any wrestling any good as it limits wrestler's potential. I think he is a great character, good on the mic but lackluster in the ring."

[10.0] "The Tribal Chief is perfect in everything he does, perfect storytelling, perfect workrate and perfect promos. The main man of wrestling in the last 3 years by a mile."

[10.0] "He has the look, charm, and overall presence as one of the top guys in this business. He's on a truly historic run as champion for WWE in a year where they are at their hottest in decades, genuinely feels like he is spearheading that momentum. In ring he's always been a tad underrated as people think his limited moveset is a totally bad thing but in reality he's got some of the best psychology in the business, sells very well, and is very athletic."

[10.0] "He has been perfection for 3 years. Everything you would want from a wrestler or sports entertainer and he's been untouchable in that period. To add to that all, his match quality and psychology has been the best i've seen in the last year."

[10.0] "If the year was 2019 then Roman would only get an 8 from me as his in ring work has always been strong on the main roster, as well as his look and presence but he lacked the stronger promos as a babyface as well as the right aura. Since turning heel and becoming the biggest superstar in wrestling by some distance he has been ultimate perfection. The perfect wrestler, sports entertainer, character whatever you want to call him!"

[9.0] "His heel run with the Bloodline has been one of the best storylines in professional wrestling in the last 20 years. Great in ring, good heel charisma and persona as the The Tribal Chief. Roman Reigns has benefitted immensely from the great Paul Heyman, and for that reason I won't give him a 10. Superstar main eventer. One of the greatest of all time."

[7.0] "It's a tough one with Reigns. He was horribly misbooked and had a really bad character for a long time but now he's arguably WWE's biggest star besides Brock and he also feels that way. I am just not 100% sold on that great run because it's easy to make a guy look great when 90% of your entire booking is really bad and stale. If I try to look at him how he'd be in other companies, he still feels like a valuable guy but not the 10/10 wrestler he currently is in WWE."

[4.0] "A criminally overrated worker. A good look but works a horrifically lethargic style. Spent 5 years being called boring and shite so just decided to lean into it. I also don't like his new teeth. Looks like he's spent some time in Turkey. Excited for the hair plugs in 2030."

[9.0] "1 because raise your ones. Just joking, really Reigns is one of the best examples of a heel turn saving a career. WWE could not get Roman over as a face even after he beat cancer, the crowd rejected him. Back then his in ring work was good when they were not making him try to carry a semi-retired legend to a good match. He just never fit his character on the mic. Since his heel turn he has been phenomenal in the ring and on the mic. The title reign might be far too long but it not like he has not earned it."

[10.0] "It's been fascinating seeing Roman Reigns' journey. From a great member of The Shield to a stoic solo badass to a terrible John Cena xerox to his current status as one of the greatest heel champions in WWE history, his run has been a wild one. He still gets damned here and there for Vince's failed attempts to turn him into Cena 2.0 but he's mostly managed to overcome that disaster to become his own man."

[10.0] "Ultimate superstar. There is a reason he is the face of wrestling right now and that the ratings in WWE have improved as he has everything. Look, presence, charisma and always feels like a big deal when he's on screen. He has always been good in the ring but now he's a heel he is even better at working matches and knows how to get the fans invested."

[10.0] "5 years ago i would rate him 5. But, since he returned with the tribal chief persona and he is killing it really. He did not only develop his character but also his performance in the ring. we just need to forget about face Roman Reigns and acknowledge the tribal chief."

[6.0] "Started getting over on his own, then the WWE insisted on putting their grubby hands on his character and just ruined him by trying to make the next John Cena/Rock/Hogan whatever and the fans he was gaining turned on him. They righted the ship since 2015 but I've always been kinda meh on him."

[9.0] "If we back to 2015-2018, I would rate him around 3-4 points because back then he was very boring for me to watch in every aspect (mic/ring/character...) but after he reinvent himself into the Tribal Chief, I think his ring skill is improved, his mic is better, his amazing title reign, His stable (Bloodline) is one of the best storylines in recent year and the major reason to watch the show. His character is larger than life and he is the no.1 wrestler in the world in terms of popularity in the present day...so ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR TIBAL CHIEF."

[8.0] "He really turned it around with the heel turn. Crazy how when an overpushed babyface gets booed, when you turn him heel, he'll get over. Rocky Miavia sucked, but The Rock was great. The Big Dog character sucked, but the Head of the Table character is great. Theres a formula to this. Now you can't just take any floundering babyface and turn him heel expecting him to print money. A turnaround of this caliber takes a really special talent. Reigns has been through a lot of shit, and he as performed pretty well throughout. He's had some really memorable matches, and usually delivers a quality performance. He has suffered from his share of shitty booking, but given the right circumstances he'll show you how good at this he really is. He's a great powerhouse wrestler and has developed into a great promo, especially during the heel run."

[4.0] "Good on the mic as a heel, extremely boring in the ring. A channel switcher, if he didn't have a belt on him. The bloodline story is dragging way too much."

[9.0] "Roman may not be Okada or Omega in the ring, but he doesn't need to be. He's in a place where looks and marketability are what counts, and he's a 10 in that matter. With this run as the Tribal Chief, he has definitely entered the conversation of the greatest of all time (in WWE terms), with Hogan and Bruno, and above Cena."

[9.0] "I have him a 7 2 years ago before the tribal chief he was very bland and boring now he is the best thing about wrestling love him as a heel"

[10.0] "The Bloodline, and Roman Reigns, have been one of the best things that WWE have produced in recent times. He has really turned it around, and improved a lot to what us as fans want, and WWE want as well. His work on and off the mic, have been brilliant, let's hope for more to come down the years."

"[6.0] Considering his rarity in actually performing and wrestling hes been more of a hindering factor within the company than anything positive about himself or anything within those ropes. Having someone like Roman Reign whos a part timer hold both of your main championship across both brands for this long duration of time doesnt increase the championship value with him but rather decreases it due to the lack of defenses, appearances, and care for the championship as a whole. Since the start of his reign with the Universal Championship hes had slim to no matches where he didnt require something to happen before or during the match in or to help him retain. Considering hes always needed help, this doesnt make him seem like so much of a threat. Hes just exhausting overall someone who needs to drop the belts and get on with things. Maybe broaden his move set outside of punches, clothes, spears, and powerbombs."

[9.0] "Roman Reigns is an exceptional talent. His ability to constantly put forward incredible storylines and matches with everyone he works with is enough to put himself amongst the greats. But not only that, his ability to transform his whole face persona to a new heel gimmick was fun to watch and done masterfully. Many fans get tired of him because of his long title reigns and constant promotion, but they're just going to have to deal with that, because as far as it's concerned, Reigns has been, and is going to be the face of WWE for a while. No doubt a future hall of famer, and an incredible talent who has given a ton to WWE over his entire career and especially these last few years."

[3.0] "The man has little to no personality. His moveset is not only incredibly limited but dull as sin too. He is carried hard by the people he shares the ring with seemingly has no concept of selling and besides looking the part theres not really much rhyme or reason to his obnoxiously lengthy title reign."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns is currently the biggest star in all of pro wrestling. He has grown immensely, his matches live up to his main event status, they are full of storytelling."

[3.0] "Maybe Im a little bias because I started watching in the "PUSH ROMAN NO MATTER WHAT" era but Ive never been a fan of Roman. I understand that he's gotten better lately, which is why Im giving him a 5 instead of a 3. But man, could he not cut a promo forever! Even today his promos aren't amazing but around 2015-2019 he couldn't get anything going on the mic. And the big problem is that he still only wrestles one match. He does a few moves over and over and then wins. It takes his opponents to be creative to make their matches better, but Roman is still just gonna superman punch, superman punch, spear. EDIT: yeah having seen the Mania match against Cody I have come to the conclusion that nothing has changed actually. Tragic really"

[10.0] "Im Ring inzwischen fantastisch. Ausstrahlung & Look perfekt. Charisma. Micskills sind inzwischen super. Bringt mittlerweile alles mit, was der Topstar der WWE mitbringen sollte. Edit Mai 2021: Inzwischen mit solidem Abstand der beste Wrestler der Welt. Was für eine unglaubliche Entwicklung. Respekt! Nachtrag: Möge er die 1000 Tage brechen. Nachtrag nach WrestleMania 39: Mit einem riesigen Abstand der beste Wrestler der Welt und wahrscheinlich der beste Wrestler, den es seit gefühlten Ewigkeiten (Generation Undertaker, Austin, Bret, Rock, Michaels, HHH) gegeben hat."

[10.0] "Roman really became the face of the WWE after so many years. Since his turn and the Bloodline thing started, Roman established himself as one of biggest attractions in all of professional wrestling and all of his matches mean something. The biggest name in the industry nowadays."

[7.0] "He's really turned it around as the tribal chief. Really glad to see him be a focus of the fed and not have it be unbearable. He's entertaining and deserves the accolades"

[10.0] "Simply the tribal chief. He demonstrated the enormous potential he had when he made his debut. Legendary Reign."

[4.0] "Roman has his moments but an overwhelmingly vast portion of his matches or promos come down to the exact same thing ad nauseam. Hard to watch."

[9.0] "Very solid in The Shield, but after that era his character was probably the best example of Vince's sick obsession about some wrestlers and way which his character was showing to the fans was really annoying. Tribal Chief era completely changed that perspective and probably every aspect of wrestler's picture improved. Legendary run with Universal Title and then with World Title either, something very rare in current wrestling business."

[9.0] "Everything you could want for the face of your company. The look, the charisma, the character work. Struggled at first because of booking, but Roman is a true main eventer. Won't ever be the best in ring and it doesn't matter. Stars are a combination of many things, and Roman has all of them which hasn't happened since Cena."

[10.0] "Since becoming the tribal chief Roman Reigns showed his full potential and is the best wrestler on the planet right now. He rightfully is the face of WWE and deserves all the praise."

[9.0] "A shame that Roman was hampered for 5 years by bad booking. Even during that run, while his promos were rough (primarily due to bad scripting that he couldn't save), he offered a pretty consistent slew of great matches, with down periods usually being due to really bad booking of the matches rather than bad performances on his part (i.e his run in 2018). Over the years and culminating in his heel turn, Roman's not only gotten to be great as a talker (without having to deal with the weight of terrible scripts), but his match quality has spiked even higher, with him being the best wrestler for the first half of 2021, and only putting out bad matches in cases of really bad booking dragging him down, in the same vein as his face run. Seeing how great his run as the Tribal Chief has been makes it all the more annoying that we didn't just get this version of Roman Reigns in 2017, where the stars just seemed perfectly aligned for a heel turn, but hey, better late than never."

[8.0] "He has changed a lot since the "big dog" thing in a good way, he finally can talk on the mic without it being cringe and actually he is pretty good in ring, he has a lot of good matches in his career"

[10.0] "I don't think there's much I can add to these ratings. He without a question is a 10/10. Not sure if I like him holding the WWE title hostage for absolutely no reason other than to "add" to his legacy, or being somewhat a part-timer when it comes to wrestling. He redeems himself by having high quality matches every other month and being the guy, with lots to back that statement up this time around."

[8.0] "Docking points for his mediocre years as top babyface where Vince would push him down our throats but he has made a resurgence with this heel run. He is the final boss of wrestling and everything they've done for him is fantastic. The story he's been able to tell mixed with an upgrade in promos and in match quality, I don't see a reason for him to ever be a face again. My favorite match of his is against Daniel Bryan on Smackdown."

[3.0] "The poster-child for WWE's turn towards a post-Cena era defined by Vince's descent into senility, Roman's early career saw him go from the quiet badass of The Shield to the only member who failed to embrace a personality of any kind following the dissolution of the group. Rather, his character was defined by constant winning without the in-ring performances, the promos, or the fan support to justify it. As he matured, his in-ring performances got better, but he remained extremely limited bell-to-bell and a liability in promos, despite the company doing everything in their power to carry him to success--piping in crowd noise, manipulating shots of the crowd, and mortgaging the careers of those around him--all in flagrant defiance of the loudly booing fan base that was routinely muted by the production team and ignored by commentary. Over a course of several brutal years of attrition, he gained crowd approval but only after having driven many fans away to seek out alternatives and contributing directly to the greater success in the independents and overseas that would give rise to the WWE's first major competition since the Monday Night Wars. While his slow improvement has made him a far more passable worker, he remains unconvincing and one-note as a character. His career is a greater indictment of the WWE than it is of him personally as a performer--he is a fine athlete and flashes moments of charisma. But his multi-year streak of dominance has contained very few quality matches or memorable moments and has come at the cost of countless mediocre pay-per-views built around the idea that he cannot fail."

[4.0] "His run as the Head of the Table is kinda getting stale and boring so i'm hoping and praying for Cody to take the title from him."

[9.0] "The absolute face of WWE right now. Reigns was not accepted as a babyface for a very long time and he was absolutely hated, but the coronavirus era changed everything, and Roman tried himself as a villain for the first time since his days as part of Shield. Reigns is a genius, able to build a wonderful dramatic match, in addition, he is a charismatic leader, and for a very long time Bloodline segments are a must see part of WWE shows."

[8.0] "Average in the ring, amazing in storylines, there was only a period of time he was boring as hell and eyes were bleeding, but The Shield thing and the thing with new super Roman since his return and being god mode, I find it very good, and he fits in that place, good on mic tho, he smashes it since 2021, I can give him 8"

[9.0] "Als Roman Reigns damals in den Mainevent aufgestiegen ist, war ich auch skeptisch, ob die WWE da evtl. nicht etwas verfrüht angeht. Viele sahen in Reigns ja eine Fehlbesetzung, der die Company für die Zukunft auf den Schultern tragen sollte. Seine In-Ring-Fähigkeiten sind eigentlich recht ordentlich genauso wie die Leistung am Mikrofon. Roman hat sich über die Jahre stark entwickelt, sein Heel-Turn war nochmal ein weiterer Schritt nach vorne. In seiner "Bloodline" fühlt er sich pudelwohl und dominiert völlig zurecht das Geschehen bei Smackdown als unangefochtener Champion. Wahrscheinlich hat keiner zurzeit eine größere Ausnahmestellung im US-Wrestling als er. Reigns hat sich über die Jahre hinweg von einer grauen Maus zum absoluten Wrestling-Superstar gemausert mit genialen Storylines und Matches. Ich vergebe verdiente 9 Punkte an einen zukünftigen Hall of Famer. Großartig!"

[5.0] "I ' m bored. After two WrestleMania mainevent with the sane result in the same Reign pissed me out. His Reign Is terribly, terribly long. If Cody 'll fail probably his Reign won't have an end this looks like Triple H wanna. Please, stop the pain. **1/2"

[4.0] "Roman realy doesn't deserve all the cheer and that insanele long title reign. Dude does 5 moves on a good day. Literally all he does is superman punches, spears and one outside dropkick. I don't xare about how ypu carry yourself if you can't be interesting in the ring. You DON'T deserve a world title."

"Why is his rating so low? He's been carrying the WWE for nearly 3 years now and he's one of the best in ring story tellers in the business. His mic-work is a far cry better than what it was 5 years ago and the same can be said for his in ring skill. This man pulled an instant classic out of Logan Paul of all people. He made Buddy Matthews look like an undeniable star in their 2019 match and his 2020 match with Jey Uso was one of the best displays of in-ring storytelling in WWE in years."

[4.0] "I really think that roman reigns is mid and i don't sée interest to watch his matches with so little different moves."

[2.0] "He's very boring. I don't enjoy watching him wrestle. He's not for me. I don't care for him. I still need another 100 characters or so before I'll be able to submit this, so that's what this sentence is for."

[2.0] "A limited moveset is OK if you have an abundance of charisma or, but Roman just doesn't. His "Head of the Table"/"Tribal Chief" character, is one of the worst in recent memory and he seems to effortlessly drag anything he's involved into boring territory. From an in-ring perspective, he's adequate. But his promos, facial expressions and go-to actions are just terrible."

[10.0] "Is Roman Reigns over-pushed? Of course he is. Is he deserving of being Vince's chosen one? In the first 8 years, no, he wasn't. Is he ready for it now? Yes. Roman Reigns is the embodiment of a career resurgence in wrestling. He went from being unbelievably stale as a John Cena-esque babyface who wasn't over and even turned fans away, to being the top draw on the active roster. He is over as hell, his presence as a top heel is next level, and his matches are almost consistently excellent. His promos have improved dramatically over the last two-and-a-half years and he is involved in the single most engaging wrestling storyline I've ever watched. Roman Reigns has always had "star" written all over him, it just took him awhile to truly hit his stride. His detractors always go for the same "overpushed, he's not that good" narrative, but tell me who else in the current wrestling landscape is a bigger draw currently than Roman Reigns? I'll wait."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns has always been solid, the WWE machine simply did not do him any favors early into his singles run trying to force Roman as THE GUY instead of allowing Roman to organically be built up in a manner not all that dissimilar to Batista in 2005. Roman Reigns has always had the look of a star, nothing more needs to be said in that area, but in regards to the microphone skills of Roman Reigns he has been on a roll since becoming the Tribal Chief as he has improved leaps and bounds from when he was first finding his self. When it comes to the matches of Roman Reigns I operate under the notion that Roman Reigns is undervalued in regards to his wrestling ability. Yes, Roman Reigns is not the technician that his hero Bret Hart was, however, he is solid enough in the ring that he has the ability to have killer matches with the likes of wrestlers like the Big Show, Sheamus, Braun Strowman, and Jey Uso, so that narrative that Roman Reigns can only have good matches with the likes of a Daniel Bryan or AJ Styles is shot dead. Acknowledge your Tribal Chief!"

[5.0] "Roman Reigns is a heavily over pushed wrestler that just leaves so much to be desired. So much underlying potential that we just can't seem to get out of him."

[10.0] "(05/2014) Auch das dritte Shield-Mitglied bekommt von mir eine 8, denn in nur anderthalb Jahren hat er sich nicht nur neben Rollins und Ambrose behaupten, sondern sie teilweise auch outperformen können, wenn er mal einen guten Tag gehabt hatte. Eindrucksvoll war die Zeit um den Rumbel 14, als es so aussah, als wenn er sogar derjenige sei, der zu allererst in große Einzelmatches involviert sein würde. Seine dominante Rolle bei der Battle Royal, bei WrestleMania oder gegen die Evolution untermauern seinen Status. Als Big Man im Ring ist er außerdem überraschend agil und präzise in seinen Moves (sogar der eigentlich lächerliche Superman-Punch hat bei ihm impact). Am Mic möchte ich ihn dennoch noch öfter hören. EDIT (11/2016): Vince unbedingter Wille, Reigns zum neuen Cena zu machen, blieb von den Fans nicht unbemerkt. Einige Title-Runs und zwei WrestleMania Mainevents später bleibt festzuhalten, dass die WWE Reigns zumeist fehlgebucht hat: zuerst der zu frühe Push in den Mainer 2015, die verpasste Chance zum Turn in der Auseinandersetzung mit Ambrose, die rückblickend fast bedeutungslose Fehde gegen Trips 2016, die nicht konsequent durchgezogene Fehde um den US-Title mit Rusev. Und die Momente, bei denen man hätte etwas bewirken können, wurden gnadenlos in den Sand gesetzt, wie etwa Ende 2015 als er tatsächlich over war, oder zum Rumble im Folgejahr, wo man ihn nicht optimal darstellte. Für den Moment gibt es eine Abwertung, trotz der konstant ordentlichen Leistungen im Ring. EDIT (04/2019): WWEs Beharrlichkeit hat sich beim Big Dog ausgezahlt. Zwar gab es in den letzten Jahren weiterhin Fehlbuchungen (zB die gesamte Fehde gegen Lesnar). Aber dennoch konnte Reigns seinen Status als Topstar mit inzwischen vier WM-Mainevents, sowie zahlreichen Stories mit Shield, Cena oder dem Taker fest zementieren. Gerade nach seine Leukämie-Diagnose war die Lücke im Roster deutlich spürbar. EDIT (01/2023): Eine bald 3-jährige Titel-Regentschaft, eine dominante Bloodline-Stable-Leader-Rolle, und weiter unvergessliche Stories um die Usos, Lesnar (nochmal), Bryan und Edge, Owens, und Zayn später wird klar, dass Reigns der Head of the Table ist, ohne den bei WWE gerade gar nix laufen würde. Future HoF!"

[8.0] "Not the greatest in-ring worker but better than he gets credit for, certainly in recent years. I'm not a huge fan of his regular offence but he's vastly improved in terms of match pacing and selling, as evidenced by his more recent long singles matches. Out of the ring he's improved immensely. The look has always been there but the heel turn has really unlocked his charisma and he's must-see TV every week. A huge star."

[10.0] "Sorry, Roman Reigns bringt alles mit. Seine Promo Skills haben sich deutlich verbessert, wrestlen kann er auch noch und derzeit das Gesicht der WWE. Aber wird auch Zeit das Roman auch mal verliert, ansonsten hat die WWE in Zukunft sehr viel Probleme."

"ROMAN REIGNS IS OVERRATED AND HIS REIGN AS DOUBLE CHAMPION IS ONLY GETTING WWE DOWN HE IS NOT GOOD IN THE RING SETH ROLLINS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE CHOSEN ONE"

[4.0] "10 years in the future we will be looking back at this wrestler and we'll be like: "Damm boy, what a reign he had, it did not happen anything in more than 700 days""

[10.0] "I don't even watch WWE regularly anymore, but this guy has finally found it. He should be in Hollywood. He won't win Oscars, but like Cena, Batista, and in particular his cousin The Rock, he's magnetic and has the physical charisma to make him feel like a big deal. He really feels like he's on another level entirely compared to the rest of the roster. The eventual moment between he and Sami will be molten."

[7.0] "Roman's current gimmick has finally got him over with the majority of WWE fans and for that I commend him. He demands attention and can be quite good in ring with the right opponent, but he remains rather limited and tends to cut incredibly boring promos unless if Sami Zayn is in the shadows."

[9.0] "So much better now. Very good promos, great ring work and an amazing Character. The Ranking right now feels so low."

[10.0] "While his in-ring psychology might not have been for everyone, in all truthfulness, it had never been the problem and has always been great in my eyes. His character tho.. Ever since the split from the Shield, there was nothing about him that sucked but thar. And for the most part, it stayed the same way.. Until the year of 2020. And it now makes me wonder if he was born to just be a heel. For boy did he not just nail that role, but he? s also become the greatest champion in the history of all of wrestling to ever lace up a pair of boots!"

[10.0] "One of my favourite wrestlers right now. Great guy in real life, tremendous in a "Tribal Chief" gimmick, and his matches are not only great (almost always), but also entertaining. What a transformation this guy experienced - from poorly booked "Big Dog" to absolutely great leader of the Bloodline. His current run with Universal Title is easily the best in belt's history, although I think the best period occured in its first year (2020-2021). What else can I say - I acknowledge Roman as THE GUY and the biggest WWE megastar nowadays."

[10.0] "Prolly the greatest STAR of this generation. The man reinvented himself in 2019 and he is still going strong af. I've always been a fan of Roman but Tribal Chief persona is just a whole 'nother level of greatness. Reigns really redefined what it means to be the champion of the world and set the highest bar for everyone who comes after him. Well deserved."

[10.0] "I see why he used to get so much hate. He was pushed too fast and the WWE Universe wasn't ready for Roman's push. He was always a pretty good performer but his promos weren't good. He has developed so perfectly over the years. Nobody liked him as a babyface because he was being pushed too much. He even beat the Undertaker at Wrestlemania. He was pushed way too high undeservedly. Ever since he had his gimmick change, he has been the face of wrestling. He has the ability to make great promos and it very sound in-ring. I love what they do with him now."

[9.0] "Having only started watching wrestling during the pandemic, I never experienced Roman's awful babyface run leading to multiple bad matches & Mania main events. But since reinventing himself at SummerSlam 2020, Roman has become one of the greatest of all time. Phenomenal heel work, great matches & a historic title reign all make him one of the best today."

[10.0] "Listen, I get why people used to not like Roman. His promos were scripted by a madman, he essentially ignored the end of The Shield so that he could win titles, and he was marketed as the top guy while forgetting that Daniel Bryan existed. But, and this is important, Roman Reigns the wrestler has always been good, if not really good. I've always liked his wrestling, when he's allowed to talk like himself he's proven to be incredibly charismatic, and he's one of the few people in WWE that holds that aura that all the megastars have. Add in his phenomenal heel work, and he's the total package."

[10.0] "one of the first WWE megastars in years and it's easy to see why, dude went from being one of the most hated, most boring guys on the roster to being easily one of the best heels WWE has seen in a long time, while there have still been some duds during his 2 year reign its hard to deny that Roman is at the top of the wrestling world right now"

[10.0] "He is good at everything, and it doesn't matter what his push looks like; he keeps doing enough to get these pushes. It's lasted about a decade. He is better than Moxley, and you reading this right now know it even though you won't admit it publicly because it would be uncool to other guys with the special young bucks nikes but he is..come on, and he is carrying the company. For years. 10."

[6.0] "If we are honest, he got the worst booking for a number of years and now clearly, it's better. But his reign as the Head of the Table is a problem when Vince kills 3/4 of his roster and Reigns wins against the best talent by... the Bloodline ? Where is the domination of the beginning of his new gimmick ?"

[9.0] "ACKNOWLEDGE HIM. He's a beast that looks amazing and knows his role extremely well. He won't give you a 40 minute showcase but he will have you off your feet in every match. I don't quite buy his GOAT claims yet but in time, who knows."

[0.0] "I'm sorry, but this guy is killing the product with this awful reign of terror. He's honestly the worst part of the company atm. The less said about his fanbase, the better. He's pushed so strongly; but yet he's not even close to being in the top 10 best wrestlers in the ring in WWE, is not even close to being in the top 10 most charismatic guys in the company, and is below average on the mic compared to his more talented peers. He's also NOT a draw too; which is embarrassing since you'd expect this guy to draw like Steve Austin or The Rock with this endless megapush. He's easily the most overrated talent in the business today. I'll never understand those who rate this man highly. Anyway, let's also dissect why this guy is having such an awful world title reign atm. Who the heck has this guy put over lately? He's beaten pretty much EVERYONE he's faced in this boring, interminable reign, and nobody else has really benefitted from it. Hell, even the Usos were much more over with crowds back when they were independent as a tag team years ago. He stacked both Daniel Bryan and Edge on top of each other like garbage in last year's main event of Wrestlemania 37. He killed Shinsuke Nakamura's momentum last year on January 2021 before his 2nd babyface run even got the chance to start by destroying him after that awesome performance in that Gauntlet match (before putting the nail on the coffin by letting Adam Pearce pin the guy). He killed the momentum of Cesaro by beating him right after Seth Rollins spent MONTHS doing his very damn best to elevate the guy in early 2021. He's humbled Brock Lesnar (who's the only other overpushed guy near his level within the past decade) more than enough times already. He absolutely buried Finn Balor as the Demon last September despite being strongly protected under that persona for several years (and no, Balor doesn't need the Demon in order to be relevant in the upper card). He got 2 wins on Raw last September despite being a Smackdown guy, which is baffling because that was 1 week removed from Big E winning the WWE title, and he could've used that win far more. Better yet, Bobby Lashley is also someone who could've won that Triple Threat match since he could've benefitted from that victory more because he was the challenger for the WWE championship. He pinned Big E at Survivor Series last year decisively, and pretty much hurt his stock as WWE Champion. He feuded with Kevin Owens from November 2020 through February 2021, and he RARELY got his comeuppance since Owens spent 90% of that feud getting destroyed every other week. He SQUASHED Sami Zayn within 10 seconds last December. He can't even take a DQ loss to Xavier Woods last year (because he NEEDS to look super strong), and he ruined Xavier's king character mere few weeks after winning the King of the Ring tournament too. He "lost" to Seth Rollins at the Royal Rumble; but yet he beat up Rollins afterwards. This dude puts NOBODY over."

[8.0] "Has gotten considerably better since his debut. The Tribal Chief gimmick is legendary, his matches always feel like a big deal, and this guy went from over pushed to legitimate great champion who found his way."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns thanks to his character of The Tribal Chief, has taken him to his best moment and is without a doubt a wrestler who has no real competition in the company."

[8.0] "I don't buy the "I'm the greatest of all time" thing, but of course that's just him messing around. The fact is, Roman Reigns has improved massively lately, going from a 5 to a solid 8 for me. He can talk now, get the crowd behind him and also play with them. His ring skills haven't changed a lot, but at least they haven't gotten worse. Not everybody would fit in the position he is right now, being literally the biggest thing in wrestling."

[10.0] "Roman's rating has been low and rightfully so for the biggest part of his career, but now it's time to acknowledge (pun intended) the fact that Roman Reigns has been on a tear in recent years and should be recognise for it, the Rock would've had the same rating if he had stayed as Rocky maiveia for 7 years, WWE has been wasting Roman's undenible talents for 7 years, but now he has reached wrestling godhood"

[10.0] "People complained when Roman Reigns showed up week after week, and held his belt proudly they said enough, this is too repetitive, although it has showed that the moment Roman Reigns doesn't show up everybody waits until they are fortunate enough to witness the tribal chief. His in-ring style may not be for everybody, and his move set may ve repetitive, but just everything about him is amazing. His reign and Tribal Chief gimmick is probably the best thing going on in WWE. His occasional absence allows other titles and other storylines to be elevated, and when he is here even if it's been 5 years of a reign he never fails to entertain."

[10.0] "What a performer he has turned into. He picked up the in-ring side of things very quickly but the character work took longer. The dreadful booking didn't help. The mega star they always wanted him to be."

[10.0] "Juli 2021: Roman Reigns ist in seiner Heel-Rolle endlich der unangefochtene Main Event-Player, den die WWE in ihn seit dem Shield-Split gesehen hat. Authentische Promo, irre überzeugende Charakterarbeit und eine Darstellung, die so dominant und dennoch vielseitig ist, dass es Spaß macht. Ein wahrer Heel-Endgegner, den es in der WWE so ewig nicht gab. Seit Monaten eine Unterhaltungsgarantie für mich und auch den alten Face-Roman fand ich schon immer ziemlich ordentlich. So kommt er für mich in de guten bis sehr guten Bereich. Sein Bezwinger sollte gut gewählt werden, leichter kann man einen Face nicht aufbauen als mit diesem Roman Reigns. // Über ein Jahr später ist Roman Reigns DER Mann im Wrestling 2022. Überragender Charakter, starke Arbeit mit dem Mikor, strahlt den absoluten IT-Faktor aus und seine Matches sind immer Highlights. Box Office!"

[10.0] "Dicke Aufwertung zu meiner letzten Bewertung von vor sechs Jahren. Im Shield-Paket natürlich genial. Nach dem Split habe ich in ihm aber zunächst als den Schlechtesten des Trios gehalten. Im Ring für mich nur solide und die Promo-Fähigkeiten auch nicht doll. Und dass WWE dann auch noch ausgerechnet ihn als Next Big Thing ausgewählt hatte und einem wie einst Cena als Face den Rachen runterstossen wollte, hat natürlich auch extrem gestört, aber dafür konnte er ja im Prinzip nichts. Ich und viele andere Fans hatten schon vor Jahren einen Heel-Turn "gefordert" - hätte WWE mal schon früher auf uns gehört. Seitdem er der Head of the Table ist, ist er einer der besten Heels aktuell und vielleicht sogar aller Zeiten. Mit diesem Gimmick kann er im Ring starke Geschichten erzählen und auch am Mikro hat er sich stark verbessert. Von der 6 (als Singles Wrestler, der Shield war hier nicht mit eingerechnet) hoch auf die 10. Roman Reigns, I acknowledge you!"

[10.0] "Roman Reigns is a phenomenal wrestler, everything about him is just fantastic. His heel reign is amazing. He is the biggest draw in the world. Has one of the best, if not the best looks. The Bloodline itself is arguably the greatest stable of all time. People say Triple H saved modern WWE, no, Heel Roman saved modern WWE. 11/10"

"(9.6) His character improved so as his verbal skills and knows how to control his character but he lacks in ring Technics"

[2.0] "If it was still 2019 I would give him a 1, but I have to respect the fact that he got better. The worst member of the Shield (understandably, he was green). The worst main eventer from 2014 to 2018 (even worse than Goldberg who at least knew how to talk), and the most overpushed wrestler in the history of WWE. Hogan's reign of terror lasted 8 years, the same amount of time Roman's lasted. And like Hogan (and Warrior), Roman can be elevated only when he has better talent around him. At least he's a good guy out of the ring, but I can't stand him in the ring, I gave him multiple chances but his style is just not for me"

[9.0] "He improved so much as a character and he has been a good wrestler for a while now. Not the best, but he can go, and he can have very entertaining matches. My problem with him has always been the booking but as a wrestler, yeah I like what he is capable of."

[10.0] "Acknowledge Him. His Promos and Matches have been on another level to everyone in the industry since 2020 with some of the best matches in history under his belt while having probably the best title reign in history with amazing stories and character work on top of that."

[9.0] "Roman is the face of the federation. And we recognized it only when WWE stopped pushing him as a face. Roman is great as a heel and as a champion in this format, he looks natural, fits his role, is believable, has the physical look of a WWE face, he is really cool. The only objection to how his character is presented in 2022 - the defenses are getting more predictable and many people are complaining about it - I like it but I understand the criticism. Sometimes there is also the accusation of lack of ring skills but I do not agree with that - it's not the years 2014-2017 anymore, Roman has made an amazing progress and now as the leader of The Bloodline and "The Head Of The Table" he gives very good fights."

[9.0] "Glad I wasn't watching wrestling when he apparently sucked but for the 2 or so years that I have been, he's been awesome. Feels like a star. Talks like a star. Wrestles like a (throwback) star. Not a workrate guy but makes his matches entertaining anyway"

[10.0] "Okay, the booking and the forcing with him in the late 2010's was not good. But the man himself is awesome. He was always a good worker, in-ring perfect for the WWE main-event scene, but he was in the wrong situation. Since 2020, we all see why he's the last chosen one by Vince. The man has everything : charisma X10000, starpower X1000, very good in promo when he can do what he want, the acting is fabulous, and in the ring it's perfect for WWE. His world championship reign between 2020 and 2022 (23? 24? ) is all-time. And outside the ring, the man had leukemia and he's still here while fighting against. Exceptionnal."

[8.0] "Roman is hard to rate. I always used to just ignore him, and not care about him. He was boring, and not entertaining at all. He used to be the worst part of the shield, and the worst exShield guy. But he improved. His heel turn was and still is the best thing that happened to him. Heyman will make everyone look good so him joining Roman was absolutley a great idea (especially since the Lesnar and Heyman duo got really boring). Roman finally brought some prestige to the Universal Title, which I thought was impossible, and yet here we are. I like him being "The Head of the Table", he has a very strong stable. Him unifying the WWE and Univ Titles was certainly a better idea than Lesnar doing that, and he is a very good double champion, but I think he shouldn't hold both titles past next Wrestlemania (39). Also, very happy for him defeating cancer, he simply deserves all the power has now for that alone."

[8.0] "Since the Shield disbanded, he's only gotten better at what he does (minus the first few years). Gives a pretty solid promo and can put on a good/great match when with the right opponent is present. Definitely has one of the better characters in WWE for me."

[10.0] "Roman really improved so much with the new tribal chief character and has become one of the best things WWE has done in years."

[6.0] "Ok in the ring but somewhat boring. Has gotten better at promos but is nothing special. Is supposed to be a heel but when he says acknowledge me he gets cheered. I guess hes alright but I dont get his character direction and what hes even supposed to be doing."

[10.0] "The best wrestler alive today, no one can even touch him, everything is perfect around him. A perfect 10 wrestler."

[8.0] "Früher hätte ich vielleicht 4 oder 5 gegeben, doch mittlerweile ist er einfach einer DER Topstars! Unglaublich was der Heel Tribal Chief Charakter aus ihm gemacht hat. Und auch im Ring macht er super Matches. Problem man hat irgendwie kaum Leute (neue nicht Drew) aufgebaut die seine Regentschaft beenden können, aber da kann Reigns nix zu. Trodzdem vielleicht hätte ich eine 9 überlegt, nur dass er als Champion, beider Brands, aktuell so selten da ist, ist 1 Punkt Abzug. Daher 8/10"

[8.0] "He is a nice wrestler. But he has no personality or any adequacte gimmick. And he wreslers in a goddamn protective vest. But after he took away his protective west he became a star"

[8.0] "Face Roman is just boring but new heel Roman is good. Maybe he don't show up a lot of shows these times but I still like his championship reign. Maybe he is not the best in the ring but not the worst. Maybe he's not on the Cena's level on the mic but he is pretty good. I mean he is not the best wrestler in WWE but he is good"

[9.0] "After the heel turn i had to change my opinion about Roman. This man literally carried the whole promotion throughout the pandemic era with his excellent run as Universal champion and finally made people cheer for him again. Have had a tons of great matches with Edge, Cesaro, Owen, Cena, Balor, Bryan... Mic skills used to be his weakness during the face run but mostly due to bad booking, now i can say confidently that he is absolutely the best talker in WWE (If you laugh at that, remember he was voted as "best wrestler on mic" by WON readers just one year ago). I also think his 2015-2019 run was not as bad as people think, his character was shite at that time but he still consistently performed 4+ star matches which is very impressive and rarely seen by any other wrestler in WWE (besides maybe AJ and Rollins)."

[9.0] "Reigns is good, but the WWE system has let him down a lot. People seem to forget that was really over in the Shield, a standout powerhouse that didn't need to talk to showcase his destructive moveset in the ring, and he had a good future ahead of him: he definitely improved a lot as a wrestler and started to have pretty good quality singles matches by himself. The main problem is, of course, was that he got pushed too much, too soon. Having Roman consistently be a main eventer who won almost all of the time without really earning it beyond a few mediocre feuds jarred a lot of fans the wrong way, on top of bad and rather chunky scripted promos. It's annoying that he's only now being able to show off his natural charisma with (mostly) unscripted material. Regardless, he's a really solid, really consistent wrestler who can work as both a fiery babyface and as a vicious heel while also employing good ring psychology on top of everything else. Is he as good as Cena, the last guy to be bumped to the top? I don't think so, but regardless, Reigns when booked correctly is main event material. (Update) I definitely have to bump up the guy after the monster run he's had at the moment. Consistently having great matches alongside some big feuds and sensational drawing power has only proven that Roman's IT-Factor was always a thing, he just needed the right outlet for it. Can't really say much more than that, he's been on the ball for a good long while."

[6.0] "Reigns ist so ne Sache für sich Früher konnte ich ihn einfach nicht ab.. Er wurde einen immer aufgedrückt und musste immer im Mittelpunkt stehen obwohl er noch nicht bereit war.. Die Fans wollten einfach andere im Main Event sehen Mittlerweile als heel funktioniert er auf jeden Fall besser aber ich persönlich kann trotzdem nicht wirklich was mit ihm anfangen er hat sich im Ring zwar deutlich gesteigert aber ich finde seine matches immer langweilig und vorhersehbar deshalb 6punkte"

[9.0] "Roman got way too much hate for a long time. The push he got back in 2014 where he was forced down fans throats but that really wasn't his fault. His current reign as the tribal chief has shown people what he is really capable of. He really is one of the best of his generation."

[9.0] "From the very beginning, you could tell that Roman Reigns was destined for stardom in WWE. A naturally gifted athlete with an excellent look and a natural ability in the ring, Reigns has risen through the ranks faster than any wrestler in recent years and had several amazing matches. Even during his controversial run as the top face of the company, you could tell he had all the tools. The one thing he was lacking was a natural flow when it came to promos. As the years passed, he slowly got better at the craft. No one could? ve possibly predicted the incredible run he has been on ever since his heel turn. Reigns has embraced the role of a wicked, mafia kingpin like man who will stop at nothing to keep his titles. He? s been at the center of some of the best matches in recent WWE history and continues to impress even two years later. As of now, Reigns is the best heel in any company and is undeniably one of the best in the world right now. These last years have been nothing but vindication for those who always believed in him, I was one of them."

[10.0] "One of the greatest talent of our generation. This man is the biggest star in wrestling as of 2022. He has a big presence/aura to him that is unmatched. His matches have been fantastic on top that. Roman the character is compelling and interesting, and Roman the person is loved and respected by his peers."

[8.0] "People talk a lot about Roman's character and the way his character has evolved and the way he's improved in the ring, but one thing that has always been agreed on is that Roman possesses a set of intangibles that make him a star. He's attractive, let's just be frank. He could be Aquaman, for god's sake. He's naturally charismatic when given the right space. And he's athletic. I think 5 years ago, I'd give him a 4 or a 5. But that's not any of his fault. Now that he's a heel and he's getting to properly establish a personality, a set of character tropes, and he's working at the main event/match epic pace, he can flourish more. If he starts opening up his move set, it's a 9 or a 10. For now? an 8"

[4.0] "[Update from 6.0 to 4.0] This guy has become the most incessantly annoying thing going on Smackdown. He and the Bloodline have singlehandedly taken different belts hostage and competing in boring as hell matches for them. It would be one thing if they were tearing it down like in say, an Okada IWGP reign for instance, but they're stinking it up and having boring feuds. I still think Roman is a solid worker, just...character wise Jesus Christ this guy has never been able to figure it out, disappointing. [Old Review]: Definitely a step-up from his godawful character as a face. But sufferin succotash son, is it too little too late. Imagine if they had kept him heel since the beginning, he could've potentially become Edge level by now, instead his character relies on others to remain a believable heel. The main issue is that he's still shoved in fan's faces, don't overexpose him, his lack of move variety is exposed through that. He's a better champion than Brock, but that's a pretty low bar IMO. He needs to break out on his own and leave this stupid tribe stuff behind."

[7.0] "I don't hate Roman, but while he may have, on paper enjoyed the most success of the 3, he's by quite a margin the weakest member of the Shield. He can turn out some good matches with the right opponents and the Tribal Chief gimmick has been mostly great, but outside of the role, he's been absolutely miserable on promos and he flops hard in many big matches, including 4 absolute stinker Mania main events. He sits somewhere in the zone between Hogan and Orton in a sense: large dudes with great looks who more or less work well even if they aren't exciting. In that category, I'd put Roman over Hogan and below Orton in that sense (Orton may be boring more often than I'd like but he's damn smooth). But yeah, he's good, just maybe not good enough to warrant his huge pushes."

[7.0] "Roman is a good wrestler who finally found something that worked for himself. Unfortunately, it's too little too late. This recent Roman heel run started out well but progressively each and every match became formulaic and lacking any interest. Now he's about to fully be a part timer. Roman has had a decent career, though it feels like he'll never fully reach his potential. Feels almost like a waste."

[8.0] "When it comes to wrestling, he is not entertaining to see what is said, but he has a striking look and is good on the mic. I remember that when he was in The Shield he was the dominant force of the group and he did very well, he is a wrestler who is worth both face and heel and that is the good thing."

[5.0] "Poor mic, terrible matches, has a great look, easy to hate, great physique, i get why he is the face of WWE right now tho, he has great presence and know how to work the crowd even tho i took him 8 years on the main roster to finally do it, his current run started great but now is just boring."

[9.0] "Seit der Neukonzipierung ein absoluter Top-Man, der alles andere überstrahlt und vollkommen zu Recht da steht wo er gerade steht. In-Ring-technisch könnte da noch ein klein wenig mehr gehen, dann könnte man nochmal zur Höchstbewertung nachbohnern."

[10.0] "This guy is a charisma fountain. No, he's not The Rock, but with the Tribal Chief character, he's shown that he has a great presence and crowd control. For all the actual missteps they made on the way here, Roman is absolutely, finally on top because he's the top guy now, not just a guy a cast in that role."

[8.0] "Roman's current run as "The Tribal Chief" says it all. Brilliant at character work when given the chance to tell a compelling story. As a babyface his work could get boring, but I think they could've easily rectified that by not eliminating Bryan as early as they did in the 2015 Royal Rumble, which was ultimately what soiled his reputation up until his most recent run as Universal Champion. EDIT: dropped because I still like him, but his run has soured on me lately."

[6.0] "Roman Reigns - Personally, it is very difficult for me to evaluate him, I really didn? t like him then and now, but on this site you need to objectively evaluate his work .... 1. His run in the Shield was cool but he was an ordinary enforcer who was faded against the background of the promising Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose 2. His solo run as Baby Face was painful for me, no one wanted to see him in the main events, he was very raw ... but the WWE forced us to love him because of all the forces , 3 His Heel Run as Chief - "The Bloodline" was pretty cool I admit it! but he objectively became tedious and boring again due to his dominance over all opponents, no matter how authoritative they are! Roman Reigns has really grown a lot and has become better in terms of the quality of matches and sales, but the problem is that WWE is forcing all of us to love his person and everything in this spirit, which is somehow not clever and sickening."

[9.0] "They quit booking him like a complete dork and he responded with one of the more well liked runs to happen in the fed for ages. It might have run out of steam now with the lack of challengers and him just cutting promos during matches but I still love Roman. Dude finally got a run with the company that was worth a damn and he deserves every bit of praise for it"

"Roman Reigns was the first wrestler I really loved when I got into wrestling in 2017 and he will always hold a special place in my heart, so it is only fitting for me to write my first comment about him. I still think he is great and he has improved a lot over the past few years in presence and also promos, with a huge portion of that being WWE learning how to book him right and finally managing to properly get him over. With the moveset he is able to display (on TV at least) right now, I do think it is kinda limited but he really delivers on what he does and just has the look and the flair to make up for any shortcomings."

[10.0] "I've always liked Roman and maybe this rating is biased since he's one of my favorite wrestlers ever. He's been giving us great matches in the ring since 2015 for one on one competition and before that in the shield all of his 6 man tag matches, tag matches were usually really good. The tribal chief however has taken Roman to a different level and he has really elevated it I'm loving this run for him right now"

"First ballot hall of famer. His work in The Sheild was phenomenal, he had a bumpy run as a face mostly due to poor booking but he is now one of the best heels of all time. In a time where we are seeing less and less big named stars, it is truly a privilege to finally have one in Roman Reigns. 8/10 but will one day be 10/10 easy."

[8.0] "Roman looks like a star and carries himself off as one, we're finally getting him in a title reign where he feels like he belongs and he's the top dog, and the matches have all delivered from the Jey Uso feud, to the Owens feud. to his recent interactions with Bryan and Edge all the way to the current Lesnar feud. When you look at how shitty the former champions have been for the Universal title, Roman's run has put the belt back on track and it feels like the top prize in the company."

[9.0] "Alright, I know this website is usually right but 6.84? Really? Like I know, Roman in 2015 to like early 2020 was pretty bad. But when he became The Tribal Chief, he became the best thing in wrestling. He started having banger after banger if it's with Edge, Cena, Bryan, KO. Yes, ever since maybe Extreme Rules he's had his fair share of crappy booking. But he has been a consistent worker and proves he can do great work not only in the ring, but on the mic."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns has been on some other shit lately. God mode. Needle mover. Head of the Table. Tribal chief. The monikers alone are enough to give this man a 10. At first people were not too keen on Roman, feeling that he was being pushed too fast and too soon, but over time the fans have started to acknowledge him as a top guy for the company. He is a fantastic storyteller in the ring. He actually speaks to the crowd instead of just mouthing words. Also, he is very creative with the way he talks trash. When he said "You must be confused, farm boy." to Lesnar right away my reaction was that this is an all time promo. Reigns has become more believable over the years, improving his physique and the way he wrestles in the main event scene for WWE. The spear has morphed into a move that people pop for on instant, and it's a move that put a stop to guys like Brock Lesnar, Goldberg, and The Undertaker. Reigns has shared the ring with some all time greats and in my opinion has gotten the best out of them every time. When I watch Reigns wrestle, I believe that he is actually there to win which is more than I can say for others. His attitude on the mic is also a lot more believable now than it has ever been. Instead of just spouting shoddy scripted lines, he seems like he is speaking what's on his mind. While the WrestleMania 38 match is contentious, I feel like the visual of him with both belts and Heyman at his side while fireworks go crazy will go down in wrestling history as one of the most insanely overpowered moments of all time."

[3.0] "Roman Reigns is not a good wrestler. Roman Reigns is average, at best, on the mic. I will never understand how he got pushed into being THE GUY in WWE. His moveset literally consists of superman punches and spears, and that is almost quite literally it. I will say, he is MUCH better as a heel than he ever was as a face as it's much easier for someone with such a limited catalogue of moves."

[8.0] "If earlier many looked at Roman with disgust, then in 2020-21 he has grown very much as a performer and as a person within the WWE. Roman is entrenched in the main event and I think that in 2022 he will end up with the title of universal champion. Sorry for the bad english, a translator was used."

[9.0] "Reigns has always been a good wrestler in ring and has become one of the greatest heels of century. Reigns is great."

[9.0] "Before the pandemic I would surely give Roman a 5-6. But since his return as a Heel, he's really improved."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns is finally clicking with the audience at large after years of a failed top guy push. His heel turn is a breath of fresh air for WWE and his character, but he remains largely the same wrestler in the ring, which caps at around good. He can be great with the right partner, but lately his matches have a mix of two formulas I don't like. Long, intentionally dull heat segments and lots of overbooking for the finish. The promos and stories for this run are also highly dependent on you caring about the Usos and this family drama subplot, which doesn't do much for me."

[10.0] "Big Dog was a 7, not awesome, but unfairly maligned due to his overpush from 2015 to 2018. But Tribal Chief is close to perfection, great promo, huge charisma, superb in-ring storyteller, by far the best asset WWE currently has."

"I think Reigns overpush era has damaged him for all time therefore he cant get over like a Seth Rollins in my opinion."

[6.0] "Roman is the de-facto WWE creation. Most of the issues that Roman has come from his limited style and the booking for the latter half of the 2010's, WWE was making a lot of sacrifices to make Reigns the next big thing and that has lead to a mass amount of hate for him, even when going into his current run where I feel Roman is now at his peak with a very final boss-like character and being able to put on better matches compared to how he was during his Shield days where Mox and Rollins carried him work wise. Is he overrated? absolutely. Are there 10 better in-ring workers than him working for WWE? 100%. Roman is in that in-between period where he's still got a long way to go, but his work is certainly interesting."

[9.0] "The Big Dog character was a failure. The wannabe John Cena character was aweful. But now, his character as the Tribal Chief is one of the best professional gimmick in WWE. There has been few heel megastar that captures me as much as Roman has. He was always meant to be a heel. His second run as the Universal Champion has been amazing, bringing a much needed prestige to the belt. I also believe that his second run is one of the few great World Championship Reigns in recent WWE history and the best Universal Championship Reign since it's inception."

[10.0] "This is a superstar, and i really love this run a UW champion. i dont want it to end, just let Roman have the titel for minimum 1000 days."

[9.0] "His in-ring skills have always been good although a little too formulaic, his matches usually consist of drive-by, superman punch and spear. Every wrestler in the WWE has their moves of doom but for Reigns it really does sometimes feels like his matches are all the same. In 2020 he reinvigorated his character, turned heel, added more moves to his repertoire and improved in his in ring performance as he displayed a fiery passion that was erstwhile from his matches. His lengthy title reign may risk going too long as people as his current reign is starting to wear thin and I have little enthusiasm for Reigns V Lesnar headlining Wrestlemania for the third time."

[6.0] "Im Ring ist Roman definitiv solide und kann mit den richtigen Leuten auch gute Matches worken. Ähnliches gilt auch für seine Promo Skills und das Gimmick. Das ist alles solide, mehr aber auch nicht. Dafür punktet Roman aber mit seinem Charisma und seinem Look."

[0.0] "Für mich mit Brock Lesnar der schlechteste Wrestler bei der WWE (momentan). Ich habe überlegt welche Punktzahl ich Roman Reigns geben könnte wenn er nicht so stark gepusht worden wäre, aber ich glaube nicht, dass ich ihm selbst dann mehr Punkte geben könnte. Er hat kaum Moves, für mich kein Charisma und selbst die Moves die er zeigt sind des öfteren zu unsauber ausgeführt."

[10.0] "Roman wasn't booked well at all in 2015 but still put on very solid matches. In terms of his actual in ring capability he'd be at least at eight points in my opinion. But overall his babyface character had gotten VERY stale even after a short time, so that'd have dragged it down a lot. Nowadays though, he's a top heel in WWE, has been booked like a demigod, and is my favorite wrestler in the whole company. Hell, he's showing even better work than he was before, in his Universal title run he hasn't had a SINGLE bad match. Absolutely worth a ten point rating, within a few years he may even be on the level of Cena if he keeps this up."

[9.0] "Subjektiver Vergleich zu seinem Vater, er ist einfach besser. Sein Vater ist wie er eine Legende aber bei seinem Vater habe ich nur Tag Team Matches gesehen und auch nicht viele. Nach langer Zeit will ich wieder einen Kommentar zu ihm geben und es sind wieder 9 Punkte. Aktuell als Heel überzeugt er total. Er könnte auch Brocks erste Universal Championship Regentschaft brechen. 490 Tage sind es im Jahr 2022 dann sicher. Edit 22.01.2022 Rekord gebrochen. Auch unfassbar er hat 2021 alle PPV Matches gewonnen. Es gab kein einziges Unentschieden."

[8.0] "With the gimmick change he had a fantastic improvement. In ring he does a little more, but extra ring he is flawless and good."

[6.0] "Roman is a good wrestler and a great storyteller, but the way WWE has booked him is outrageous. They spent like 5 years forcing him down our throats, before switching him into a heel and turning him into an unbeatable monster heel who can't be stopped. From about August of 2020 until like WrestleMania in 2021, Reigns was legitimately amazing, but WWE kept it going for too long and he is just played out now. WWE have completely failed to build credible challengers for Reigns to face, and now they have to bring back part timers to put him against. All the people Reigns have beaten have pretty much just been sent back to the mid card or got fired and no one has benefited from facing him. He's literally being booked the same way he was as a face, but people lap it up now. People were unironically saying that he was the best wrestler in the world, and he should compete in the G1 against the likes of Okada, which is just ridiculous. Everyone is entitled to their opinions of course, but I don't see any of that. He is good, but nowhere near best in the world, and his booking has soured me on him. If WWE built up challengers to be a threat to him, and gave him some interesting stuff to do, he could be top 10 in the world, easily, just like he was during the peak of the Tribal Chief run. But the character has reached it's limits, and it's time to revitalise him, quickly."

[9.0] "Huge fan of his current Tribal Chief persona. He was hated in the way the WWE tried to push the goody-two-shoes plain Jane vanilla good guy in a similar way to how John Cena was shoved on all of us as well as giving him some of the most dreadful promos to work with, but to be honest none of that was his fault. The Tribal Cheif character as well as the pairing with Paul Hayman has resurrected his career and finally something that feels organic after that painful babyface run. He's finally WWE's top guy in the way he should have been to begin with."

[9.0] "Roman in 2021 has a presence like no other. Deserves to be respected as a top guy going forward at the very least."

[9.0] "Reigns war schon immer ein starker Worker, der anfangs stark unter fragwürdigen Bookingentscheidungen gelitten hat. Da er jetzt als Heel allerdings sehr gut gebookt wird und sich vor allem am Mic nochmal weiterentwickelt hat, kann man nicht mehr abstreiten, dass WWE mit ihm einen der größten Stars im US-Raum kreiert hat."

[9.0] "It's not 2017 anymore, we can admit that Roman is good. He's not the saviour to all wrestling like some people may say, but he's pretty good."

[3.0] "Ein Paradebeispiel des überpushten WWElers, der auf Teufel komm raus unbedingt in den Main Event gesetzt werden sollte. Das ist schon unfassbar, wie lange die WWE das durchgezogen hat trotz entsprechender Reaktionen quasi aller Fans. Zugegeben, als ich ihn zuletzt mit Heyman an der Seite als Heel gesehen habe, wirkte das schon stimmiger. Letztlich ändert es aber nichts daran, dass ich ihm wrestlerisch nichts abgewinnen kann und auch an Charisma und Mimik gibt er mir Null. Das einzige was ich ihm zu Gute halten kann, ist die Athletik und die Optik, aber ein Superman Punch und ein Spear machen noch kein gutes Wrestlingmatch. Im Gegenteil, ich habe tatsächlich noch nie Gefallen an einem Roman Reigns Match gehabt und auch wenn ich in den letzten Jahren nur wenige von ihm gesehen habe, liegt es nicht an mir die guten (falls es sie gibt) noch extra rauszusuchen. Wertung nicht ganz up-to-date, aber nunmal das was ich von ihm halte."

[10.0] "Simply put, Roman Reigns is the biggest star in professional wrestling right now. Sure, it took about 6 years for WWE creative to remove their heads from their rectums and finally allow him to turn heel and the results have been amazing. Unfortunately for Roman he's mired in a company that looks like it's actively trying to bankrupt itself and make themselves the joke of professional wrestling. But either way, he's about the only reason I turn on WWE programming these days."

[2.0] "FORCED PRODUCT! I don't see how anyone views him as some great legendary wrestler. Basically boring in the ring. Very limited move set, doesn't give us any matches to remember for years to come. If Vince McMahon wasn't so enthralled with him, he'd be a jobber. I literally don't see how anyone can say they are impressed with Boring Reigns."

[8.0] "One of the last cool acts WWE has, much better as a heel then as a face. On a great run ever since the turn. People need to stop saying he's the best in the world though, his in ring skill is not up to par with the best of the best."

[3.0] "One of the most overpushed wrestler from WWE... His in-ring skills are mediocre, he's very slow so he tries to compensate this deficit by telling a story during his matches. Too bad that he literally tells it via boring trash talking, which adds nothing to the fight after you hear it a couple of times."

[5.0] "Not as good as his supporters say and not as bad as his detractors claim. A perfectly fine wrestler who can often have good WWE style matches."

[10.0] "quite simply the most polarizing superstar in business today. His heel turn did him a lot of good, he is so good in this role of tribal chief."

[9.0] "If I made this rating a couple years ago it would be completely different. Right now, Roman is a star and all it took was letting him play his natural heel role instead of trying to use the lame Hogan/Cena formula. The tribal chief is excellent. Great look, good in the ring, and is now cutting good effective promos. Its hard to imagine anyone beating him right now."

[0.0] "Like I'm going to sound like a classic Roman Reigns hater but I started watching WWE in late 2013. I liked Cena, Orton but then Roman was starting to win absolutely everything. He beat Orton, won rumble but I watched WWE. When he came back in 2019 I was starting to find new wrestling companies ( I found NJPW) because I love wrestling. After I watched G1 Climax 29 I already knew that wwe is not going to be #1 company for me. But I still watched it. After Roman return in 2020 Summerslam I stopped watching WWE. He is the biggest reason why I stopped watching WWE. So yeah, it's 0, for me not the worst wrestler but the only one that made me hate wrestling."

[5.0] "I know i'm going to get major flak for my rating of a 5 compared to the overall consistent positivity since he became a heel, but I'm going to explain why I don't like Roman Reigns. While I will give him credit where credit is due, he is a decent wrestler, a great guy in real life, and has talent, but his recent booking doesn't make him come off as dominant, in my opinion, it just makes him look like a 100 overall CAW. he's supposed to be portrayed as this badass champion, but he can't get through any of his matches without a run-in from the Usos or from some other absolute bullshit. He's also capable of doing more then the typical 5-6 moves he busts out every match, but he just.. doesn't. His matches are just such a stale formula at this point, and there's no point in having his previous opponents thus far beat him up prior to the PPV if they're just going to lose in the same fashion that everyone does. it makes Roman look strong, but it makes everyone that challenges him look like total chumps. long story short, even by heel booking, i just find Roman Reigns boring and don't understand why everyone thinks he's the greatest wrestler of all time."

[8.0] "His heel turn should have happened a long time ago . But because he has he has got me interested in his new character. Also his promo issue got solved with him being managed by Paul Heyman who is nothing less than a mouthpiece. However he is still very hard to watch as far as in ring quality is considered. I think he is highly overrated and needs to do more than repeating the same moves over and over again in a single match. Ill agree that he has had some good matches but overall he is average a mediocre wrestler. I also agree that it is necessary to see how his heel persona plays out but before that he is just a 5 in my opinion. EDIT;: His heel turn has been amazing thus far so I will increase my ratings by 3 points . I like the new submission finisher but he needs to focus on his in-ring skills because they still lack quality. Also , he's a great guy . Just how he would watch 205 Live matches at 10m pm when half the building was empty and let the guys on the show know where they could improve . Going to Vince to ask him to push FTR (Revival at that time ) and Aleister Black and just how complimentary he was to Mox leaving WWE wishing him the best as compared to that douchebag Rollins. Wrestling needs such positive guys in the business and overall as a in ring performer he has come leaps and bounds ahead of what he used to be . I acknowledge the tribal chief gimmick and everyone else should too . Alongside Owens , I think he brought prestige to the Universal title that it so desperatley needed and made Smack Down a watchable show ."

[6.0] "He has good promo skills and one of the best heels of all time but if I have to be honest his moveset isnt that great. I mean roman you gotta come up with new moves superman punch and a spear really? Replace it with a like inverted uranage then a finisher which it will be straight jacket ddt from the top rope"

[5.0] "Believe it or not I actually loved big dog Roman. I thought he was severely overhated. But this tribal Chief stuff is sooooooooooooooo overrated. He comes out, says the same ? insert city, acknowledge me? promo every week and it? s so tiresome. His matches are good but they always end the same with the usos running in, getting beat up, then Roman capitalizing with a spear. Roman is a star & very talented but I just don? t get the hype with the tribal Chief gimmick I don? t find it interesting at all & think it? s ran its course. His gimmick is literally designed to get people to praise him as he? s literally telling people do and people just give in."

[7.0] "Roman's heel run has been infinitely better than anything he's ever done. I enjoy his character, however I feel that WWE has been so underwhelming with programming that Roman's story is becoming overrated and blown out of proportion. He doesn't have a list of challengers that could conceivably beat him. In fact he has NO challengers that could conceivably beat him. This is essentially the same "keep Roman strong" booking but as a heel. His babyface run at the top was terrible. It's probably the worst main event run I've ever seen. The fact that I still rate him a 7 after saying all of that speaks well of his in-ring talents and character."

[7.0] "Als Heel ist Roman Reigns eine absolute Bank. Seit dem gefällt er mir extrem. Vor seinem Comeback gefiel er mir weniger, denn seine Auftritte im Ring waren zu einseitig und viel zu dominant. Als Heel kann er die Schwächen ausgleichen und gutes Main Event Material liefern. Leider stehen seine vor Covid Zeit und sein Heel Run im Konflikt, aber für seine Entwicklung würde ich Reigns eine 7/10 geben."

[9.0] "Currently one of the best workers in Pro Wrestling as a whole. His mic and ring skills have improved tremendously in the last year and a bit. Undoubtedly carried SmackDown on his back throughout most of this year."

[6.0] "(6. 5/10) after YEARS of a failed babyface run. He finally became one of the best villain in WWE right now. I wont compare him to other heels in 2021 since his run as a Heel this year and last year is untouched. But if some people said that he is the best heels in pro wrestling history, LOL no. Jim Cornette, Shawn Michael, Hollywood hogan, mid 2000 CM punk run in ROH and the Indies, Adam Cole run in NXT, Bobby the brain heenan, New jack, Jay white and many others. Now, i dont have a problem with his character. But his in ring work is sleep inducing and its highly overated. Im sorry, But suplex, , Spear, german, "UUAAARGHH", and Superman punch is not fun to watch again and again. His charisma and his presence is fine, But i put in ring work ABOVE anything else. If your character work is good but your in ring is mediocre at best. Im not gonna bat an eye too much on your character since there is nothing for me to feel amazed by when youre in the ring. But all 6 point is for his character work and 0. 5 for his In ring work."

[9.0] "Roman Reigns has been ungodly good since returning and becoming heel. This is how he should have been the whole time."

[10.0] "One of the best heels in the world this century, he has done an amazing job. Lately his promos are fantastic and his in-ring skills are terrific. He is almost invincible right now. Sadly, he never fit in with the babyface role."

[7.0] "the current rating is fair for the 2015/16/17/18 roman, but it doesn't match anything we're currently seeing. this guy is simply the best thing that has happened in WWE since his return and every match he has made since has been spectacular. It's good to see that he's found a character that fits better with his spectacular physique."

[10.0] "Roman reigns is great and he is having the best run of his career. In his earlier years he already had the look and the charisma of a top WWE superstar, as well as very good in ring abilities, but his booking did him no favor. But since his return a year ago he really gained confidence and a good gimmick which allows him to shine and to be the best thing going on in pro wrestling right now"

[10.0] "this wrestler is underestimated by fans solely due to improper booking. if abstracted from this, he has all the qualities of a good wrestler. He has a lot of good matches, memorable moments and plays his part very well."

[10.0] "As the Roman Reigns post-Shield... I would give him a 6. But now he's the Tribal Chief, probably the most interesting character/wrestler at the time. Also, his Universal Championship run is probably the best one in the not so good story of the belt. Great matches Great character Improved in-ring abbilities Improved mic Two years ago, I wouldn't believe Roman Reigns would be one of my favourite wrestlers, but now, Roman... definately reigns."

[7.0] "A year out now from Roman's big heel turn that has gotten a lot of acclaim, I think we're starting to see the limits of this character in the ring and with the stories they provide. You would think it would be simple to simply look at Reigns and have him just wreck people, but this run has been muddled with overwrought monologue matches and rest holds for heat from the Randy Orton playbook. Reigns has just come off what was supposed to be a big win over Cena, but it doesn't feel like his profile has been boosted. He has a Lesnar feud on the docket next and likely will face The Rock within the next calendar year, so by then we should have a better idea of where he stands."

[10.0] "My favorite wrestler right now. He looks great. His presence alone fixates one's gaze on him and his matches gaze me in excitement and amazement. Roman is the final boss of WWE in this era and deservedly so. Everything about Roman is interesting because he carries himself like the biggest star in the world and, apparently, he is the biggest star in wrestling at the moment."

[3.0] "I have a lot to say about Roman so I'm going to go one by one quickly. 1. Never liked his in-ring work and he hasn't had a match that has gotten a 9 or more on this website since 2014. 2. Never really liked him on the mic. 3. His face run was an absolute pain to go through. 4. His current fan base is extremely annoying. Overall I don't like him but the only reason why he is not a 0 is that his heel run makes him slightly more bearable."

[10.0] "Biggest star in wrestling right now and one of the best wrestlers today, probably top ten in the world. It's incredible how much Roman has evolved over the years and how he went from mediocre matches/promos and boring storylines to have a top quality character and a whole other level storytelling capacity. The Tribal Chief gimmick is perfect for him and he plays it wonderfully, this heel run is being easily the best of his career and what he was always supposed to be, not to mention he's giving a hell of a world championship reign with so many great matches and rivalries as the final boss of WWE. Let's all acknowledge him as the Head of the Table."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns has really evolved in recent years, showing all the talent many of us always knew was there. He exudes confidence in everything he does. This is especially important on the mic, where he's grown exceptionally from the days of "suffering succotash" and the 2017 Cena feud. His in-ring abilities, as I believe they've always been, are good but not great. He still hasn't shown much variety in his move set, with most of his offense consisting of rest holds, superman punches, and spears. If he could innovate a bit more in that department and find ways to show off more of his impressive physicality, he could definitely get a higher rating down the line."

[7.0] "He has certainly improved as an in ring performer and his persona is alot better , i think he will only get better as time goes by , looking forward to his up coming feud with Brock Lesnar again as this Roman Reigns will no doubt make the feud more interesting especially with the added element of Paul Heyman being the center piece of the feud reoccurring."

[6.0] "Roman Reigns is hard to rate, because of how awfuly his push in 2015 was booked. I can see him being a good babyface, but the fans, and me at the time, didn't buy him because nobody wanted to see a wrestler being shoved that much. He just suddenly became the strongest wrestler on the roster, with no build-up of him becoming strong whatsoever. He was green at promos and ok at ring. That Royal Rumble win was the worst Royal Rumble moment in the history of WWE. How could they screw up so hard, that the fans booed even The Rock? We even could've had a worst Wrestlemania finish If it wasn't for Seth Rolling to save the day. The fans saw the repeat of John Cena's 2010-11 situation and didn't want that, but WWE didn't care, push him to the moon. At least now it is diffrent, firstly WWE finally became self-aware of the situation and played into that. Roman wasn't a Main Event anymore and had his time to improve himself and he did. Now Roman, as of 2021, one of the few things that is still interesting to watch on WWE programming. A great monster heel with unstoppable force. Now Roman looks great and can even fight Cena in a mic-game, compared to his previous fued with John, where he could've say nothing convincing. Hope it only goes uphill."

"[9. 0] Roman Reigns was given a strong, complex, character to play, and hit it out of the park. The problem is that after KO, Bryan and Edge the only people left to throw at him are either heels or dopey cartoon characters. To dumb down his character is to kill it. To give it more complex motivations is beyond WWE capacity. This is not the fault of Roman Reigns that he was booked into a corner. No, I do not think that Balor is a cartoon character, but I do not believe he will be booked with Reigns, they would not know how to sell it. In fact I would not be surprised if Balor is released soon. Again, not Reigns fault."

[9.0] "Roman is an all-time performer who has worked through a level of negative baggage few big stars have had to deal with."

[4.0] "The heel turn did help him and this new storyline is helping him but I'm just not a fan of his in-ring work not to mention how he is pushed more than any guy, it's getting boring."

[10.0] "Reigns has the look, the presence, the athleticism, and the charisma of a top tier wrestler. He is much better as a heel whether it be when he was in NXT or since his heel turn in 2020."

[9.0] "One of the best wrestlers in the WWE right now. He's improved from being a generic babyface like he was years ago. Now he puts on great matches and has nice promos with Paul Heyman and himself at times. I don't think he's a 10 yet, but he's on the road to it."

[10.0] "From the moment he did his Turn Heel, he was my favorite wrestler from then on. His character was filled with amazing stories like Vs Jey Uso, Kevin Owens, Edge, Daniel Bryan, even Cesaro. Since his absence in WM, Reigns improved his acting and speech quality, feeling free when giving a promo. Their wrestler skills are more compelling to watch (Guillotine Choke, Spear, Superman Punch) and their rivalries propelled the fighters and elevated them."

[8.0] "Hier muss ich wirklich gestehen, dass ich mich Jahre lang geirrt habe. Ich habe in ihm nicht viel gesehen. Natürlich habe ich auch gesagt, dass er als Heel besser funktionieren wird. Aber, dass er mich mal so beeindrucken wird, hätte ich nicht gedacht. Der Mann hat sich in allen belangen deutlich gesteigert, Seine Schwächen hat man super mit geeigneten Gegnern und vor allem Heyman an seiner Seite kaschiert. Jetzt ist er oben angekommen, hat einfach nur eine verdammt gute Ausstrahlung, kann tolle Matches zeigen, wenn der Gegner zumindest ein bisschen was drauf hat und ist sogar am Micro garnicht mal mehr so schlecht. Hier sind tatsächlich 10 Punkte drin, wenn diese wahnsinnige Entwicklung anhält. Respekt Reigns und auch Vince, dass er letztendlich doch eingesehen hat, dass Reigns zum Heel werden muss!"

[9.0] "very very good right now. Has had great matches for a while now but since he finally has a style of promo and the character that suits him so well, he's gone up from a 7 to a 9 imo. Brilliant run right now as well."

[4.0] "Superman punch is the only move Roman can do so boring in the ring. I think he got the titles he didn't deserve and it made me lose my respect for him. I loved him in the group of the shield but when he wrestles alone he falls short."

[10.0] "he literally has it all, and this title reign is going to be top 10 of all time with all these matches and rivalries"

[4.0] "Er ist einer der fleischgewordenen Gründe dafür, weshalb WWE Wrestling so dermaßen schwächelt. Technisch sehr beschränkter Worker mit einem sehr spärlichen Moveset. Komisch: Anderen, älteren Wrestlern hat man das immer vorgeworfen. Bei Reigns passt das dann plötzlich. Und das, obwohl es schon immer unterschiedliche Typen gab, was seit jeher zu den Grundzutaten im Pro-Wrestling-Zirkus gehört. Naja, geschenkt. Immerhin kann er sich ganz gut bewegen. Allerdings hat ihn sein Heelturn vorangebracht. Zunächst einmal hat er deutlich an Masse zugelegt. Das relativiert hervorragend seine eingeschränkten In-Ring-Fähigkeiten. Denn er ist jetzt mehr Powerhouse als der Allrounder, für den er vorgesehen war, aber diese Rolle mangels technischen Könnens nie ausfüllen konnte. Auch sein Spiel mit den Fans und seinen Gegnern hat sich stark verbessert. Der Heyman-Einfluss wirkt mal wieder Wunder. Update 20. 07. 2021: Die Kurve zeigt wieder deutlich nach unten. Er ist als Heel inzwischen genauso eintönig und sich ständig wiederholend wie er als Face war. Der coole Entrance Metal Riff wurde seit geraumer Zeit gegen ne komplett langweilige Mucke ausgetauscht. Zudem stellt sich leider erneut heraus, dass Reigns McMahons Protected Guy No. 1 ist. Hervorragende Worker wie Edge, Bryan, Mysterio können ihn richtig gut aussehen lassen und mit ihren Ideen auch ein Stück weit mitnehmen. Ist das nicht der Fall, kommt nur der übliche, eintönige Scheiss bei Reigns raus. Auch darstellerisch ist schon wieder Stagnation angesagt - das ewige "Acknowledge me" hat halt sooo einen Bart. Reigns ist es wohl allzu bewusst, dass er McMahons Baby Boy bleibt, egal wie schlecht er sich anstellt..."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns has always been a great talent but after turning heel he has truly reached a completely new level and is right now on a league of his own as the best heel in the industry. His matches are very much always MOTN and his feud always have heat. He is easily one of the best in the game and his rating in this site should be much higher."

[10.0] "I loved Roman as a face, but since turning heel he is probably one of my favourite wrestlers ever. His presence is unmatched in the industry. He can talk and he is putting on fantastic matches every PPV."

[9.0] "His first run (2014-2020) was unpleasant, but thank god, finally he got his character. Now the tribal chief is the most significant gimmick in WWE, and also the undisputed face of the business in the 2020s. However, his promo is still awful."

[10.0] "The Tribal Chief is the best character in the world right now. Hasn? t had a bad match since his return, either."

[9.0] "Always underrated he has finally come into his own. As a heel, he has shown so much charisma and has carried WWE on his back during this time. He was always consistently good in the ring and able to have a decent to great match but got too much hate before. Now though, it's all coming together with charisma and mic work. He clearly lacks an interesting babyface persona and seems more natural as a heel. He's a complete superstar now though."

[9.0] "as a now is probably the best wrestler around, you can make a argument about omega, orton, shingo, ect. but he has finally found his own caracter, its so cool"

[10.0] "Our Tribal Chief, who art in His yard, hallowed by thy name. Thy Head of the Table. Thy will be done on Smackdown, as it is in Heaven. Give us Big Dog our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into thee piss-ant company, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Then, and the Now, and the Forever. Uwah."

[10.0] "Before him returning at summerslam, everybody has booing the heck out of him because nobody liked him. Now, he is being booed because he is without a doubt the greatest heel in all time. I'd watch him any day!"

[10.0] "Best wrestler in the world right now; everything he touches turns to gold. His workrate, his look, his gimmick, his theme song, the way he carries himself, his alliance with Heyman and Uso; everything about the guy is fire. Easily the top heel in the business at the moment. Dude just comes across as a big time world champ who makes the belt feel prestigious. ALL HAIL YOUR TRIBAL CHIEF!"

[10.0] "He's been great since 2015 and it's sad that so many people were caught up in him being pushed ahead of some of their favorites. He's more than proven that he's the best in the business right now."

[9.0] "Original rating : 3, Update: In my original rating, I was saying how much Roman Reigns was put forward too much while he was very limited in the ring and on the microphone, but how wonderful a heel turn can be, right ? Roman Reigns went from the guy a majority of fans were fed up with, to a guy who carried the company on his shoulders for the past year, he made enormous progress on the microphone, he became one of the most charismatic guys on the roster, and him becoming a storytelling wrestler was maybe the best thing in his career, hell, this heel turn is the best thing to happen in his career. his Universal title run is the best reign since this title was created, his pairing with Paul Heyman is awesome, his storyline with The Usos is incredible. Everything about his run is awesome, props to WWE for finally turning him and not ruining him afterwards."

[10.0] "It's finally time to revise my rating, and bump it from a 9 to a 10. Roman has improved a lot these past few years. He might even be the best overall package in wrestling today. He looks like a God, he can talk, he can do character work, he is a great babyface and an even better heel and his endless list of classic matches really shows how awesome he is inside the ring."

[10.0] "Roman is seriously the best part of WWE right now and it's not even close. He's the reason Smackdown is watchable. He has an incredible aura to him and he finally and truly feels like a massive deal. It took us years to get here but this is the Roman Reigns we've been waiting for."

[10.0] "The top guy who's carrying todays WWE main roster on his back, excellent worker and character, giving his best matches lately, probably the best moment of his career is going on right now."

[9.0] "Roman is someone who has improved massively in the last few years. He is still no 5 star match machine but he fulfills his goal which is being a likeable face who the children can look up to. Update: I originally had reigns on a 7 but lately he has proven just how much of a badass he can be. Really excited for his pairing with Heyman. 2nd Update: Taking him up to a 9 from a now. This guy is an amazing heel and is currently the best part of the WWE. He feels like a star now."

[10.0] "Finally nailing his character work as well as promos AND matches. The partnership with Paul Heyman only helps."

[10.0] "His heel run is incredible and he deserves to be top guy right now. His promos improve so much and his matches are great"

[4.0] "He's fine taking bumps and doing the job, but honestly people; Roman hasn't gotten any better since he turned heel. He's a terrible promo (though he's improved) and carries out boring, plodding matches that no one remembers."

[10.0] "I remember back in 2015 when Roman was a face and he was getting booed in every arena he was getting booked in. Now his Head of The Table gimmick is incredible and WWE actually booking him and hes had such a massive push as a heel it just works so well"

[9.0] "Even before his current Tribal Chief gimmick, Roman's always been a great performer. He's always had the right size and look to be an elite WWE superstar, and his in-ring performances really have only gotten better since his amazing first run as part of arguably WWE's best stable in the company's history. His promo skills have always been there too, but when you're forced to recite lines that are dogshit (e. g. sufferin succotash), you're gonna sound like dogshit. Remember, even Al Pacino couldn't save Jack and Jill. His only real downside is that his matches and programs against weaker performers, for example King Corbin and Braun Strowman, typically aren't so great; Roman can and does always elevate himself to the quality of his opponent, if not higher in the right circumstances, but he rarely ever elevates lower-quality opponents up to his own. Bottom line is he's still a fantastic talent, haters be damned."

[10.0] "Time to be honest. Roman Reigns is my favorite wrestler of all time; the guy responsible for making me fall in love with pro-wrestling and the guy who I've supported ever since then, even when everyone else wanted to see him burned alive. No, he's not on the all-time great list but I don't care, he's connected with me on a level that no other wrestler can ever dream of. And even though he isn't a 10/10 pro-wrestler as I mentioned, he's always been an exceptional talent capable of great things; from the SHIELD six-man tags to his babyface run where he'd constantly prove his critics wrong with strong singles showings, to where he is at now.... my God look where the f*ck is he at now. I don't think I need to gush over the Tribal Chief gimmick because then we'd be here all day. Simply put, he's one of the best in the world at the moment, and there's no arguing that. Promos, character work, matches. Truly a can't miss talent. He's always been that for me. Thank you Big Dog."

[9.0] "He has come a long way, Roman Reigns is sublime as a heel, and I think he's only going to get better from now on. I wasn't a fan of face Roman; he couldn't cut a promo to save his life, very inconsistent, and he was bland as a whole. But now, he is probably one of, if not my current favorite character in wrestling, hopefully he stays on that path."

[9.0] "Currently one of the most interesting characters in wrestling involved in the best stories. His match against Cesaro at Backlash was excellent and, given previous programming in WWE, the Tribal Chief suits him to the ground, and he has shown huge improvement in promo delivery which I think deserves this rating. I watch SmackDown because I want to see what happens with him next, which says it all."

[9.0] ""All look and no substance make Roman a dull boy. " Keep repeating that phrase to yourself until he's finally ready to step into the world title picture that Vince is dying to put him into. His time at The Shield hid his greenness quite well, but his singles push has been particularly unpopular since his Royal Rumble win this year... and for good reason. The 6 year Pro may have a great look and some signature moves that suit his appearance. But he has no cult following, ordinary and forced mic skills, a severe lack of world-travel experience, and a lack of "due-paying" that doesn't make him seem particularly legitimate - especially when compared to his Wrestlemania 31 opponent, Brock Lesnar, and his former Shield buddies, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins. If he's still around in a few years, then I could understand putting the world title on him in his 30s (You know... like Harley Race, Ric Flair and Steve Austin? ). But until then, he is being groomed to be the next John Cena, everybody sees it, and a number of people are already dreading it... Unless he becomes vastly improved in a few years time. UPDATE: I'm going from a 5 to a 9. Roman Reigns is not only the best heel in wrestling, he is also one of the best storytellers. He has brought dramatic theatre back to the squared circle in a way that rarely gets seen anymore. I now see the hype, and while I think WWE should have done this a long time ago, it's happening at all, which is what matters."

[9.0] "Years of actively horrendous booking and writing very nearly prevented us from seeing the full extent of just how good this man really is. By this point, Reigns has comfortably proven himself as both one of the best in-ring workers and most charismatic, compelling character actors that WWE have ever produced as a home-grown talent. As a pure in-ring worker he's not quite a true all-time great (or at least hasn't proven himself as one yet, because I'm only becoming more convinced over time that he feasibly could be) but as a complete package, it's becoming harder and harder to argue that he isn't up there with some of the best to ever do it. Genuinely believe that Reigns on this current run is one of the rare breed of wrestler who could believably main event any promotion, any region, any era. You could put any world title you like on this dude, WWE, Universal, AEW, Impact, NWA, ROH, IWGP, Triple Crown, GHC; whatever belt you give him, you'd be glad you did. I can see myself potentially giving him the full 10 if I revisit this score in a few more years, assuming all goes well in the meantime."

[10.0] "Heel Roman Reigns is gold. I love him and his heel character and I think he deserves to hold on to the Universal Title until at least SummerSlam."

[10.0] "The face of WWE for nearly a year. Brilliant in his heel role and makes SmackDown important. Also, had great matches against Bryan and Owens. The best Universal Champion ever."

[10.0] "Great character and great worker. Roman has improved massively since he won the Royal Rumble. During his 2015 run, Roman was very overhated, he was a solid worker then, but since his return as the tribal chief, he's better than he's ever been."

[9.0] "Awesome wrestler who has improved a lot lately. His character work has been excellent in the last few months. If he keeps this up for much longer, I will not hesitate in giving him a perfect score."

[7.0] "April 2021 Rating : He's good, but EXTREMELY overrated and it is hurting him. Everything the guy does is treated like god's touch. Now, Roman is doing the best work of his career, but it isn't perfect like everyone is hyping him up to be. His promos are solid, but repetitive, it's always "acknowledge me" that and "respect family" this. But his matches are treated as special attractions and perform greatly overall. But his big problem, is Jey Uso. Jey interferes in EVERY. SINGLE. MATCH. and it makes Roman look really weak once you actually think about the match you are watching. And Jey is always fighting whoever Roman is feuding with currently, and it makes SmackDown boring. I know ive been really negative, but Roman has been solid, just not perfect."

[9.0] "He's THE GUY, the total package. His matches, his promos, his segments are constantly must-see. He's probably the most-improved wrestler of all-time and the spot where he is right now just completely fits in with him. After he has some more classics in the ring, I'll definitely rate him a 10."

[9.0] "He's come a long way and I think he's still got more to show if he sticks with it. His babyface turn will be a real test of how far he's come."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns turning heel was brilliant. He went from a stale baby face to my favorite character in professional wrestling. Amazing character and mic work and delivers with his matches."

[2.0] "Gotta admit he has improved a lot since his first push in both in ring ability and promos, and being heel is the only type of character he can properly do, but he's still sloppy and boring as character. The head of the table character was interesting at first but right now he has nothing new to offer"

[9.0] "He's finally clicking as a top guy with the heel turn and in time he'll be a huge babyface because of it."

[9.0] "His Tribal Chief Run is excellent right now. One of the best heels of this century. This Roman Reigns is doubling down on everything people hate about him and it's beautiful. Decent promo, great psychology and amazing character work."

[10.0] "I used to absolutely hate him but now he's doing the work of his career. The Big Dog is dead. Long live The Tribal Chief"

[9.0] "At his peak currently, and he's a damn good entertainer for that. Love the Tribal Chief gimmick 100%, a fantastic gimmick."

[9.0] "Reigns has always been great especially from an in ring perspective. He has delivered some of the best matches in WWE and is one of the most well rounded wrestlers on the roster. Prior to his heel run, he was uncomfortable with his character/mic work but eventually grew once he found this new character. Pros : Well rounded Consistent Excellent storyteller Cons : N/A"

[8.0] "Roman has gotten really good in the ring. Even better on the mic now, i believe that he is now what the WWE wanted him to be for all those years"

[5.0] "Finde Reigns immer noch langweilig, da bringt ein Heelturn auch nichts. Der gehört einfach nicht in den Main Event und schon überhaupt nicht mit dem Großen Gold. Der steht schon viel zu lange im ME und immer das Gleiche, für mich hat die Universal Championship um ehrlich zu sein durch ihn an Prestige verloren und im Endeffekt nur noch der WWE Titel wichtig. Er hat sich zwar im Ring und am Mic verbessert, ist aber dafür in beidem immer noch nicht gut, sondern nur solide. Da gäbe es andere Talente denen man den Platz von Roman Reigns eigentlich geben sollte bzw. gäbe es Talente, die die WWE aka VinnieMc einfach mal pushen könnte/sollte. Auf jeden Fall hoffe ich (und ich glaube da kann ich lange hoffen), dass Vince es endlich mal checkt und ihn aus diesen ganzen Geschehen bookt. Ansonsten wird das nie besser werden."

[10.0] "Reigns really is one of the best in WWE right now. He has a great look and presence as well as good wrestling and acting skills. He has come back better than ever as the Tribal Chief with Heyman and Uso."

[9.0] "Roman Reigns' heel turn is a big improvement over his previous character. He's consistently putting on great matches, cutting good promos and involved in the best storylines."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns is improving his character, charisma, and in-ring skills. Even though I liked Roman from the beginning, he was very green and wasn't close to being ready for the main event spot. Now he's one of the best heels in the business and I'm loving his improvement!"

[4.0] "I find him overrated. I guess I have never been a fan of wrestlers who are apparently indestructible. Roman is not a great wrestler in ring but you know you have to take that with a grain of salt. Not everyone is an Okada or a D Bryan. But Roman is also not good at promos either. His latest work has proved he has got better, but he? s not great. Roman has the look and marketability of a main eventer, but I would never put him over Jericho, Bryan, Shingo, Okada, Nakamura, Cole etc. Those guys have the lot. Roman is a great draw, but the gimmick somewhat plain, generic and boring in my opinion and doesn? t have the in ring skills to save that. And his matches do not resemble pro wrestling well. He? s more on the entertainment side of sports entertainment as he chooses to make his fights like a Hollywood action film or something, and will start asking his opponents to acknowledge him halfway through. Which I know is part of the character and everything but do it once and then save it for the promos instead of every time he? s in a match. Not for me, but who knows, things change."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns is money. Probably one of the last wrestlers who can draw casual fans to shows. He improved his mic and wrestling skills like no one else."

[10.0] "I've always been a huge supporter of Reigns. Ever since the heel turn last year, it's only made me become an even bigger fan of his."

[10.0] "I wish people would come back and change their rediculously low ratings of him. His current heel run is evidence that he was always capable of greatness, he had just been the victim of downright awful booking. With the material he had to work with for so many years, there was no way he was ever getting over. Even the Rock can? t get something like ? sufferin? succotash son? over lmao, come on guys, you can? t blame Roman for that. Vince forced him to say a bunch of dumb shit constantly, and that? s why everyone hated him, especially since they pushed him as the baby face of the company. Now that he? s being given a chance to be a heel, which he is far more natural at, he? s great. Normally I? d give him a 8 or 9, but I? m rating him a 10 to balance out the excessively low ratings."

[5.0] "He had no wrestling skills at the very beginning, no charisma and no idea about this business. After time he got better, but skillwise he is below average level of other guys in the locker room. I guess, he's the most overrated wrestler in a long time."

[9.0] "The old face Roman sucked, but now as heel he has displayed an awesome character that all his ring talent can be shown spontaneously"

[7.0] "Favorite current wrestler along with Lesnar and Orton! Great look, badass gimmick and one of the few that can get a real reaction from the attitude/ruthless aggression era crowds. When I look at a list of names in wwe I genuinely have a hard time figuring out wether I? m looking at a pro wrestling roster or a third grade class roster, so it is refreshing to see a great character evolving that doesn? t have a childish name or feel to it. I am Looking forward to watching him for the rest of his career and have no doubt he will be a ten when it? s all said and done."

[9.0] "Has very much improved over the years. Right now he is the best thing in WWE since aligning himself with Heyman and turning heel. Has always had a great look and charisma. How does he only have a 6. 58? Just because he's the top guy and Vince likes him everyone feels the need to hate him. He's the biggest star in WWE and he has earned it."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns is the perfect definition of the term badass. His current job as a heel is absolutely excellent. I add that he has always done the job very well despite what the haters say, he is by far the biggest superstar in the business today."

[10.0] "The "Big Dog" Roman Reigns is hands down the biggest wrestling star on this planet right now. It shows WWE was always right to pick him as the guy to lead the way post-John Cena, but now Roman is in a role that truly accentuates his strengths as a performer. The biggest shame is that it's happening during a period with no fans in attendance. Roman would be leading the way in terms of crowd reaction, so much so that I'm wondering if it will turn him back to being face eventually as people finally start to appreciate him. We'll have to wait and find out."

[2.0] "Has a good look no doubt and has great athleticism and strength overall. However, he has the least varied move set of a main eventer that isn't a 7-footer. Some of his moves are crisp, but many are just okay. He was pushed way too fast and too hard and it'll forever taint his legacy. He never seemed to learn wrestling basics as I've seen him try some basic grappling once and it wasn't good. Not everyone has to do forward rolls to be at the top of course, but he has so much less foundation than other great wrestlers he works with. When he was suspended, I didn't miss him in the slightest and was dreading his return. Nowadays, his matches are more about drama than wrestling. He'll never be my cup of tea but he's not Captain New Japan bad so he doesn't deserve a 0."

[10.0] "that 6. 57 can skyrocket well some day you watch. Heel Roman is gonna become a bigger fan favorite than what the intent of face Roman was supposed to garner."

[7.0] "The best year of Roman Empire, this gimmick and new look is so refreshing for him, hope they don't turn him to 2015 Super Roman who beats everyone and be boring as hell..."

[9.0] "Y'all gonna have to let the hate go! Yes his ascendence to the main event was blatantly forced , but Roman always went out there and did well. And with the turn into the Tribal Chief, he's destined to be even more than he ever was."

[6.0] "He is not that bad that most people believe , but he isht that great either , he is just a decent wrestler . His new heel gimmick is not that great cause his mic skills are so weak . Like a wrestler he only gives good matches when he faces great wrestlers like aj styler or seth rollins . His moveset is very average and he hasht ring psycology at all and his selling could have been way better . But i have to admit that i like the way he performs his moves and especially his finisher ."

[8.0] "Roman is underated superstar. He's work in the ring is very solid and he keeps getting better every year. He's heel turn is one of the most interesting things i WWE right now."

[9.0] "Very underrated because of his terrible booking, but he can have good matches with a variety of wrestlers. One of the only people I like in the WWE."

[9.0] "Roman is easily one of the best in the world, but fans were so hung up on Daniel Bryan getting another moment that him winning the rumble in 2015 was the start of the fans hating on him for no reason at all. Second reason people hate him is His mic skills but they are excellent WHEN HE GOES OFF SCRIPT AND SAYS WHAT HE WANTS! Third reason, his booking which isn? t his fault at all. His talent can make him a great champion but Vince has sadly yet to do right by him until now. He is the only superstar in the company that can make the Universal title feel prestigious. Continuing with his booking, When giving the opportunity he can put on great fueds and matches, sadly again Vince favors Brock more and he doesn? t want Roman to surpass Cena in the fans eyes so a lot of times his matches and fued seem dull even as a champ."

[9.0] "Say what you will about his booking in the past, but Roman Reigns is a great wrestler. He's had great matches with Kevin Owens, AJ Styles, and Buddy Murphy, just to name a few. People bash him for his mic skills (which they should since his promos have been cringy in the past), but that's more due to Vince heavily scripting his promos. He's also did a great job being the face of the company pre-leukemia of dealing with awful fans. No matter the all the verbal abuse or death threats he's gotten, he's managed to keep his composure and never lashed out at a fan (that I know of). Roman is a class act and a wrestler we don't deserve."

[9.0] "He's so so good, and obviously his booking was lackluster in the beginning but match quality-wise he's always delivered"

[7.0] "I genuinely enjoy Roman. Fight me. The heat he generates is just like what Cena got 10 years ago. The cycle repeats. There? s nothing that bad about him."

[5.0] "Just an average wrestler . He has a poor moveset and his gimmick is awful . I think if he is going to turn heel then he is going to improve cause I don't think he can be the face of the company at all . There are way more talented wrestlers than him that can carry the company just like Rollins , AJ styles . I hope he is not going to be the new John Cena . Roman is so overrated"

[8.0] "Roman is good. He can cut a solid promo, he can perform well with most of the roster (Match with Rowan wasnt bad for example). Yeah, his overpush ruined Roman for good amount of people, but lets face the truth - Roman is solid good wrestler with many good matches in the last couple of years"

[8.0] "Five years ago, I rated Roman Reigns based on my personal belief that he was overbooked without being over with the fans, all while failing to admit the issues, instead play on them. Ever since his return after his battle with leukaemia, WWE have been very careful booking him, not wanting to lose the goodwill fans poured in after he left to deal with his cancer. I feel that this in a way has helped him greatly in the eyes of many people. Though the storylines have been written well, we have seen improvement from him. In these current times, Reigns is staying at home to stay safe and healthy, and I wish him the best for when he returns."

[8.0] "An excellent wrestler who has seen great improvement over the years - he is definitely a top star and an uppercarder. The only criticism I would have is that his character can be a bit bland and boring, maybe due to a limited move set, but whatever it is I still believe Roman Reigns is the big dog in WWE and should continue his good work."

[7.0] "Zu Beginn seiner Karriere im Stable von The Shield, war ich begeistert von dem Auftreten und dem Charisma das Joe Anoa'i mitbrachte. Im Ring war er noch ziemlich grün und auch am Mic war er noch holprig aber dachte halt es ist ja noch Zeit sich zu entwickeln. Nun 7 Jahre danach hat er sich auch wirklich verbessert, das Problem bei ihm ist jedoch sein Monster Push den er seit ungefähr 5 Jahren inne hat und er sich in der Rolle nicht verändert hat. Im Gegensatz wie zum Beispiel seinen Shield Kollegen, Seth Rollins und Dean Ambrose. Seth Rollins brilliert als Babyface als auch als Heel und erfindet sich stets neu. Bei Dean Ambrose ist es im Prinzip genauso auch er kann sowohl einen guten Heel als auch Face verkörpern und hat sich jetzt bei NJPW und AEW ebenfalls neu erfunden. Bei Roman Reigns ist es leider seit unzähligen Jahren immer das selbe und das ist leider schon stinklangweilig. Dennoch gebe ich 7 Punkte für seine In Ring Fähigkeiten, seinem Charisma, seinem Micwork und für die Privatperson Joe Anoa'i die ein wahrer Held ist."

[8.0] "Vom Aussehen gefällt er mir sehr gut, da kann ich verstehen das die WWE im Main Event auf ihn setzt. Sein Moveset passt gut zu ihm, auch wenn es manchmal ein bisschen zu einseitig ist. Jedoch passt es zu ihm und er kann gute Matches liefern weshalb ich daruber hinwegsehen kann. Der einzige kritische Punkt für mich sind seine Promos da überzeugt er mich leider nur äußerst selten. Dennoch ein guter Wrestler."

[5.0] "Reigns wird mittlerweile etwas geschickter von der WWE eingesetzt, da er nicht mehr auf Teufel komm raus in den Main Event gepusht wird. Auch ist er als Performer etwas runder geworden und hat einige seiner Schwächen (wie sein mimisches No-Selling) mittlerweile abgestellt. Allerdings finde ich sein Moveset nach wie vor extrem limitiert und teilweise redundant. Und nur weil die WWE ihn jetzt nicht mehr so sehr mit der Brechstange forciert, kann ich dennoch nicht ignorieren, dass Reigns immer noch DAS WWE Kevlar Babyface schlechthin ist - was ein Mitfiebern mit ihm in gefühlten 98% der Fälle für mich unmöglich macht."

[8.0] "Ob man ihn mag oder hasst ist jedem selbst überlassen aber ich mag ihn auf jeden Fall. Ich muss zugeben, er wird wirklich manchmal etwas "zu krass" dargestellt aber er ist halt einer der besten. Er ist gut im Ring, kann gute Matches abliefern und überzeugt am Mic. Was ich zusätzlich erwähnen muss ist, dass Roman nicht von der WWE fallen gelassen wird wie z. B. EC3. Weil, das wäre echt schlecht von der WWE. Hoffe er wird in Zukunft noch was reißen. Insgesamt verdiente 8 Punkte."

[7.0] "Roman isn't that bad in the Ring. He proved it not only in a match with Murphy, but with Rowan too. His charisma now doesn't seems that ridiculous, he looks now like a real main eventer. Well, yes, he is kind of overpush guy, but now, for me personally, he does all he can to match his promotion."

[7.0] "I used to hate this dude because of his MASSIVE push despite being green. When he vacated the Universal title because of cancer and then coming back, I was super inspired by him. And he is away from the main events and world titles, and I think he actually benefited from that. I think 7 is a fair point"

[7.0] "Roman Reigns has the unfortunate distinction of being more unpopular than X-Pac. Forget X-Pac heat, it's all about Roman heat. The WWE should've cut their losses after Mania 31, and turn Roman heel. He wasn't getting over as a babyface, and you could argue he's more natural as a heel. It didn't help that the Creative Team gave Roman awful, cringe-worthy promos to work with. Roman needed a manager like Paul Heyman to help him. He was being pushed too hard, too soon, and it backfired. Roman's since recovered where he's actually being booked properly as an upper midcarder, but it's a shame the company wasted 4 years to get him over."

[7.0] "Good wrestler. He's had experience in football and followed his family's footsteps. He's not the best in the ring but decent. I hate the Shield attire needs to be change his gimmick."

[7.0] "He could've been a near-perfect wrestler for the WWE until they shaped him to their superhero. His move-set and the big impact in his moves is awesome for the WWE-style matches. As Leakee he was fine, a beast with potential. It's no question how near perfect his debut as the big dog Roman Reigns was with his fellow/rival FCW and NXT mates. The shield guys added to each other very well and at that time with incredible matches he had the potential to be a monster. Then once they took the next step the positive response for Roman Reigns and probably his confident attitude made him to the next big face of the WWE. Similar to Cena nothing of the creative work the WWE offered him suited him. Hatred against his booking from the fans turned into personal hate due to trend-hunters. He was treated as a "bad" wrestler, because he couldn't work a totally random character. Because the WWE cared for the biggest reactions, he was as over-pushed as Cena. Since the smarks are so "smart" they continued to chant "Let's go Roman, Roman sucks" constantly. Even in front of their favorite wrestlers and even when Roman was not seen. And therefore since his push only few people with equal reactions had their opportunities (Styles, Lesnar, Owens). Roman still had great matches with Wyatt and Strowman, but a lot of other matches were simply reduced to finishers. Then finally the fans started to adapt to the WWE's mindset and they simply stopped caring about his matches. Sadly at this turning point Roman even had his best promo (by being himself) when he announced that he'll be away for a small period to fight against Leukemia. For such a tough and positive guy it wasn't a surprised that he kicked Leukemia's ass. Once he came back except for small time cases his booking became a lot better. Especially with new upcoming changes in the WWE I wouldn't be surprised, if he reaches his real potential in the future."

[7.0] "Okay, first and honestly, I want to say sorry to him as I used to hate him for no reasons, like many other guys jumping bandwagon. He proves from time to time that he is a good worker for sure. Very smooth in the ring, a good powerhouse and know how to work well with other guys with limited move sets. Booking aside (as it was already a disaster), he continues to be consistent when given chances (except for matches that are not 100% his fault). Good wrestler, good-looking guy for a top spot but very poorly handled by the Company."

[7.0] "Reigns is one of the few wrestlers in WWE who actually focuses on stroytelling instead of movez, he is also a pretty good brawler too. His problem is that the WWE style these days isn't the best place for brawlers and WWE fans couldn't care less about storytelling in matches. He is a top merchandise seller in WWE, so their decision to make him their guy isn't a bad one but he is obviously not on the level of a Hogan or Austin, hell he is not even a John Cena. Reigns will go down as someone who was pushed as THE GUY in WWE but during a period where the company didn't really need one."

[7.0] "Roman Reigns is a very good worker. He is a great brawler and powerhouse wrestler that should NEVER be used as an underdog like he was against Brock Lesnar. He is decent on the mic when his promos are not scripted."

[6.0] "He can be a good power wrestler, in the good conditions he can have good matches. But the conditions are rarely there. He isn't helped by his awful booking, his weird look (doesn't look like an athlete with his vest and all this stuff), his empty character and his lack of charisma for a top guy. I can understand what they see in him and why they try to make him the face of the company (even if they failed everytime), he can work in that role for an American company, he has some qualities but he's just used poorly. I don't think he has a great potential but I'd be curious to see what he could do in another environment."

[7.0] "Roman Reigns has probably received as much unnecessary hate from internet fans as John Cena, and all this because of poor booking. The guy CAN wrestle. All you have to do to confirm this is watch some of the matches he has week in, week out. He isn't out of this world good, but he is believable as a powerhouse and he can work the crowd. He isn't the best talker in the business either, but he has improved A LOT since his push started 3 or 4 years ago. He looks great and the kids love him. It's obvious why Vince wants him as the top guy. Roman still has a lot to improve, but I believe people will remember him fondly, in the end."

[8.0] "Dude is really good overall. He has almost everything to triumph in the wrestling business. He has the looks, the fanbase, the athleticism, the leadership in the locker room. When it comes to the ring he is often overlooked by guys with diferent style or THE SAME style but with another style added, but he's pretty solid in-ring. Can make himself a believable powerhouse against an undersized opponent and also could be a better underdog if his match formula wasn't the same as the typical formula we saw in the 80s. But needs to work on his mic and his charisma to be at the level of former WWE faces like Rock or Cena."

[7.0] "Roman Reigns ist für mich immer sone Sache.. Ich finde er hat ne sehr coole Optik die mir sagt, so sollte ein Wrestler aussehen! Dann war die Shield Zeit, die absolut Hammer war.. und der Fakt das er einfach einige echt gute Matches abgeliefert hat .. Aber es gibt auch einige Sachen die mich stören. Am Mic finde ich ihn echt fragwürdig, ich finde das Moveset sehr limitiert und ich hasse einfach solche Finisher wie den Superman Punch .. Denoch bleibt Roman für mich ein wichtiger Teil des Rosters und ohne ihn würde auch etwas fehlen .. mehr als 7 Punkte gehen jedoch nicht."

[8.0] "I really didn't like Roman at first. Thought he was pretty generic following the same babyface as everyone else but to a bigger extent. He was pretty dire to watch with his promos and booking surrounding him. But then I stopped watching and begun to rewatch some older matches of his and without the booking behind it, I began to appreciate them much more. He still follows the generic structure but he adds the little wrinkles to match the match much better to enjoy. His swagger, the subtle selling, his ability to excite the crowd whether they hate him or not. Just the little things l. His promos have gotten better too. Less goody goody and a bit more natural sounding (although the range of emotion is quite limited). Now he has made his return from leukemia, he will be able to shine once more."

[7.0] "Stripping away all the hate the man has received since 2015, Reigns has the potential to be the next megastar. He's nothing special in the ring but is impactful and very crisp and his mic skills have improved greatly and he can be relied on to deliver a powerful promo. His tag work with Rollins is some of the best in years and when paired with the right opponent, Reigns can pull out awesome matches. The man is talented no doubt and the fans seem willing to embrace him after his return from leukemia, but his downfall is his boring gimmick. A well executed heel turn will hopefully shake his gimmick up and cement him as the guy that people love to hate, instead of the guy people just hate in general"

[6.0] "Roman Reigns zu bewerten ist äußerst schwierig. Da ist diese äußerst limitierte Moveset. Da ist das Cena-II-Superman-Booking, das unter aller Sau ist. Da sind die überschaubaren Mic-Skills und die schwierig zu greifende Personality. Auf der anderen Seite steht da aber auch ein äußerst relevanter Wrestler mit (ebenfalls wie Cena) gigantischen Fanreaktionen. Da ist der beharrliche Big-Match-Player, der auf lange Sicht nicht kalt lässt. Die Big Matches mit ihm gehen abwechselnd durch die Decke (WM 31) oder sind langweilige Rohrkrepierer (WM 32 & 33). Ein streitbarer, ein falsch eingesetzter, aber kein unrelevanter Worker."

[6.0] "Roman Reigns is not has bad as his critics think, but he's also not as good as his more ardent fans and WWE think."

[6.0] "I never really understood if the problem is him or the booking around him... Roman Reings, if consedered the New Face of WWE, is the worst face of WWE ever. Compare him with Bruno, Hogan, Savage, Warrior, Shawn, Bret, Austin, Taker, Triple h, Cena etc.. The men that have headlined a period in WWE... he is the worst... but I respect him , himself is not so bad but the fact that he was imposed help us to hate him ... I don? t hate the wrestler I dislike the Gimmick and also he never had done great matches except the ones with wrestling phenoms like Aj Styles.... also his promos aren? t good ... The difference between Him and John Cena for Example is the fact that in John Cena Case The WWE Universe hated the Character in the case of Roman Reings they hated the performer... but he is a great workhorse he is dedicated... I am sad to the news he has leukemia... I hope He will get well soon..."

[6.0] "For his talent as wrestler and entertainer his dimension should be the tag team division or the midcard scene, he can't can't can't make matches at all unless he faces phenomenal opponents or special stipulations. However, he improved on the mic, his booking improved as well as he didn't try to be nice and sweet anymore but adopted a more badass persona, and his look smells WWE main eventer so I can see why he was pushed so much. I appreciate the man behind the character a lot tho, he could use the leukemia to draw simpathy but he never did and he's surely a very hard worker, he was really crap in 2015 but became decent in 2017-2018, I still think if he was 10 years older he'd have been loved as a star, now he just wrestles with way better talents, too many, not his fault, and I say wrestles cause I still consider one and I hope he's back soon."

[7.0] "Roman Reigns catches a lot of flack because of how poorly he's been written and pushed. I do not blame those who are sick of seeing him in the spotlight as the push has been a nonstop barrage for the last 4 years. With that being said, Roman is actually a rather good worker. He's not exceptional on the mic but passable. He also has a cool look but I wish they would just ditch the kevlar vest already. Is he the best wrestler on the roster? No. Has he ever been the best on the roster over the last 4 years? No. But as previously stated, the biggest issue with Roman Reigns is how he has been booked rather then how he is as a wrestler (to me, at least)"

[9.0] "I though instead of explaining why Reigns is obviously a great wrestler, I? d just post a list of how many great matches he has had Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles (Extreme Rules) (****1/2) Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar (Wrestlemania 31) (****3/4) Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens (Royal Rumble) (****1/2) Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus (TLC) (****1/4) Roman Reigns vs Finn Balor (RAW) (****1/4) And a bunch of other matches. He is great, please get over it."

[9.0] "Er wird von vielen gehasst. Ich mag ihn sehr. Er hat Charakter und im Ring verbessert es sich immer wieder. Sein Move Set ist nicht sehr ausgereift aber sein Selling ist meiner Meinung nach gut und zurecht ein Face der Company. Ich weiß es gibt bessere aber ihn als Müll zu bezeichnen ist dumm."

[8.0] "Roman is good all around at everything, tag wrestling, singles, promos, except getting over. I'm just glad he's broken the god awful title reign that Lesnar had. I don't think Roman is bad, but I think the build for the story for him to get the Universal Title could've been WAY better. Regardless, he's one of the best RAW has right now, and I like him."

[8.0] "His push in recent years has been terribly mishandled but as far as wrestling and having "the look" goes, Reigns is one of the best WWE has."

[8.0] "Roman isn't a bad wrestler, he's good in ring, he's ok on mic, he's seems pretty safe in ring, he was just pushed too hard too soon by WWE and fans didn't take to it. Reign's best work was part of the Shield, which was incredibly over, and they seem to come back occasionally. Roman is tricky as they try to make him the "face of the company", but his push was colliding with Brock's, and he carried on falling to him, which killed anyones cares about Roman winning the Universal Title."

[7.0] "Reigns ist besser als viele Fans wahrhaben wollen. Allerdings wird er von der WWE derzeit nicht richtig eingesetzt. Als Champion muss er zu viele Promos machen, was klar nicht seine Stärke ist, weil seine schauspielerischen Fähigkeiten doch eher am unterem Ende der Skala herumschimmeln. Als maulfauler Heel, der eher Fäuste statt Worte sprechen lässt, wäre er hingegen eine Traumbesetzung."

[10.0] "Don't know why everyone hates on him other than that they are whiny. He consistently has great matches and usually has one of, if not the match of the night at pay per views except when crowds hijack his matches and make them seem like shit. He has been good since his debut at Survivor Series in 2012. He worked excellently with The Shield putting on classics with groups like the Wyatt Family and Evolution, and teams like Team Hell No and the Rhodes brothers. As a singles competitor, he's had great matches with Daniel Bryan, Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman, and AJ Styles among others."

[3.0] "Roman Reigns is a pretty decent wrestler. My only problem with him is his mic work and the way WWE is presenting his character. That's why he gets a 3 from me."

[8.0] "I feel like most reasonable people know that Roman Reigns doesn't actually suck. Some of my favorite WWE main events of the past few years have included Reigns. His matches against AJ Styles and Sheamus showed me a glimpse of a Roman Reigns I wish we could watch all the time. As silly as this sounds, I don't think Roman gets an opportunity to do the best work he can do, because he is so rarely allowed to struggle. He has a genuine badass-ness about him. No, not when he gets mad and calls someone a bitch- its when he dumps Lashley unceremoniously out of the ring or busts out a razor's edge powerbomb out of nowhere. With luck, he has a lot of time left to show all that he can do."

[5.0] "Roman Reigns ist schwer zu bewerten. Er hat den look eines Champions, aber im Ring ist er eine Zumutung. Außerdem wird er bis in den Himmel gepuscht, was meiner Meinung absolut ein Fehler ist. Erstmal 5 Punkte, wenn er Heel turnen sollte, gehe ich ein paar Punkte hoch"

[6.0] "Ist nicht so schlecht, wie er gerne gemacht wird, aber noch lange nicht so gut, wie ihn Vinnie wohl schon sieht. Der Look ist fantastisch und ne gewisse austrahlung hat er auch, aber sein Gimmick ist festgefahren, er entwickelt sich nicht weiter, bei seinen Promos kommt einfach nichts rüber, auch wenn er sich da gesteigert hat. Im Ring war er beim Shield ne erscheinung und ein erfrischendes Gegengewicht zun den beiden Technikern Rollins/Abrose, aber alleine fällt halt die Limitiertheit seines Movesets auf. Das müsste man dringend auffüllen; das er anspruchvoller bzw. abwechslungsreicher wrestlen kann, bezweifle ich nicht und das hat er auch schon öfter angedeutet. Das die WWE ihn den Leuten aufdrücken will, schadet ihm und an geht dem Menschen Leati AnoaŽi bestimmt nicht spurlos vorbei. Er ist und bleibt ein Rohdiamant, der noch geschliffen gehört, daran ändert auch ein Sieg gegen einen halbtoten Undertaker nichts. Und das muss auch mal gesagt werden: Ohne seine berühmte Familie und den Hang der WWE zu Vetternwirtschaft wäre er wahrscheinlich wieder in der Uppercard....."

[6.0] "Great look, solid in-ring, solid promos when he's given the right things to say but cmon WWE you have better guys"

[7.0] "Roman Reigns could be the smark-baiting, hard-working tweener of the decade, but unfortunately he is given bland material and blandly booked matches. When they let him go, such as the Strowman fued or his recent single matches on Raw, he is ferocious, atheltic and is a real superstar. If the coronation never comes, it might be a good thing for Roman."

[8.0] "Ich kann den Hass gegenüber Roman Reigns nicht mehr ertragen. Roman Reigns ist einer der besten Wrestler den die WWE momentan aufzubieten hat. Er hat bei zahlreichen Gelegenheiten bewiesen, das er gute und starke Matches abliefern kann. Zugegeben er hatte am Anfang seine Schwächen aber er hat sich verbessert. Das Reigns so gehasst wird, liegt weniger an Reigns selbst, sondern viel mehr an der WWE. Seit 4 Jahren versucht man Roman Reigns als das neue Aushängeschild der WWE zu etablieren und Ihn bei den Fans populärer zu machen und sie sind kein Stück weiter gekommen, im Gegenteil man ist damit gescheitert. Das müssen sogar Roman Reigns Fan einsehen. Sehr schade."

[4.0] "Match starts - Roman is battered around the ring and usually outside for ten minutes - looks on the verge of death - then suddenly leaps to his feet, screams and delivers a Superman Punch, then another, sometimes another, then the Spear, and he's won. Repeat the above and repeat again, every bloody week! The recoveries of Reigns are on a par with the Ultimate Warrior for stupidity, but at least Warrior was supposed to be a joke."

[6.0] "Also ich finde Roman Reigns hat es aufjedenfall verdient im Main Event zu stehen. Er hat den Look und das Charisma dafür. Am Mikrofon hat er sich sehr gesteigert, dieses Jahr gab es schon ein paar gute Promos von ihm. Einige Leute die so einen Hass auf ihn haben, das sie ihn sogar auf Twitter den Tod wünschen, können Wrestling von der Wirklichkeit nicht unterscheiden. Echt krass was ich da so gelesen habe. Schade das die WWE ihn so falsch einsetzt. Seht ihr ein typisches Babyface wenn ihr ihn anseht oder seinen Promos zuhört? Eindeutig nicht. Der Mann ist als Heel geboren und wäre ein Monster Heel. Ich hoffe immer noch auf den Heel Turn der aber vermutlich nie passieren wird. Der Heel Turn würde ihm sicher gut tun. Die Zeiten vom Unbesiegbaren Superman Babyface sind seit den 80ern vorbei. Warum auch immer sowas wieder kommen musste mit Cena im Jahr 2005 weiß ich nicht. Von mir gibts mal 6/10 Punkte mal sehen was noch so passiert mit ihm."

[8.0] "Ich finde Roman Reigns einen ziemlich guten Wrestler. Ich kann den Hass gegenüber ihm nicht nachvollziehen. Er hat mehrfach schon bewiesen das er abliefern kann. Er mag nicht der best sein hat sich aber sehr gut entwickelt. Er kann sich sicher noch in einigen Punkten verbessern, ich finde ihn jedoch jetzt schon ziemlich gut."

[0.0] "The new John Cena, but more boring. At least Cena has mic skills. This guy enters the ring, starts throwing punches left and right (because that's his idea of wrestling), uses 4 moves per match, screams like a monkey before his finishing and he believes he is "the guy". All he is doing is embarrasing WWE and its credibility. He had some great matches alone and with the Shield, but thanks for the most part to his opponents/teammates. His bookings are so wrong he looks dumber then he really is."

[8.0] "Even though many resent him due to being crammed down the fans' throats, Roman Reigns is not a bad wrestler and very rarely has what would be considered to be a "bad" match. If Vince kept his hands off of Roman Reigns' character development and just let him be a bad ass instead of being the next Cena, he probably would get a better reaction. Roman Reigns is not a great promo, but being fed dumb lines trying to make him "witty" does more harm than good as that's not him."

[6.0] "I think giving him a 6 is being very generous. This is because I can see his effort in trying to improve as a worker. However, his mic work is still atrocious and for some reason Vince is still trying to shove him in our faces as the top face of the company. I think his personality and his look would make him a much better heel than face. Who cares what the kids and toddlers think? He already gets booed by more than half of the crowd, why not just turn him full heel and start a feud with Rollins or Ambrose? That would get him over much faster than the stupid method they're going with at the moment. For example, the last episode of RAW was in Rollins' hometown and he teamed up with Roman for a tag team match. Imagine if Rollins and Reigns won the match, and Reigns just superman punches Rollins and walks away. The crowd would have been livid and it would have been one of the best heel turns in recent years. Too bad WWE creative is as stale as a piece of white chalk these days."

[7.0] "Roman is a fine wrestler with tons of potential to be big. But it needed to happen organically and not pushed onto everyone over and over again. At this point, it doesn't seem like he will ever be over like WWE want him to be no matter how much they try. Needs to continue to work on his mic skills, though he is getting a bit better."

[4.0] "Reigns is one of the most divisive wrestlers in WWE, but his criticism is absolutely warranted: he is groomed to be the top star, and he hasn't shown that he's deserving of that title. For one, he is pushed so relentlessly, so blatantly shoved down people's throats as Vince's favorite, that there winds up being little intrigue in any feud he enters. There was no sympathy to be had when he faced the Authority; in no world could he have been considered the underdog in that storyline, because it was the most predictable thing that he'd go over in that feud. There's never going to be a 'boyhood dream' or magical moment with him winning the Universal title; it is simply a matter of time when he gets to be on top, and it's extremely predictable as to when that'll happen (WM this year). As for his matches, I cannot understand the overwhelming praise I see for him. At his best, he puts on a 'good' match (as in ~3 stars) but at his level, with how hard he's pushed? He should be averaging 4 stars. His matches usually require massive amounts of offense from his opponents, since he's one of the most protected wrestlers in WWE, and thus he needs to look really strong. After taking said offense, his comeback is usually extremely predictable and tiring - punches, clotheslines, more punches, maybe a Drive By on the outside, then about 4-6 Superman punches into a Spear for the win. As for his supposed greatest matches, it's no coincidence that they're from wrestlers who could carry a broom to a 4 star match (AJ Styles). Never once am I genuinely amazed by his performance, and never once did I ever tell myself I wanted to rewatch any match of his. Finally, at the end of the day, who even is Roman Reigns? People seem to think he's stepped it up, but all I see is a corporate tool who tries to act tough and insults and belittles the audience even though he's supposed to be a face. Still, I find it'd be unfair of me to give him lower than a 4/10; he at least deserves that much."

[4.0] "Einfach lächerlich, was die WWE mit ihm versucht hat/versucht. Seit fast 2 Jahren schon versucht man ihn als Face over zu bringen und es klappt einfach nicht. Die Fans nehmen ihn einfach nicht an und zwar mit Recht. Fast jeder im WWE Roster- Selbst ein Zack Ryder, der immerhin alleine over gekommen ist- hätten es mehr verdient das zu bekommen, was er von der WWE bekommt. Jetzt nach 2 Jahren setzt man ihn als Tweener ein, was aber einfach zu spät ist. Am Mic ist er so ziemlich das schwächste, was in der WWE Micwork-Zeit bekommt und im Ring ist er auch nichts besonderes. Normal hätte ich ihm dennoch 5 Punkte gegeben, aber wegen der schwachsinnigen EInsetzung der WWE gibt es leider nur 4 Punkte."

[8.0] "Entgegen der Aussagen mancher Leute ist er nicht überbewertet sondern maßlos unterschätzt. Reigns hat in den letzten Jahren zahlreiche gute Matches mit Strowman, Owens, Styles etc. gezeigt. Für sein fürchterliches Superman-Booking kann er relativ wenig. Man hat für mich nach dem Sieg gegen den Taker verpasst ihn zu turnen. Reigns ist ein guter Brawler, ist jedoch am Mic ziemlich unterdurchschnittlich - mit wenigen Ausreißern nach oben. Mit 32 Jahren letztendlich noch ziemlich jung und kann sicherlich noch vieles verbessern und dazu lernen. Stand jetzt jedoch für mich niemand, der das Gesicht einer Company ist - auch wenn WWE das gerne so hätte."

[9.0] "Been a good to great worker ever since his time in the Shield, and has recently stepped up his game in character work. His promos have improved but still leave a lot to be desired, but overall doesn't deserve the ridiculous amount of hate he gets, and his current IC run is really bringing importance to the belt. Still has tremendous upside and I can't wait to see the best of Roman."

[9.0] "Roman reigns deserves more credit for his recent work in 2017. He is more than capable of putting on a 4-5 Star match with the right opponent. His character and mic skills have improved tremendously. I can understand scoring him lower for his career as a whole, but sometimes it? s good to look at the present and see how much he has improved."

[5.0] "Wahnsinnig überbewertet. Er besitzt durchaus eine gewisse Ausstrahlung, die kann man ihm gewiss nicht wegnehmen. Aber was er im Ring und vor allem am Mic zeigt, ist für den Main Event-Bereich eine absolute Schmach. Dass Reigns bei einem ordentlichen Aufbau funktionieren kann, steht für mich außer Frage. Das Potential dazu hat er. Aber unter den aktuellen Umständen keineswegs. --- UPDATE! --- Man erkennt bei Reigns doch eine gewisse Verbesserung, vor allem im Bereich der In-Ring-Arbeit. Auch wenn er am Mic weiterhin ziemlich unsicher wirkt, sein Charisma polarisiert von jung bis alt. Ich bin gespannt, welchen Weg die Offiziellen mit Reigns einschlagen werden. Konsequenter Aufbau zum Top-Carder, der funktionieren kann, oder Superman-Booking zum Superstar? Wir werden sehen."

[10.0] "Great Wrestler................... One of my favorites PowerHouses in this years, Good Selling, Good Timing, He Had some greats Matches in this years, 10 points Cause i think his Rating is unfair"

[9.0] "Obviously there's a lot to be said about Reigns but I'll try and stick to the basics. Blossomed into a pretty great worker and his charisma is improving. Has had great matches with the likes of Bryan, AJ, Lesnar, Rollins, Joe, Cesaro, Strowman and more and that's no fluke. Of course a lot depends on how he's presented, if he's trying to be Cena 2. 0 cracking crap jokes it's bad, if it's just being a pretty cocky badass then he's good. Generally in 2017 it's been good. He might have only said one sentence but his 'promo' on the Raw after Mania 33 was astounding, not just anybody could pull that off. I don't see it happening any time soon but the prospect of an Uso-esque heel turn is absolutely drool-worthy"

[7.0] "He is a ver nice worker that suffered from an horrible booking. Roman lacks some mic but he can do great matches and he has some natural charisma. Of course he is not a natural ace but he is not bad."

"Roman actually gets like half a point better every year. Their push of him has just been embarrassing though. They took a hugely over silent badass and turned him into one of the most hated people in professional wrestling by trying to tell you he was The Rock or Austin."

[8.0] "Solider Wrestler, der darunter leidet, dass WWE in den Fans unbedingt aufzwingen will. Für dieses Solide-Sein gebe ich ihm jetzt 6 Punkte. Vielleicht ist bei ihm weniger mehr (weniger Push, weniger Familie, weniger Superman) und er später mal höher zu bewerten. // Update 13. 11. 2017 // Sechs Punkte sind für seine Leistung mittlerweile deutlich zu wenig. Auch wenn ich denke, dass er nie die Akzeptanz der Fans insgesamt gewinnen wird, so ist er doch ein guter Wrestler und kann es schaffen über Jahre an der Spitze stehen. Und klar mag das auch Vince's "Schuld" sein, aber so wirklich unverdient wäre es auch nicht. // 8 Punkte"

[8.0] "Lmao at the comment below saying he shouldn't be pushed because his promos suck but saying Cesaro deserves it, when he suffers from the same problem. Roman delivers all the time. Like I said, his flaw is his promo work so that's why it's an 8 from me."

[10.0] "Good, solid wrestler, who consistently has good, to great matches. That being said, his promo skills haven't been the strongest, particularly since the writers make a silent bad ass, cracked jokes, and seem like an obnoxious heel. Reigns has presence and ability. He needs the move away from being a popular face, and should be booked as a straight up, ass kicking, silent machine. Reigns is in no way a bad worker. His matches are always filled with energy, and he knows how to brawl. He's rather underrated at it honestly. He's just overexposed as a wrestler, and it's made him annoying to see"

[4.0] "Jedes mal dasselbe , Superman Punch ... Spear ! 1... 2... 3 ! Westlerisch : 3 Punkte Mic skills : 1 Punkt = 4 Punkte"

[10.0] "Work rate bad ass, hard worker with a great look, simply put Roman Reigns is an excellent pro wrestler."

[5.0] "Oh God, what do I have to say about him? He is clumsy, slow and kind of obnoxious. His mic skills are virtually non-existent, and totally lacks charisma. The only reason I give him five points is because sometimes he was able to put out good matches, but only because he was guided throughout the whole thing. Please, retire."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns, der wohl kontroverseste und polarisierensde Mann der jüngeren Wrestling-Geschichte. Seit 2014, genauer gesagt seit dem Shield-Split, hat die WWE ein Ziel: Diesen Mann zum nächsten Aushänge-Schild der Liga zu machen. Und die Fans? Die wollen das natürlich nicht. Der Rest ist Geschichte, muss man fast wirklich schon so sagen. Hier alle ''Highlights'' bzw. wichtigen Aspekte des Charakters Roman Reigns aufzuzählen würde wohl den Rahmen sprengen, deshalb halte ich mich kurz: Er hatte drei (aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach werden es vier) WrestleMania-Main Events in Folge, durfte dabei die wohl größte Legende des Wrestling-Sports aller Zeiten, den Undertaker, in Rente schicken, und trotz alledem springt der Funke in keiner Form wirklich über. Damit meine ich: Als Face ist er eigentlich seit Tag 1 unten durch, und zum Heel wird ja bekanntlich nicht gemacht. Diese ''Fehler in der Figur'' sind mit der größte Punkt, warum Roman Reigns nicht funktioniert. Als Wrestler an sich ist er nämlich ziemlich gut: Im Ring kann er auf jeden Fall was, allerdings gefällt mir sein Stil nicht wirklich, weshalb ich seine Matches kaum genießen kann (ich würde ihn gerne mal unter NJPW-Regeln sehen), am Mic ist er OK, auch hier verbaut der schlechte Charakter einiges, Charisma hat er auf jeden Fall, sein gutes Selling beweist das. Alles in allem kann man sagen: Roman Reigns gehört definitiv in den Main Event, allerdings muss sein Charakter echt überarbeitet werden. Wenn das gelingt, dann kann er tatsächlich ein Weltstar werden."

[2.0] "Has nothing to offer. Entitled millenial not willing to learn. Boring and lame 0 charisma. Horrible interviews and in ring not much. 200 characters is a waste of time for this guy... It is painfully obvious he's shit."

[8.0] "Die Fehde mit Strowman hat ganz klar durchscheinen lassen, wo Reigns' Stärken liegen. Sein Status und die Booker mögen andere, talentiertere Wrestler blockieren, aber am Ende muss man ganz klar sagen, dass Reigns polarisiert und die Massen anzieht. Strowman/Reigns hat beide so sehr gepusht, und das gelingt den wenigsten Fehden."

[10.0] "There seems a lot of dislike directed towards Roman Reigns. Muh company always shoves him down our throat. I would have to imagine that you'd have to be at least 50 metres tall if you could swallow someone the size of Roman Reigns. His in ring work is fairly solid, he's never going to be Bret Hart or Chris Jericho but then he isn't built like either of them anyway. He's not my favourite of all time but he had several very good solo matches as well as matches with The Shield that were excellent."

[8.0] "Meiner Meinung nach ist Roman reigns aktuell der beste Wrestler bei der WWE. Er zeigt, dass er auch gute Matches machen kann. Sein Selling ist sehr gut und seine Matches gegen Braun Strowman hatten klasse Storytelling."

[10.0] "Listen to what Scott Hall said about the Big Dog, Razor made some good arguments on why RR is the man in WWE. Sure smarks are gonna smark and boo the hell out of him, but hey those are the same people who are asking for an Enzo Amore push, enough said."

[7.0] "I believe that Reigns has reached his full potential. Sure his match quality is good but it doesn't hurt that his opponents have been some of the best in the World. For me Reigns has no charisma or character or passion for that matter. Every time he is going for a title it seems that he was just placed there by management. The guy is very boring with splashes of mediocrity and I am souring on him week to week. The only way to salvage this guys lame booking is to turn him heel. Hopefully then he can garner some decent interest and build his lackluster character."

[8.0] "Do yourself a favour and have a glance at the ratings distribution for Reigns. Seems to follow a bit of a silly curve right? Reigns has become one of the most legitimate and consistently entertaining stars on the roster, with an in-ring style built for the main event. Yes he's a powerhouse and doesn't go near the top rope, but you can see every movement he makes from the nosebleeds. Shame he isn't allowed to freeball it a bit more with his promos, since he comes across as far more confident when he's not reciting a script. With all that said, Reigns will be booed out of buildings until they decide to turn him heel, and that doesn't look like it's happening any time soon."

[5.0] "He's good, but not that good. His wet hair and that mercenary outfit looks pretty silly and doesn't resemble a wrestler like at all. Okay, the Dudley Boyz also uses outfits but they back their silliness with in-ring performance and they know how to be entertaining in the ring. He's a powerhouse for sure, but wrestling isn't about who's the strongest. Cool shirt designs though."

[8.0] "Ich würde Roman Reigns teilweise als "John Cena" abstempeln! Ganz einfach dieser Krasse von 0 auf 100 aufbau! Wie die Fans reagiert haben (ich auch) hat man beim Rumble gesehen! Ich habe nichts gegen ihn ich denke In Ring Technisch ist er der absolute "Cena" er kann so keine besonders geilen Matches haben außer er Wrestlet mit oder gegen Jemand der ihn durchs match ziehen kann (Siehe Orton beim Summerslam 2014) und es dadurch dann gut wird.... Promo technisch finde ich ihn schlecht! Aber eine sache stört mich richtig! Wie er gebookt wird! Zu aller erst einmal sind die Promos die er "aufsagen" muss grausam! Das sind einfach The Rock Promos, da er aber bei weitem nicht so viel Mic Skills/Charisma wie ein Rock hat sind die Promos einfach Müll! Und das Match booking ist einfach das 0815 Hulk Hogan/Cena booking! Er tat mir schon leid am ende des Rumbles.... Aber da hat die WWE mal gesehen das sie auf die fans hören sollten! Sonst könnten Pushs ruiniert werden! Nichtmal Rock konnte helfen..... Zu guter letzt hatte ich mich immer gefragt Warum ist er in der WWE? Oder warum wird er gepusht? Ich kann mir die Frage nach den eben genannten dingen nicht 100% beantworten.... Er hat aufjedenfall den "Look", Solides In Ring Work was gegen Topstars noch besser ist und nicht vorhandenes Charisma bzw Nicht vorhandene Mic Skills.... EDIT 7. 5. 16. Inzwischen hat er sich gebessert. Er ist recht gut im Ring und hat solides Charisma. Schwachstelle bleibt das Micwork und die Tatsache das er sowas von krass dargestellt und gepusht wird. Upgrade von 5 auf 7. Gut ist er noch nicht da er Mic defizite hat. UPDATE 18. 6. 17: Inzwischen ist Reigns grandios! Starke Ausstrahlung, sehr starkes In Ring Work, als Badass bietet er tolles Micwork und auch allgemein wirkt er wie ein Star. Super Performer!"

[8.0] "Ill start off by saying this, I don't care for Roman Reigns but I can't deny that the guy can bring it. Just look at his matches with AJ styles, Finn Balor, Cesaro, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens and Dean Ambrose. It takes two to tango and Roman can definitely go. With that being said WWE booking had up until recently done a HORRENDOUS job in booking this guy in terms of personality. Had it right when he was in the shield where he didn't talk much and just kicked ass then they got lazy and decided "lets make him like John Cena and cut cheesy promos" Segments like "Roman and the Beanstalk" had me scratching my head and "Suffering suckertash and Tatertos" made me cringe. They have it right now but the damage was already done and looks like it may be permanent. (Also the fact that he's only lost clean three times may upset the diehards)"

[5.0] "Ein eigentlich ganz OKer Wrestler mit mäßigen Micskills in der komplett falschen Card und einen langweiligen Gimmick. Bei jedem seiner Matches bin ich sehr gelangweit. Nicht weil er ein so schlechter Wrestler ist, sondern weil er JEDES Match gewinnt. Wenn er wirklich das Wrestlemania Hauptmatch gewinnt wird es nicht nur von mir, sondern von vielen die Nullen 0, 0 hageln! Edit: Ich habs euch gesagt. Edit 26. 5. 16: Da wird doch der Hund in der Pfanne verrückt! Roman hat 2 Geniale Matches mit AJ. Das lässt meine Meinung über ihn sehr steigen. Einen guten Ruf muss er sich bei mir aber noch erarbeiten. Edit 7. 6. 17: Falls er durchs Match getragen wird, sorgt er für krasse Spots und oft guten Finishes, aber mal ernsthaft: Jeder Anfang ist ähnlich wie bei Cena zum einschlafen und dieser verzogene Blick geht mir mächtig auf die Eier. Von mir bekommt er keinen Blumenstrauß mehr, aber Aufwertung auf 5 hat er sich verdient."

[6.0] "Also es ist nicht so, dass ich Roman Reigns nicht leiden kann, aber das Booking von ihm nervt. Er wird als der Übermensch dargestellt, der er nunmal nicht ist. Brock Lesnar meinetwegen oder aber erst recht Samoa Joe. Reigns ist gut gebaut, keine Frage, aber das macht ihn nicht außergewöhnlich. Noch vor ein 2 Jahren habe ich Reigns 3 Punkte gegeben, weil er am Mic nichts drauf hat und auch im Ring nicht gerade mit Talent geglänzt hat. Das hat sich zumindest verbessert, aber er ist trotzdem noch meilenweit von beispielsweise einem AJ Styles entfernt. Dargestellt wird er jedoch wesentlich krasser. Wenn ich an gute Matches von ihm denke, dann waren es die beiden Mainevent-PPV-Matches gegen Styles nach Wrestlemania 32 oder das Match gegen Bray Wyatt bei Hell in a Cell 2015 oder vielleicht noch das Triple Threat Match bei Fastlane 2016 gegen Ambrose und Lesnar. Komisch.... alle diese großen Matches hat er gewonnen.... so viel zu dem Thema Übermensch-Booking. Er ist im Ring durchaus besser geworden. Am Mic geringfügig, aber zum glaubwürdigen Top-Face der Company fehlt da noch einiges. Als Heel würde er mir jedoch sehr viel besser gefallen (ich glaube auch, dass da viele meiner Meinung sind). Mic 3/10; In-Ring 6/10; Charisma 7/10; persönliche Meinung 7/10. 23 von 40 Punkten =5, 75 = 6 Punkte"

[6.0] "EDIT: Meine Meinung über Reigns hat sich während seiner Zeit in der WWE sehr sehr oft geändert und aktuell stehe ich wieder ein wenig positiver gegenüber. Die guten Dinge über ihn, sind, dass er ein sehr guter Seller ist, gute Offensive, wenn ab und zu ein wenig zu eintönig, hat und einen riesigen Big-Fight-Feel bringt. Ansonsten kennt man ja die üblichen Schwächen, Booking und sein Mic-Work. Möchte gar nicht mehr sagen, runde das Ganze auf 6 auf."

[2.0] "Muss hier nochmal runtergehen von 4 auf 2. Ich kann es nicht mehr sehen, Supermanpunch, Supermanpunch, Spear das wars. Vllt nochmal nen Samoan drop oder Sein Dropkick wenns hochkommt. Einfach langweilig, total vorhersehbar, unspektakulär und schlecht. Von Micwork brauch ich auch nicht zu reden weil keins vorhanden ist. Austrahlung 1 Punkt Aussehen 1 Punkt.... Mehr ist dazu nicht zu sagen...."

[7.0] "Solid wrestler. He is way better than people make of him, I blame the booking on that one. Not charismatic enough to be the top star in the WWE but he always puts on good matches when he has to."

[7.0] "Mit absoluter Sicherheit keinesfalls so schlecht im Ring, wie viele behaupten werden. Sehr guter natürlicher Athlet, der sich bewegen kann und hin und wieder mit netten Dives außerhalb des Rings überzeugen kann. Apron-Dropkick, Punches, Mimik, Gestik hat er alles im Ring drauf, allerdings kann er am Mic gar nicht überzeugen. Jedes Wort wirkt übertrieben eingeprobt, wodurch er nicht authentisch rüberkommt. Dazu sein unechter Slang und eine offensichtlich aufgesetzte Tonlage hindern ihn jemals mit einer Promo die Fans auf seine Seite zu gewinnen. Wirkt dazu auch sehr gelangweilt und weiß nicht gewisse ''Lines'' mit Körpersprache, und Gesichtsausdrücken passend zu ''sellen'', was ihm im Ring gelingt. Dennoch als Fan seines In-Ring-Work gebe ich 7 Punkte."

[0.0] ""Best contender", "great offense"? WHAT? "The guy" is almost passable in the ring, but his booking and his mic work is some of the worst in recent memory; not just for a main eventer but even for a mid-uppercarder in his position. His booking compared to his peers is laughable in light of this. Roman Reigns is the triumph of "looks" and "controversy" over everything else, talent and organic reactions first and foremost. It's not like he has even that "legitimate" athlete feel Brock Lesnar or Goldberg gave. He looks more like someone a woman would fangirl over."

[10.0] "Ich gebe aus Protest 10 Punkte. Der Grund ist ganz einfach. Vor 4 Jahren war Reigns noch sehr gut bewertet worden und heute springt jeder auf den Mitläufer Zug auf. Ich unterstütze es nicht wenn Meinungen geändert werden. Entweder ein Wrestler ist vom ersten Tag an Scheiße oder er ist Super. Aber diese Haterei geht mir auf den Zündet. Jeder sieht sich mittlerweile als Experte und tut so als ob man Ahnung hätte sobald man Reigns negativ bewertet. (PS: von mir bekommt er eigentlich 7 Punkte aber die 10 bleiben stehen)"

[7.0] "Behind all the booking, behind all the poor writing, flubbed segments, and matches built around him doing a late-00s SuperCena impression, Roman Reigns has become a legitimately worthwhile professional wrestler. I'm sure that's not why he's where he is since he was benchmarked for being the next #1 guy in the company before he was remotely competent in the ring. In The Shield he became he a very good hot tag style wrestler, but after the split it took him about a year to figure out how to work as a singles wrestler. Since then, he's had several good-to-great matches, but so many have been bogged down with nobody liking him and him being booked to accentuate his weakest attributes (long-term selling, working from underneath, etc. ) instead of his strengths. When Roman doesn't speak much and gets to dominate his opponents he can have a damn good match, but he rarely gets to do so. For every match against the likes of Styles he has one against a monster heel like Rusev or Strowman that are good but just don't click with the way he works; only the Lesnar match at Mania made that formula work. I think the only way to salvage Roman right now is to let him work heel, and there's a slim chance at that. A good worker saddled with some of the worst pushes in wrestling history."

[0.0] "Es ist nicht nur so, dass er einfach den Fans aufgezwungen wird, er ist meiner Meinung nach auch einfach nicht Fähig als Main-Eventer zu bestehen. Dazu fehlen ihn die Mic-Skills, die Ausstrahlung und auch einfach die Sicherheit im Ring. Cena wurde 2006 vielleicht gehasst wie sonst was, aber dafür war er wenigstens bereit für den Main Event. Reigns wirkt auf mich wie Praktikant, der versucht einen auf Vollzeit-Angestellter zu machen."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns may not bring much to the table in terms of character, but his ring work has been very good the past year and a half. He still brings it in his matches. His Sit-Out Crucifix Powerbomb is off the charts, and he's so close to being the main eventer we all wanted him to be in 2014. All Roman needs to do is flip to the darkside. I've enjoyed his in ring work just not his lack of character"

[9.0] "Nachdem der die letzten Jahre auf der 7 festhing habe ich mich aufgrund jüngster Ereignisse entschieden das hier mal upzudaten. Ein sehr guter worker dessen Matches eigentlich nie enttäuschen. Starkes explosives Moveset, viel Charisma leider sehr mickrige Mic Skills. Aber er ist einer dieser Leute die einfach von ihrem natürlichen Charisma leben können. Durch das Booking der letzten Jahre hat er sich immer mehr Feinde gemacht ohne wirklich etwas dafür zu können, aber er lebt mit dieser Situation und macht das beste daraus. Ich war nicht zufrieden mit der Entscheidung ihn gegen Strowman gewinnen zu lassen aber jetzt, wo er Taker besiegen durfte ergibt das doch alles einen Sinn. So viel Heat hat wohl seit Michaels in Kanada niemand mehr gezogen. Diese Promo zu Beginn von Raw war absolute Klasse und er hat dafür nur einen einzigen Satz gebraucht. 10 minuten großartiges Fernsehen und das mit nichts als einem einzigen Typen im Ring, der nicht einmal ein Wort sagen muss. Der kerl isn draw ob man es nun will oder nicht. Ich bin Fan!"

[8.0] "Toller Typ generell, nur einfach falsch eingesetzt - dafür kann er aber ja nicht wirklich was. Wer miese Dialoge bekommt und die 20 Minuten rezitieren muss wirkt halt lanweilig und nervig, wenn das Material so unsäglich ist. Aber im Grunde kann er da ja auch nichts für. Im Ring starkes Timing, coole Moves und fantastischer Look."

[1.0] "Overrated wrestler , not good at mic , not good in the ring , before ending the Undertaker's career we could've say that we can deal with that , but with this decision it starts to piss me off and get borred of Reigns , stop pushing him and make him a mid carder , probably will be better for him too"

[9.0] "Wenn man solche Reaktionen auslöst wie Roman Reigns, ist man einfach THE GUY. Natürlich ist er nicht der Beste am Mikrofon, aber das erwarte ich auch nicht von ihm, zumal er mit dem richtigen Material auch abliefert. Dazu Look, Charisma, unglaubliche Präsenz. Im Ring hat er auch oft genug gezeigt, wie gut er eigentlich ist. Verdiente 9 Punkte."

[7.0] "I feel bad to see Roman Reigns bashed so much for his terrible 'must be a babyface' attitude. He is not bad at all, just watch his matches with AJ Styles and Cesaro, or anything Shield-related even after the split. Roman improved a lot as a performer and has the look to be a top star. He is still rough at the mic, he uses phrases and doesn't feel himself. That's why he should be a heel, everything would flow better and the hate would disappear. I dont' think he can be the 'new' John Cena, but he is a useful element for the WWE and a main eventer. There is still more to improve."

[10.0] "Ganz ehrlich, bei Roman Reigns weniger als 6 Punkte zu vergeben ist schon total daneben und unbedacht. Gerade die Wertungen mit 0 Punkte sind eine absolute Lachnummer. Im Ring ist er solide und hat sich in den letzten zwei Jahren enorm gesteigert. Powerhouse mit guten Signature Moves und mit einem guten, druckvollen Spear. Egal wie die Crowd reagiert, er liefert ab und ist voll im Match. Ich kann dieses ganze gehate hier nicht verstehen. Es gab in den letzten 20 Jahren viel mehr Wrestler, die nicht wrestlen konnten, immer wieder einen extremen Push bekommen haben und sich da niemand beschwerte. Bei Reigns wird immer wieder gesucht und kritisiert. Selbst wird nichts besser gemacht. Es wird immer wieder was neues gefunden. Selbst wenn er alles richtig machen würde, toll gebookt würde, es gibt immer wieder Leute die auch das kritisieren würden. Ich finde eine Durchschnittswertung im 5er Bereich für solch einen Athleten einfach nur frech und an der Realität vorbei. Von mir bekommt er die volle Punktzahl. Allein schon 3x Main Event Wrestlemania hintereinander ohne die ganz große Unterstützung der Crowd. Trotzdem liefert er ab. Mic-Work verbessert sich, ist aber nur auf einem mittelmäßigen Stand. Ihm fehlen hier aber auch einfach mal interessantere Storys, damit er sich weiter entwickeln kann. Es ist noch kein The Rock am Mic vom Himmel gefallen, es ist noch kein Daniel Bryan einfach so in den Ring gespült worden, aber Roman Reigns ist ein sehr talentierte und überaus charismatischer Wrestler. Ich glaube ganz fest, dass ihm extrem unrecht getan wird mit all den schlechten Bewertungen...."

[8.0] "Roman Reigns is an incredible athlete with a great look, and the potential to be one of the greatest heels of this generation, but instead WWE pushes him as a babyface. Regardless of that though, he consistently puts on good matches, and delivers in big match situations."

[8.0] "Love this guy. Putting good/great matches on a regular bases and people still complain about his in-ring work. Great presence, ok charisma, have the versatility to be the big man or the smaller, always good with matches that have stipulations, have a good sense of psychology and he is a great storyteller. I have no reasons to hate this guy, he always delivers to me. Love me some THE BIG DAWG!"

[6.0] "The hate this man gets is hilarious jealousy that it was he whom was picked instead of Daniel Bryan as WWEs future. I'm not a Roman fan, don't really buy into the forced hype Vince and co have tried to conjure up but at the same time he does not deserve the green eyed hate he gets. Hes a harder worker then the IWC is willing to give him credit for and hes been in too many good matches for it to just always be a carry job. Sure I wish they didn't have him scuffle Rusevs career and sure it would've been nice for Styles to have been given a win over 'the guy' and sure hes crap on the mic but hes not a quarter as bad in ring as everyone says. He isn't as good as his rabid fans say either but they're at the very least less vocal."

[8.0] "Athletisches Powerhouse mit gutem Look, der Rest wird sich in den nächsten Jahren zeigen. Für einen großen Push ist er noch zu grün, gerade was die Ring-Psychology angeht. Wenn man Reigns Zeit gibt sich vernünftig zu entwickeln könnte er ein Großer werden, wenn man ihn zu früh ins kalte Wasser wirft und er nicht Over kommt, wird er einer von denen werden, die trotz Potenzial für Jahre gimmicklos in der Midcard vergammeln. (08. 01. 2014, 05:57 Uhr) /// Edit: So, nach knapp anderthalb Jahren gebe ich mal 1+, da sich Reigns' In-Ring Leistung nachweislich verbessert hat, auch wenn man ihn jetzt als Face ohne Ecken und Kanten bookt und wieder so ziemlich alles falsch macht, was man mit einen Rugged-Babyface falsch machen kann. (09. 06. 2015, 03:00 Uhr) /// Edit 2: +1 Mittlerweile ein sehr guter Heavyweight Wrestler, der im Ring immer abliefert, sein Selling ist leider noch etwas schwach für ein Face und das Micwork muss noch besser werden, auch wenn sein Charisma und seine Aura viel wett machen."

[4.0] "Ich finde das Roman Reigns potenzial hat ein Interessanter Wrestler in naher Zukunft zu werden . Klar ist er im Moment nicht der beste und seine Mic Skills sind eigentlich auch schlecht . Dennoch sehe ich das Reigns sich Mühe gibt sich zu verbessern und auch seine Matches gegen Seth Rollins waren solide . Ich gebe nun 8p um ein Zeichen zu setzen das ich ihn unterstütze und hinter ihm stehe . Ich hoffe , dass ich bald 10p geben kann , wenn Roman Reigns seine Schwachstellen verbessert ."

[8.0] "Excellent wrestler, badly booked. Consistently puts on good matches but the crowd has turned on him sadly. Oozes heel charisma but Vince is being stubborn. Mic work has improved since he keeps it short thankfully."

[4.0] "Reigns would be a decent champion if he was booked properly. He's not awful like Mojo in the ring and can have good matches with the right opponent. The problem besides the overbooking is the fact that he can't cut good promos, his gimmick is terrible and he is not at right disposition right. He can be a good heel if WWE tries to go that way, but it doesn't look they will. Sadly, for him, there's a big chance he can be the biggest failure in the history of this company."

[4.0] "Wenn man schon solch ein beschränktes Moveset hat wie er, sollte zumindest der/die Finisher geil sein (siehe Cena). Das Gegenteil ist bei Roman Roids der Fall (langweiliger als Spear und Superman Punch geht gar nicht mehr). Dass er als unbesiegbarer Superhero völlig falsch eingesetzt wird, ist bekannt. Und ja, es ist nicht seine Schuld. Wie patzig und "butthurt" er allerdings drauf reagiert, dass die Fans ihn nicht feiern, ist mehr als erbärmlich. Statt die Heat mal zu seinem Vorteil auszunutzen. Dann auch noch aus Trotz die Wellness-Policy verletzt ... Aber sein Glück, dass er Teil von The Rocks großer Familie ist und deshalb bis in alle Ewigkeit als Face der Company gepusht werden wird (der er jedoch de facto nur in Vince McMahons feuchten Träumen jemals sein wird). 2 Punkte für seine gute Shield-Zeit und kurz danach, noch 1 Punkt für das große Potential als Monster-Heel in ihm (das jedoch leider für ewig ungenutzt bleiben wird, da die WWE es nicht sehen will). 1 Gnadenpunkt gibt's noch, weil er zumindest mehr aus seiner Genetik herausgeholt hat als sein Bruder Rosey."

[5.0] "Also er ist sicherlich nicht so schlecht wie er gemacht wurde und wird. Aber er ist kein Mann für den Main Event, mal ehrlich damals mit The Shield noch sehr Passend. Weil man dort seine Schwächen nicht so sehr bemerkte, Und vor der WWE auch nix gemacht im Wrestling. Der Mann kann dankbar sein das The Rock sein Cousin ist. Im Ring Solide er kann gute Matches abliefern, am Mic wirklich noch schwach, gutes Charisma."

[6.0] "Roman keeps getting thrown to the sharks... and he's barely swimming. In ring wise, I'd say he's on Cena and Orton's level, he can have a passable match, and even a good one depending on his opponent. He's a good seller, I would still argue that he has a certain charisma in the way he carries himself, but his promos are still very poor. WWE has an excellent roster, full of world class wrestlers, and Roman falls short of that standard."

[4.0] "Reigns may not be as bad as he comes off, but I can only judge him by what I see. As a main event wrestler, he's terrible. His promos are just god awful. I tried watching him and Stephenie in a battle of wits and had to stop. He's big and... moist I suppose."

[5.0] "If WWE knew how to use Reigns correctly, I would have to bump him up a point or two. When put in a position to be a legit badass powerhouse, such as his matches with AJ Styles, he is a legit stud. Other than those few moments, he is an overpushed meathead who isn't great in the ring and takes breaks during multi-man matches. Worst of all, this guy, who god only knows gets the premier attention from Vince and co. outside of the ring, still can not learn to cut a promo or act if his life depended on it, even after all of these years."

[5.0] "Mic: Ist ziemlich schlecht. Vor allem wenn man ihn mit seinem Cousin vergleicht, muss man sagen, dass hier die Gene nicht wirklich eingegriffen haben. 3/10 (25%) Promo: Mit The Shield waren die Promos ganz cool, das wertet ihn ein bisschen hoch. 5/10 (10%) Ring: Gar nicht so schlecht wie jeder behauptet. Moveset ist einfach gehalten, doch manches ist schwer. Er arbeitet auch sehr sauber. 7/10 (50%) Gimmick: So gar nicht meins. Es ist sehr langweilig und man möchte seine Segments überspringen. 2/10 (15%) =5 Punkte"

[5.0] "Während die beiden Parteien "Er-ist-der-beste-Wrestler-der-Welt-wird-aber-nur-schlecht-gebooked" und das Gegenpart "Er-ist-der-schlechteste-Wrestler-und-Micworker-evvvvvvver" sich die Frontschädel aneinander schlagen, sehe ich Roman Reigns weder als sehr schlecht noch als sehr gut. Im Großen und Ganzen ist er durch und durch Durchschnitt. In-Ring-Performance ist nicht mal so grausig wie es die meisten behaupten, zudem besitzt sein Moveset (immerhin) mehr als 3 Moves. Sicherlich kein Knaller und sicherlich kein totaler Haarausfall wie The Great Khali. Aber auch für mich kein großer Main Eventer und Face-of-the-Company wie er dargestellt wird. Look und Statur ist überragend, aber sowas hat im Wrestling keinen Vorrang. Gimmick ist sehr unoriginell und langweilig, charismatisch ist er auch im Durchschnitt wieder zu finden. In Sachen Micwork hat er sich leicht verbessert, dennoch unterdurchschnittlich und kommt immernoch zu unnatürlich und unglaubwürdig rüber. Der Ultrapush der WWE gegen den Strom ist absolut fehlgebooked und tötet ein Wrestler der, wie ich denke, ein riesen Potezial besitzt. Nun den.. Kurzum: Kommt im Gesamten nicht an AJ, KO, Chris Jericho, Rusev, Bray Wyatt, Cesaro, ... ran, aber auch nicht so schlecht wie Mojo Rawley, Enzo, Jinder Mahal, Titus, Darren Young, ..."

[10.0] "I do this for the average cause it is a shame that this guy has a 6 and Ambrose a 8, he is capable of such excellents things and he prooves it in 2016 with a lot of good matches, but he has the worst booking on Planet Earth and he needs a heel turn after the booking in the Royal Rumble Match (I actually think that he deserves a 8 if you wanna know)."

[7.0] "Ring: Im Ring nicht so schlecht wie er gemacht wird. 7/10 (50%) Promos/Schauspieltalent:Leider sehr, sehr schwach. 2/10 (25%) Charisma/Statur/Gimmick:Er hat das Superstar Aussehen und die Muskel das muss man ihn lassen. 10/10 (25%) Sind dann insgesamt 6, 5 Punkte für Superman = 7 Punkte"

[2.0] "No Mic skills, not very good in the ring and has no charisma. Should change his entrance music, her outfit and phrases because it uses the same shield. I think not prepared to be the face of a company"

[10.0] "Meiner Meinung nach einer der besten bei WWE. Viele negative Wertungen sind, wenn ich das so lese, nicht wirklich objektiv. Denn für das besch. Booking kann er nichts und dafür dass WWE kein Geheimnis daraus macht ihn ohne Ende zu pushen! Dürfte er endlich als Heel turnen würde er meiner Meinung nach nach oben explodieren! In meinen Augen liefert er immer und wrestlet auch besser als viele andere! Ich jedenfalls sehe ihn sehr gerne und gebe ihn von daher - meiner Meinung nach - sehr gerechtfertigte 10 Punkte!"

[6.0] "What to say about Roman Reigns. His name draws a either overwhelming defense or overwhelming hatred. There's no middle ground to Reigns and that's definitive of his career thus far. As a part of the Shield, he was the muscle, which made him stand out from the two indy darling Rollins and Ambrose. He was given definitive performances at the Survivor Series and Royal Rumble and the star power seemed evident. But then the booking happened. Good booking, not turning him into a clean meat babyface could've helped prevent fan backlash as he wasn't polished enough to endure the weak character. Reigns became a white meat, bland babyface who was inconsistent in the ring, and unfortunately that image has persisted. In 2016, Reigns is still booked poorly but he's improved vastly. In the ring, he's a good brawler who is agile and plays the crowd pretty well. (The "OOOAHH" still gets a considerable pop). His natural personality tends to shine through, when he's not being overly scripted, and it's shown to be effective. Reigns will probably never get over as a #1 babyface, and the WWE could prevent the Cena struggle and create a universally loathed heel, which has it's marketability. But, it seems stubborn book will always get in the way of truly good Joe Anoa'i could be."

[9.0] "Roman Reigns // Stand 06. 04. 2016 // Entrance: 7/10 ++ Look: 10/10 ++ In-Ring Skills: 7/10 ++ Mic-Work: 6/10 ++ Persönliche Sympathie: 10/10 ++ Gesamt: 8 // Roman Reigns ist eine kontroverse Figur. Die einen sehen ihn zu sehr gepusht und Limitiert in Fähigkeiten, die anderen lassen sich mitreißen. Ja er lebt von seien Trademark Manövern und lässt aktuell Innovation vermissen. Aber die Manöver hat er drauf und sind glaubhaft, außerdem finde ich ihn für ein Powerhouse sehr beweglich. Er hat sicherlich potential für mehr. Ja er wird von WWE gepusht, er ist kein Independent Wrestler der über Jahre sich eine Insider Fanbase aufbauen konnte, er ist ein reines WWE Produkt und ich will nicht abstreiten dass mit Sicherheit seine Familien Zugehörigkeit eine nicht kleine Rolle gespielt hat um voran zu kommen. Aber für mich zählt wie der Charakter auf mich wirkt, wieviel Spaß ich beim zuschauen habe und ob mich seine Auftritte mitreißen. Und das tun sie! Ich erwische mich wie ich jubelnd auf dem Sofa sitze wenn er loslegt und wie ich mitfiebere wenn es ihm die Storyline schwer macht. Ich fühle mich in meine Kindheit zurückversetzt als ich schon in den 90er WCW und WWF anschaute. Ich habe einfach Spaß an dem was ich sehe und darauf kommt es ja schlussendlich an. Bei mir funktioniert das Konzept Roman Reigns "Belive That! " UPDATE: Stand 04. 01. 2017 // Entrance: 8/10 ++ Look: 10/10 ++ In-Ring Skills: 8/10 ++ Mic-Work: 7/10 ++ Persönliche Sympathie: 10/10 ++ Gesamt: 9. Er funktioniert immer besser. Meine Bewertung steigt auf 9!"

[8.0] "Wie man Reigns nach 2016 noch unter 7 Punkte geben kann ist für mich schleierhaft. Er hat sich im Ring gesteigert, strahlt sehr viel aus und hat sich selbst am Mic entwickelt (auch wenn das noch seine Schwäche ist). Allein für seine Entwicklung, allein für den WWE MOTYC, welches er bei Extreme Rules gegen AJ Styles hatte, gebe ich ihm hier 8 Punkte. Ein guter Wrestler, der momentan mindestens Midcarder ist mit noch ordentlich Potenzial übrig."

[6.0] "WWE hat es verpasst, ihm ein ordentliches Gimmick zu geben, und das muss jetzt er ausbaden. Klar: Er beherrscht vielleicht zehn, 15 Moves (aber die sehr gut) und sein Mic-Work ist katastrophal, aber - kann ein Brock Lesnar mehr? Kann ein Goldberg mehr? Kann ein Mark Henry mehr? Nicht wirklich, und trotzdem wurden/werden sie bejubelt. Vielleicht muss man manchmal einen Schritt mehr gehen (= Heel-Turn) und den Schritt dann später wieder zurücknehmen um jemanden glaubhaft zu machen. Vielleicht muss man manchmal einen kleinen Gimmickwechsel vornehmen, weg von Superman, hin zu Tarzan. Vielleicht hätte man damals auch noch ein wenig warten sollen, bis er sich im Main Event etabliert, bevor man ihn einen Royal Rumble gewinnen lässt, vielleicht hätte man nicht gerade da den Ultrapublikumsliebling Daniel Bryan so heimlich, still und leise ausschalten sollen - jetzt ist es dafür schlicht und einfach zu spät, WWE hat es geschafft, das ein Rusev (! ) in Matches gegen Reigns bejubelt wird. Daher ist meiner Meinung nach der Zug, ihn zum Nachfolger John Cenas und damit zum künftigen Top-Face der Promotion zu machen, abgefahren. Als Heel damals mit The Shield kam er an, als Face schaffte er nie den richtigen Durchbruch, daher wäre der Heel-Turn überfällig. Meine Bewertung: 07/10 Technik 05/10 Mic-Work 10/10 Charisma 02/10 Face-Work 09/10 Heel-Work 01/10 Gimmick = 5, 67 => 6 Punkte (befriedigend)"

[4.0] "Eine komplette Graupe ist er sicher nicht und Charisma & Ausstrahlung kann man ihm auch nicht absprechen, aber im Ring ist er einer der schwächeren & von seiner Darstellung wollen wir jetzt gar nicht erst anfangen zu reden. Seine Mic Künste sind auch nicht gut und seine Promos & Segmente diese Typische WWE Face Art. (siehe Rusev/Lana Hochzeit Angle usw. ) Inzwischen auch schon dreifacher Champion und alle Regentschaften waren nicht das Gelbe vom Ei."

[7.0] "Roman Reigns has improved greatly since starting on the main roster in 2012. I do not know why the fans boo him so much. I like him because he works very hard in the ring and he sells pretty good as well. His mic skills are not where they need to be and can be pretty boring sometimes but he is a good worker in the ring. His work can be overshadowed by guys more talented than him such as Owens, Rollins, and Styles but he worked very hard to the make those matches really good too and was a big part of them being successful. He is still very young and has many years left to improve in all areas. I think he should be the face of the WWE now since Cena is going part time and I think he is a great company person to have."

[9.0] "One of the best power wrestlers in the world. Great matches with aj Brock etc. By far and away the best member of the shield. Why? He is the only one who can sell and the only one who can perform convincing offense while Dean and seth both have awful offence and cannot sell if Their lives depended on it. With the exception of AJ he is the best wrestler in wwe/NXT. Only idiots hate him."

[6.0] "Roman Reigns is decent in the ring not good and not bad at the same time. He can pull out a great match with the correct opponents. But what i feel is the push he got this year made people especially the wrestling marks/smarks to hate him. And he is also pushed in such a way which makes his opponents look weak as hell (made to look strong in smarks logic), and dumb moveset(Superman puch ewwww! ). I dont mind him getting pushed as a face but being booked as a superman and making him as a Cena 2. 0 is very bad"

[7.0] "he is the most improved wrestler on the past 10 months! he gave great matches like the one he had againist aj styles or daniel bryan. decent wrestling skills but the things that kill him are charisma and mic (sufferin' succotash? ). he has a big step to be a world champ (yeah, his strong body) but needs to improve more. keep working roman!"

[7.0] "Weiß nicht, warum er von vielen so gehatet wird. Find ihn eigentlich nicht schlecht. Für sein Booking kann er ja nichts. Ist in der Midcard ganz gut aufgehoben und dort auch überzeugend. Hat aber eben das gleiche Schicksal wie ein John Cena. Beide geben alles und stecken viel Herzblut und Engagement rein, wirken aber offensichtlich nicht auf jedermann sympathisch. Zeigt im Ring aber immer solide Leistungen. Das Mic-Work ausbaufähig aber die Ausstrahlung fehlt nun mal. Ist halt keine Rampensau und deshalb im Main-Event fehl am Platze. Dennoch ein garant für gute Matches (wenn sie richtig gebookt sind)."

[5.0] "I really have to admit, Roman Reigns is slowly, slowly growing on me. His mic skills are still shit but he is still improving in the ring. I think he is doing pretty good since the brand split and not being too overly pushed (Not being in the main event every fn week). Overall I am going to raise his rating from 0/10 to 5/10."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns erfüllt eins: Den Powerlook den beispielsweiße ein Finn Balor, Dean Ambrose, Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler nie erfüllen würde. Seine Moves sind nicht die besten aller Creme aber seine Finisher-Moves sind WELTKLASSE. Roman Reign's Spear ist einfach der beste und coolste Finisher den die WWE hat. Der Superman-Punsh von Reign's war anfangs graußam aber ab 2016 ein ordentliches Meisterwerk, beispielweiße bei der Fehde gegen AJ Styles, wo Styles in der Luft war trifft Reigns perfekt seine Faust ins Richtige. Und ich finde Reigns braucht kein Micwork, er verkörpert mit seinem Body einer Badass-Körpersprache, dass für seinen Charakter passt. Roman Reigns ist und sollte ein perfekter Badass-Heel sein, indem man ihn manchmal als Face turnen könnte. Fazit: Inring (7/), Charakter (10/10), Mic (braucht er nicht), Look(100000000/0)."

[6.0] "Reigns is average wrestler, his ring skill is good, he had several great matches but he's horrible on mic and boring. He's surely not main event material, should be solid midcard at most."

[6.0] "Ah, the curious case of Roman Reigns. At a first glance, he does seem like the prototypical wrestler: long wet hair, beard, tattoos, well built. When you look at that first glance, it's easy to see why a major corporation would get behind a guy like Roman and attempt to make him a huge star. Whether deserving of this push or not, the Roman Reigns project failed, and he has earned the ire of much of the wrestling world. As a booked character, I can understand where this frustration from; his push can be seen as quite shameless and incredibly telegraphed. As an in ring performer however, I do think people are a bit harsh on him. Roman Reigns is, for lack of a better term, a wrestling chameleon. He has no traits in and of himself that helps stick out from the pack in ring wise, but he is able to mesh well with other, much more talented in ring workers and attempt to excel to their level (see his matches with AJ Styles and Seth Rollins in 2016 as examples). Is Reigns the next coming of Mitsuharu Misawa? Certainly not. Is Reigns worthy of those "You can't wrestle" chants? I don't think so either. When it comes down to it, Reigns is a serviceable wrestler made to attract people to the WWE product; his biggest trait being that he's become such a huge talking point in the wrestling community to begin with."

[7.0] "For me Roman still has a lot of potential that he hasn't shown yet and he is already a bonafide star in the industry. If he left WWE today he would be a big-time draw for any promotion. What he lacks is the ability to organically get his promos over. He is a little too robotic on the mic. He has to get more comfortable on the mic and all he needs is one "pipe bomb" type promo to earn his spot as a top guy(heel or babyface). He has the look and he is still young with a lot of accomplishments already. His resume is only going to grow from here."

[7.0] "Ahh... Here we go: Reigns improved massively in the ring, he had some great matches with Cesaro, Lesnar, Bryan, Styles and Rollins. Now, the problem with Reigns is that he's really.. really.. really.. boring. We don't see him as the underdog who fights the machine. We see him as the poster boy who they think is the underdog but in reallity he is their guy. Still has a long way to go and he should do that as a heel in order for the fans to finally embrace him."

[5.0] "Roman Reigns hat sich meiner Ansicht nach in letzter Zeit im Ring konstant gesteigert und kann mit den richtigen Gegnern ansehnliche Matches auf die Beine stellen. Ein Mikro sollte man ihm weiterhin nicht in die Hand geben, seine Promos sind einfach schrecklich. Dass er einen Superstar Look hat, wurde oft genug erwähnt. Ich reihe mich sicherlich nicht in die Reihe der notorischen Reigns-Hater ein, jedoch gibt es genug Defizite, die man an ihm kritisieren kann und noch hat er nichts getan, was seinen Main Event-Push rechtfertigt. Als Mitglied im Shield hat Roman mir wirklich gut gefallen, da man da noch seine Schwächen kaschieren konnte, allein auf sich gestellt hat er noch einiges an Luft nach oben, er ist aber bei weitem nicht so schlecht wie es viele meinen."

[6.0] "Roman Reigns is not a main event material. His charisma is too low for the mic. But he is able to conduct good matches and his move-set is adequate to his gimmick. He was into nice storylines, but is too overrated."

[7.0] "Roman Reigns isn't a bad wrestler. He's no Shawn Michaels or Undertaker, but he doesn't need to be, he just needs to be himself, and I think that's the main issue with him. When the Shield split, they tried to put him in the Rock's shoes by doing similar promos to his 'cousin', but he doesn't have the charisma for that. Plus, his push to the top of the company was quite the disaster, what with him getting booed out of the building. He needs to be the type to appear, beat up a bunch of guys, and leave, and thankfully on Monday's Raw he appeared to be showing that sort of character development. So long as he stays out of the main title picture as a face, I think he'll have a pretty good midcard run whilst WWE decides what to do with his character - hopefully for the better."

[3.0] "Pushed too early.. Keeps getting more and more annoying. Just turn him heel ffs. FACE ROMAN REIGNS IS THE CANCER OF WWE. I disagree with the fact that he can't wrestle, he's not bad in the ring, but yeah he really isn't that impressive either."

[8.0] "Zu unrecht verhasst. Solide im Ring, solide am Mic, solides Gimmick und man kauft ihm seine Moves immer ab. Für sein mittelmäßiges Booking kann er ja nichts. Ich hoffe dass er der WWE noch lange erhalten bleibt. Ich sehe ihn immer gern."

[5.0] "Oh oh oh... Reigns zu bewerten ist in seiner gegenwärtigen Lage fast unmöglich. Zum einen sind seine In Ring Skills ziemlich mittelmäßig bis schlecht. Von den Promos ganz zu schweigen. Andererseits hat er aktuell einfach nur Pech, was sein Booking betrifft. Er könnte bestimmt mehr aus sich machen, wenn die WWE das zulassen würde. Deswegen hat er nur eine Teilschuld was seinen Heat betrifft. Ich denke er befindet sich in einer ähnlichen Zwickmühle wie damals Umaga bei Three Minute Warning. Ein Heelturn mit Loslösung vom Shieldcharakter wie Rollins würde ihn wahrscheinlich mehr bringen, als ein weiteres Booking als Face."

[7.0] "A solid worker, most of whose faults aren't actually in his control. What he CAN improve on is his cardio, which seems to force him into long gaps in some of his marathon matches. Otherwise, he's definitely an asset, as he'll always get a reaction from the audience."

[7.0] "A pretty good wrestler with many fighting moves and styles in his arsenal. Ever since he won the rumble in 2015(due to imbecilicly predictable booking) he never got backed up by IWC. But i do agree that he is not main event worthy(Wm especially) and that he needs to upgrade his charisma/mic skills. He should stick with the mid-card at the moment."

[1.0] "4 years of being on the main roster already and there's just nothing entertaining or engaging about this guy. I wouldn't call him boring but, part of the reason why the crowd keeps resenting this guy is that he takes drugs and other people in the company get fired almost immediately after failing just one drug test and this guy gets a free pass? What kind of message is that sending for the little kids to relate to "THE GUY" as the face of the company? I've tuned out of watching Raw because of this. Roddy Piper, Shawn Michaels & Hulk Hogan were all popular with the fans because they were creative in the ring, good on the mic, don't wear the same crap to the ring week in and week out like Roman Reigns does, etc. They had broad appeal. Roman Reigns doesn't have that. He has little to no appeal among casual viewers. I don't think a 50 year old wrestling fan would ever find Roman Reigns entertaining. It's like beating a dead horse here. I think it's time for Vinnie Mac to move on with this failed experiment and try something else."

[8.0] "Ich denke bei keinem anderen Superstar gingen die Meinungen in der letzten Zeit so weit auseinander wie bei Roman Reigns. Zu Anfang... ich muss sagen, dass ich einige Jahre lang komplett vom Wrestling weg war und eher durch Zufall kurz nach Reigns Royal Rumble Sieg wieder angefangen habe, mich für diesen großartigen Sport zu begeistern. Grund dafür? Roman Reigns. Eingeschalten und diesen imposant und cool wirkenden Typen gesehen. Ich war sofort Fan von ihm und habe natürlich auch begonnen alles was ich verpasst habe aufzuarbeiten, also die komplette SHIELD Zeit. Relativ schnell fielen mir dann auch die vielen und immer lauter werdenden Buuh-Rufe auf, was mich damals sehr gewundert hat. Nach jetzt doch einiger Zeit kann ich die Abneigung der Fans zwar mehr verstehen als zu Beginn, bin aber trotzdem der Meinung das Roman Reigns hier und auch bei den Shows als Sündenbock für das teils katastrophale Booking benutzt wird. Reigns hat Charisma und Reigns hat die Ausstrahlung um im Main Event zu stehen und mittlerweile kann mir niemand mehr erzählen, dass er nicht auch In-Ring technisch das Zeug zum Champion hat. Er ist ein Powerhouse. Sein Moveset ist begrenzt(er), aber seine Aktion haben Impact und er verbessert sich stetig. Am Mic MUSS noch mehr kommen aber da gibt es viele andere, die es nicht besser machen. Schlussendlich noch ein paar Worte zu dieser Doping Sache. Das ist schlicht nicht cool. Egal in welcher Sportart, Doping ist keine gute Sache und das kann man auch nicht gut reden. Trotzdem wird sogar in dieser Angelegenheit mit zweierlei Maß gemessen. Ein Brock Lesnar, the beast, die große Attraktion der WWE wurde ebenfalls positiv auf diverse Substanzen getestet und doch wird er gefeiert, bekommt nicht mal eine Strafe... Aber nunja, objektiv wird Roman Reigns nie mehr betrachtet, dafür kann er selbst nicht viel und trotzdem muss er damit klar kommen aber vielleicht sollten wir als Fans uns auch selbst ein wenig hinterfragen wie fair wir in"

[4.0] "Er ist sicher nicht schlechter im Ring, als es andere Maineventer und Upper-Midcarder vor ihm zu diesem Zeitpunkt ihrer Karriere waren (vgl. Cena, Batista), er hat gegen gute Gegner wie Danielson, Rollins oder Styles ja schon gezeigt, dass er zumindest zu einem guten bis sehr guten Match geführt werden kann. Als er Teil des Shields war, konnten seine Schwächen bzgl Ringpsychologie, Faninteraktionen während des Matches und vor allem sein MicWork gut kaschiert werden, wenn er nur "Believe That" oä am Ende der Promos sagen durfte, kam er dabei sogar ziemlich "cool" rüber. Allerdings muss auch klar gesagt werden, dass er, seit er auf sich allein gestellt ist, mMn nie auch nur annähernd wie ein Big Player / Maineventer rüberkam. Teils grausige Promos, ein Ring Attire, dass mir doch zusehr nach Comicheld aussieht und eine gewisse, allgemeine Unbeholfenheit bei seinen Auftritten bestimmten seine Singlekarriere, aber trotzdem wurde er in Cena'eske Höhen gepusht... was vom "smarten" Teil des Publikums seit dem auch dementsprechend gewürdigt wird. Reigns kann als absolute Verkörperung des fehlenden Bezugs zur Wrestling-Gegenwart mancher WWE Oberen gesehen werden. Nur aufgrund seines Äußeren und vlt noch wegen seinem (manchmal) beeindruckenden Spear zum neuen Superstar erkoren, was von den Wrestling Fans mit X-Pac Heat abgestraft wird und wurde. Seine Suspendierung, kam wohl genau zur richtigen Zeit (jetzt wo scheinbar doch langsam aber sicher mehr und mehr Wert auf gutes Wrestling gelegt wird). Ich hoffe ehrlich gesagt, dass man ihn erstmal in der Midcard beim US-Titel lässt, im Mainevent hat er vom Können her und auch durch seine Doping-Verfehlungen nichts verloren. Da er sich im Ring zumindest (gefühlt) sukzessive peu à peu verbessert und er wie bereits erwähnt auch schon ein paar gute (Single-)Matches hatte, gebe ich momentan ausreichende 4 Punkte."

[2.0] "I am not going to sugarcoat this one. Roman Lames is complete garbage. He has average wrestling ability made even worse by his stupid superman punch which i never thought was a viable finisher. He also has no idea how to perform a spear. His in ring ability is also brought down by the fact that WWE what to make us buy every time that he is an underdog climbing his way to the top of the WWE heap, give me a break. I will say he can perform when he wants to in the right situation with the right guy and he has the intensity. Also Roman Lames mic skills are non existent. When he speaks he has no idea what to say you can tell it is not natural and for a big guy when he talks it is not intimidating, it is laughable. The gimmick is hey im a big guy and the attire is look we are lazy and just kept the shield attire and slapped on a stupid logo. Roman Lames is complete and utter horse manure, plain and simple."

[4.0] "Ich mag Roman Reigns einfach nicht. Ich finde, er kann nicht unterhalten. Natürlich ziemlich ruiniert durch die Writer... Seine Promos sind langweilig und im Ring ist er gerade so durchschnittlich"

[5.0] "Very stale on the mic, very stiff in the ring. He does have "The look" but not the skills. Doesn't deserve to be any type of champion in WWE."

[3.0] "If he could actually cut a decent promo, my rating might be a little higher. His finishing moves are bland and laughable at best, not to mention I haven't seen him hit more than 5 moves in one match. Not quite sure if he knows that many moves... I give him 3/10 because at least he has a superstar look."

[8.0] "The most OVERHATED wrestler of all time. The guy is entertaining in the ring and is alright on the mic. He carries himself as a star and just because WWE tried so hard to make him a thing, he gets shat on."

[8.0] "Has improved greatly and has always been able to put on a good match in 2016. The hate is getting old now. Sure I'd love to see him as a heel but I still like him as an in ring talent."

[8.0] "A good in-ring performer who has the look to be taken seriously as a main event by casual fans, WWE's creative has done him no favors by failing to change his gimmick post-Shield at all and by writing material for his promos that is so bad that nobody could possibly make it work. As the guy that WWE is trying to build their promotion around, Roman Reigns has been unfairly scapegoated by a vocal portion of the WWE fanbase that wants WWE to push smaller wrestlers who wrestle the American indy style rather than the heavyweights and super heavyweights that they have traditionally built their promotion around."

[7.0] "I do not understand why so many Haters with him. It is not great. Nor has size to be a Top Guy ... But it's not all bad. Criticize him for booking errors, when in fact, it is even better than Dean Ambrose ... Okay that he does not have any quality with a microphone, however, does not deserve such hatred"

[6.0] "Roman ist ein schwer zu bewertendes Thema.... Er wird als TOP GUY dargestellt, darf Regelmäßig gleich 3-4-5 der Top Leute schlagen (am besten zu selben Zeit) und ist dabei weder im Ring noch am Mic wirklich richtig gut. ABER macht ihn das gleihc zum schlechten Wrestler wie viele sagen? Roman kann es im Ring aber für die Art und Weise wie er gebooked wird kann er nun wirklich nichts. Ich bin absolut kein Reigns Fan, aber wenn man höhrt wie der gute Roman Woche für Woche ausgebuht wird tut es einem schon Leid, da er sich wirklich den Arsch aufreißt und versucht es uns Fans recht zu machen."

[8.0] "He was obviously a lot better as a member of the Shield. Him as solo did have obstacles in his rise to the top, but he overcame those and is now over. He has the potential to be a legitimate superstar. People just need to stop referring to everything happening to Roman as a way to "make him look strong" and criticize him as a result. That's not even what CM Punk was initially talking about in the podcast."

[10.0] "One of the best superstars on the actual main roster. I understand that some people may not like him because of the booking he has got, but come on guys... He is a great in-ring performer, has a great charisma and connects with the crowd. His weak point was his mic-skills and recently he has improved it a lot."

[6.0] "Say what you want about the guy's booking, but as a wrestler he isn't nearly as terrible as everyone says. Sure on mic he is pretty bad, and the way he so often has a superman comeback is pretty damn infuriating (especially his lack of selling), but there are other aspects of his abilities that are quite good. I am of course talking about Roman's power moves. He's a big, big Samoan guy that knows how to throw people around. It's sort of natural that he is going to impress in that regard. Even a crowd that spends an entire year booing himself will be unable to stop themselves from popping when he unleashes one of his signature powerbombs or delivers a really good looking spear or superman punch. It's also quite admirable for Roman be pushed as one of the big guys in the company by management, get shit on by the live crowd/ICW every week, and still have the courage to go out and do his job. He absolutely does not deserve the massive hate he gets. If anything WWE themselves deserve that for booking him as they have. I truly think if Roman was turned heel then people would go mad for him, like that one time he went crazy towards Triple H and Stephanie. Hopefully that comes soon before Roman descends into madness from all the hate he is getting."

[9.0] "all notes 0 is a shame, no good enough justification, only smarks IWC talking nonsense. Your push is exaggerated? No doubt, but it remains a quality wrestler. After WrestleMania he has not offered any bad match in PPV. Fact. And it's completely a lie to say that he was carried in these matches, just see the good participation in the Triple Threat in Battleground and their match at Extreme Rules against AJ Styles (where he surprised me and was NOT carried). For me deserves 7, but gain 9 because high number of 0 ratings."

[10.0] "Roman isn't as bad as people say, He's actually a great wrestler. People say Roman's mic skills are terrible, but he's improved on them alot and he has a unique move set. People also complain how boring he is, but they don't realise that he's only doing what he's told, it's that way he's being booked that's boring, not the man himself. His match with Seth Rollins was fantastic, both of his matches with Aj Styles were great, his match with Big Show at Extreme Rules was amazing, he even put on a great performance at Royal Rumble 2013."

[7.0] "Im Ring wirklich kein Schlechter. Die größten Defizite wären wohl Mic-Work und Charisma, aber ansonsten ist er ein durch und durch solider Worker, der vor allem im Shield, wo er Stärken hervorheben und Schwächen kaschieren konnte, vollkommen aufgegangen ist. Roman Reigns als Worker kriegt von mir solide 7 Punkte. Roman Reigns als Symbol der WWE-Politik und der Respektlosigkeit gegenüber den für dumm verkauften Fans verdient jedoch glatte 0 Punkte. Joe Anoa'i kann dafür aber herzlich wenig."

[6.0] "Er könnte ein richtig guter Main Eventer sein! Im Shield hatte er eine enorme Sickness - und das kam an! Leider hat man das im WWE Office nicht verstanden bzw. falsch interpretiert. Und darum ist Reigns der ultimative Buhmann geworden, der er derzeit nun einmal ist. Reigns selber kann dafür recht wenig, denn er macht nur seinen verf****en Job, der ihm von seinen Out of Tough-Vorgesetzten vorgegeben wird."

[7.0] "Reigns tut mir leid. Er ist durchaus gut im Ring, gerade in seiner Shieldzeit und besitzt auch gutes Selling. Das Booking um ihn herum ist aber so schlecht, dass er oft unreflektiert gehasst wird. Zur Zeit seines Rumble-Sieges z. B. war er nicht unbeliebt, aber da Bryan nicht gewann wurde er zum Hassobjekt. Seine Promos sind meist schlecht, was hier eine höhere Wertung verhindert, aber ich hoffe, dass er seine Rolle finden wird. Die Leute, die ihn in seiner Shield-Zeit so gut bewertet haben, können nicht alle falsch liegen. Ich hoffe, ihm geht es ein bisschen wie Cena, der immer auch für sein Superman-Booking gehasst wurde und bei dem sich jetzt, wo er nicht mehr pausenlos im Main Event steht, zeigt, dass er ein guter In-Ring-Worker ist-"

[6.0] "Roman is fine, he has good matches. But he's creeping death for WWE fans. It's the slow return of John Cena and Hogan and above all other things, I think fans just feel frustrated to be powerless in stopping that from happening. A new unchosen wrestler to win every match and hold the WWE title for the majority of a decade... they should consider that position for somebody the fans are cheering for. Ultimately WWE fans are booing the booking... that isn't Roman's fault, but what are we to do?"

[3.0] "Im Ring deutlich stabiler, aber weder versierter noch interessanter geworden. Klar der Look eines Main Eventers hat er schon, aber das war es auch schon. Ab und an ein gutes Match zu zeigen, wohlgemerkt mit dem richtigen Gegner, reicht meines Erachtens nicht aus um ganz oben zu stehen. Seine schauspielerische Leistung kennt kaum mehr als nur ein Gesicht und seine Mic-Skills sind unter aller Sau. Dennoch darf er sich stets wie sonst wer aufspielen und steht ganz ober, verstehe wer will. Zudem gibt sich der Herr ziemlich arrogant in Interviews, sagt er wäre besser als ein Cena und spielt sich auf. Seine Charakter im Ring und Außerhalb ist einfach unsympathisch, ein Cena 2. 0 vom Booking her. Würde wegen der Antipathie eigentlich schlechter bewerten, dennoch lasse ich das aus dem Fokus. Am Mic und schauspielerisch 2 Punkte, im Ring würde ich ihm 6 Punkte geben, Look 3 Punkte (läuft immer noch mit Shield-Weste rum) und Entwicklung 2 Punkte, denn eine Entwicklung kann ich beim besten Willen nicht erkennen. 3 Punkte für den most over pushed Wrestler der letzten Jahre."

[7.0] "Finde Reigns besser als ihn alle hinstellen er ist meiner Meinung nach sehr solide im Ring und verbessert sich stetig. Am Mic ist er leider sehr schwach! Allerdings finde ich ihn mittlerweile sehr Charismatisch und die Ausstrahlung passt auch, von daher 7Punkte"

[5.0] "Nachdem ich erfahren habe, dass Roman Reigns für 30 Tage suspendiert worden ist, will ich hier jetzt auch eine Wertung mit Kommentar hinterlassen. Erstmal möchte ich sagen, dass es meiner Meinung nach wesentlich bessere Wrestler im Roster der WWE gibt, bei denen ein Push schon längst überfällig wäre und die es als mehr als Roman Reigns verdient hätten im Main Event zu stehen. Ich kann zwar seine aktuelle Position wegen seiner Vergangenheit mit the Shield und der aktuellen Storyline/Fehde des Trios nachvollziehen, dennoch ist sein bisheriges Booking als "Super-Cena 2. 0" einfach nur katastrophal und ein billiger Versuch einen Nachfolger für Cena zu finden, was in der heutigen Zeit zum Scheitern verurteilt ist und man ein solches Gimmick den erwachsenen Fans nicht mehr verkaufen kann. Mal ganz abgesehen davon, dass sein Push bis zum Pluto für Sterbliche sogar kaum noch durch ein Teleskop zu sehen ist. Aber jetzt weiter zur Wertung: Ich muss sagen, dass ich bei Reigns in den letzten Monaten im Ring als auch am Mic eine leichte positive Entwicklung erkenne. Ich finde ihn wrestlerisch mittlerweile solide und bei den letzten drei PPVs hat er sogar ganz ansehnliche Leistungen gezeigt. Trotzdem sind seine Fähigkeiten am Mic noch sehr begrenzt und ich schlafe bei seinen Promos oftmals ein, weil seine monotone Art und Weise zu reden mich einfach nicht mitreißt, zumal er auch gefühlt immer den selben Bullshit labert. Charisma kann ich bei ihm ebenfalls nur sehr wenig bis gar nicht erkennen, was aber auch vielleicht an seinem schrecklichen Booking liegt. Jedenfalls hoffe ich, dass Reigns nach Ablauf seiner Sperre als Badass Heel zurückkehrt, wodurch er hoffentlich aufblüht und eine neue Seite von ihm zeigen kann, die uns fesseln wird. Bei Money in the Bank und RAW hat man ja immerhin schon leichte Heel-Ansätze von ihm gesehen."

"Nur ein Kommentar, da ich ihn verdammt schwer zu bewerten finde, da er einfach schlecht gebookt wird. Im Ring ist er ok, kann auch gute Matches zeigen. Als Powerhouse besitzt er eine gewisse Strahlkraft, muss aber sein Moveset noch verbessern. Am Mic ist er schwach. Er hat noch nicht das Richtige für sich gefunden und der zu frühe Push, gab ihm dann auch keine Zeit sich zu entwickeln. Ich hoffe, dass die WWE ihm nach dem Titelverlust, erstmal Zeit gibt sich zu entwickeln und ihm vielleicht einen Manager (Paul Heyman) an die Seite stellt. Dann könnte er durchaus eine große Nummer werden."

[7.0] "Roman Reigns is divisive for a reason -- but I put far more blame on the booking than on the performer. In a vacuum, I think Roman is a very good wrestler, and one of the more solid "heavyweight bruiser" types WWE has pushed. He doesn't need a massive moveset, because the moves he employs work for him -- and he's gotten so much better at pulling them off in the last couple years. Roman is hard-hitting, he's a terrific heel, he's got definite intensity, and even his promos aren't awful when he keeps them short and sweet. If anything, what bothers me about Roman is his lack of psychology. Just last night, at Money in the Bank, he completely no-sold a turnbuckle powerbomb. No matter how strongly the company wants to book him, that's absurd. Still, I don't hold it against him too badly, because Roman has shown a great potential for growth and improved consistently. He'll get to the point where he deserves his booking -- eventually. And he already has a long list of excellent matches, especially his run in the spring of 2015."

[9.0] "Kann überhaupt nicht nachvollziehen wieso er so gehasst wird. Ich schaue sehr gerne seine Matches an. Er hat nen coolen Look und seine Matches sind an sich solide, sind aber noch entwicklungsfähig. Sein Problem sind in der Tat seine Promos. Da muss er noch stark an sich arbeiten. Allerdings finde ich ihn insgesamt trotzdem sehr unterhaltsam."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns is all what you expect when you thing about a heavyweight ace. This guy probably has the best 15 months run in PPV in WWE/F history beggining at Fast Lane 2015 and ending at Extreme Rules 2016. No matter who is his rival. ¿Bryan? Bryan works his game and Roman legitimates with his power and intensity. ¿Lesnar? The greatest main event of WM history IMO. A true *****. A legitimate war and a masterclass of storytelling without unnecessary complexity, ¿Show? A very fun spotfest with a great use of the stipulation, MOTN when the expectations were null. ¿Wyatt and Sheamus? Very good singles matches and great use of the stipulation in the TLC and HIAC (this was great) ¿Triple threat against Dean and Brock? One of the very best TT matches ever. ¿AJ Styles? Two MOTYC where they both made a superb performance in every single aspect of the game and Roman silenced a lot of stupid criticism (in my opinion, two of the best 3 bouts of Styles career, only SuzukiŽs one was better) EVERY SINGLE PPV match of Roman has that "NCAA basket Finals" feel. Everyone has an opinion about him that puts him and his rivals (AJ Styles is the best example) super over. Plus, he has a marketable look and an an awesome run as The ShieldŽs muscle. Nobody has been so good as main event player in WWE in a short period. Probably he will be one of the very best ever."

[6.0] "Beim Shield damals haben alle gemeint Reigns oder Ambrose sind die Stars der Zukunft. Rollins&Ambrose sind Stars der Zukunft gworden. Aber seid dem Royal Rumble Sieg 2015 versucht die WWE Krampfhaft diesen Mann als Topface aufzubauen. Was hat die WWE nicht alles versucht Survivor Series Sieg gegen Dean, dann der Schocker von Sheamus. Royal Rumble 2016 der Sieg vom Heel "Triple H" der wird abgefeiert bis zur Wrestlemania. Anschließend redet Reigns fast nur den selben Text mit er ist The Guy. Besiegt AJ Styles Publikumslieblinge Usos helfen Reigns nicht. Dann kommt Seth zurück der wird abgefeiert und wird auch bei Money in the Bank sicher mehr Fanreaktion ziehen wie Reigns. Was ich gerne sehen würde ist der Turn zum Heel für Reigns, sein aussehen und auch der Arrogante Charakterzug seit Wrestlemania würden richtig Spaß machen. (Roman hat Potenzial aber eben mehr als Heel)"

[6.0] "Ok, ich werde jetzt über Roman Reigns schreiben und es wird vermutlich ewig dauern bis ich fertig bin. Also, ich finde Roman Reigns ist kein schlechter Wrestler, er ist viel besser als die meisten Leute behaupten und definitiv ein besserer WRESTLER als John Cena in 2005. Er hat nicht gerade das aufregendste Move-Set der Welt, aber die Moves die er hat, führt er sehr flüssig aus und um ehrlich zu sein, die meisten Wrestler heutzutage haben eher einige Moves die sie in jedem Match benutzen. Für mich kommt's eher auf die Story an, die im Match erzählt wird und ich finde, dass er letztes Jahr mit Brock Lesnar bewiesen hat und es ist mir egal was mir jemand sagt. Ich finde auch, dass er richtig in Matches blüht wo er mit seinem Gegner so richtig stiff sein kann(Lesnar, Aj)und denke deswegen ein Match mit Shinsuke Nakamura in der Zukunft währe großartig. Seine wahre Schwäche ist wirklich am Mikrofon, obwohl man das auch auf die Writer schieben kann(keine Kreatur sagt Sufferin Succotash und ich hab's satt ihn jede Woche zu sehen, wie er seinen Monolog über 'I'M THE GUY' wiederholt)aber ich denke auch einfach, dass er am Mikrofon sehr langweilig klingt, weil er so ne tiefe Stimme hat. Es kann sein, dass er mehr am Mikro drauf hat, aber ich hab bisher nichts gesehen. Also jetzt, Roman Reigns als Babyface:GRAUENVOLL! Einfach nur grauenvoll, weil es eben so gezwungen ist. Niemand liebt ihn und er ist jetzt in einer Position, wo er Krebs heilen kann und Leute würden ihn trotzdem hassen. Dies ist ganz einfach, weil niemand jemals glauben wird, dass Roman Reigns seine Position verdient hat, denn jeder weiß, selbst wenn er noch so unterentwickelt wäre wie so ungefähr Sommer 2014, würde er trotzdem so gepusht sein wie jetzt. Aber trotzdem zwingt die WWE Roman Reigns als Face und ruinieren damit das Potenzial von jemand anderem(Seth Rollins), denn ihr einziger Sinn ist Roman Reigns stark aussehen zu lassen und das soll kein Witz sein, denn es ist einfach so. Macht ihn zu einen Heel"

[6.0] "Reigns ist ein solider Wrestler. Sein Look gefällt mir, wie auch den meisten anderen sehr gut. Sein Moveset ist begrenzt, aber seine Moves führt er sauber aus. Mic Work momentan leider nur eintönig. Update: Mittlerweile nervt es immer mehr, wie die Fans Roman Reigns dafür verantwortlich machen, dass er so gebookt wird. Anfangs fand ich es ja noch okay, aber es nervt inzwischen noch mehr als seine "I'm the Guy" Promo. Ich verstehe, wenn man jemanden sucht der für sein Booking verantwortlich ist und ihn das spüren lässt, aber so sehr es einem auch gegen den Strich geht - NICHT er ist dafür verantwortlich. Ich reduziere meine Wertung trotz allem auf 6 (vorher 7 Punkte) wegen seinem zunehmend eintönigerem Mic Work."

[10.0] "This is a very good wrestlers with a enormous potentials , a good naturals charisma but the WWE wrost utilies Roman Reigns and the people think Roman Reigns its a wrost wrestler but no ! is very good on heel"

[5.0] "Though by no means a bad wrestler, Roman Reigns's run at the top has been marked by disappointment after disappointment. And when disappointment becomes the norm, is it disappointment or mediocrity? Despite consistently getting four stars and higher from Big Dave, most of his main event matches simply don't appeal to me. He wrestles like he's running through a checklist of spots in his head, his moveset borders on hokey, and his character work is poor. Whether he's a victim of WWE's overdirection or this is his fault, something needs to change if he wants to become a genuine draw."

[9.0] "At first I wasn't for Reigns as a solo guy but this run as WWE Champion has changed my opinion on him. His intensity has greatly improved and so did the in ring work as well. I mean seriously the feud with Styles really helped this guy out a lot and he doesn't talk on the mic much which is a plus and I like it that way. I see great things for Reigns moving forward on this year."

[7.0] "Ach der Roman... er ist ja weiß Gott kein schlechter Mann. Im Ring zeigt er, ähnlich wie John Cena, dass er mit dem richtigen Gegner zu sehr anständigen Matches in der Lage ist. In allen anderen relevanten Bereichen, nämlich Ausstrahlung, Zuschauerinteraktion und Micwork ist er durchschnittlich. Nun mag das sicher viel seiner Darstellung geschuldet sein, denn ich denke, ein Heel-Roman würde auch deutlich mehr Ausstrahlung entwickeln, aber momentan sehe ich in Roman Reigns nicht viel, was ihn als Top-Star legitimiert. Außer eben sein Look, aber das kann ich nicht positiv in die Bewertung einfließen lassen. Mehr als sieben Punkte sind daher aktuell nicht gerechtfertigt, gleichwohl ich festhalten möchte, dass da noch Luft nach oben ist. Wenn, ja wenn die Offiziellen von WWE mal ein Einsehen haben und ihn anders darstellen würden..."

[9.0] "He is really really good wrestler. He came in 2012 and he already have 3 WWE World Heavyweight Championships . He is very powerful , and he fights with style. Roman Reigns never ran from somebody . And he never gives up . He always kicks out and two and always is ready to fight . That's why i rate him with 9. 0 ."

[8.0] "He is good. People need to chill out with the hate ala John Cena. Dude is not the best but he doesn't suck like so many people claim. I like the guy and he is out there getting it done. I do wish for a heel turn because that would be money."

[4.0] "Ja, Roman Reigns, vielleicht ein netter Typ und ein guter Worker der WWE. Doch wrestlerisch, jedenfalls das, was man sieht, dann doch eher sehr langweilig und eintönig. Die immer wieder gleichen Moves, die die Gegner K. O. schlagen. Der unglaubwürdige Superman-Punch und der Spear. Paar Hebegriffe, das wars. Dass WWE ihn mit allen Mitteln bei den Fans over bringen möchte, gibt dem ganzen Charakter den Rest. Den die Leute wollen sich nix aufquatschen lassen. Und so leidet Reigns eher noch mehr unter dem ganzen. Bei mir ist es derzeit so, die Reigns-Matches werden zum größten Teil weggezappt, da sie mich einfach nur langweilen."

[0.0] "Uppercut. Powerbomb. Samoan Drop. Dropkick on the apron. Superman Punch. Kick out at two. Spear outta nowhere. 1-2-3. The guide to every Roman Reigns match. Let's face it, if he looked like Kevin Owens or Daniel Bryan, Vinice wouldn't give him a second glance. But since he gives ol'Vinnie such a hard on with his look, he gets pushed to the moon. Fucking joke..."

[5.0] "Roman Reigns kann mit dem richigen Gegner gute matches liefern-und man kann ihm auch nicht vorwerfen sich nicht zu bemühen. Für die Position als Aushängeschild des Marktführers ist das aber viel zu wenig-in allen Belangen. Im Ring halt relativ unauffällig und überschaubar von den Fähigkeiten. Micwork ist dagegen aber schon fast katastrophal-in seinen Gefilden der card braucht man entweder gute micskills, ein Sprachrohr, oder ein Gimmick inklusive performance die alles andere nichtig machen. Er hat im Moment nichts davon-zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt wäre er in der midcard besser aufgehoben-wobei er da auch eher untergehen könnte. Mit Leuten wie Cesaro oder Zayn kann er ringerisch nicht mithalten. Es muss dringend sein Auftreten überarbeiten werden und er sollte sich weiter im Ring verbessern um wirklich irgendwann mal akzeptiert zu werden. Von einem Totalausfall kann man hier allerdings freilich nicht reden und Grundanlagen, sowie eine ordentliche Ausstrahlung sind vorhanden. Hier ist finetuning gefragt-und zwar schnell. Im Moment von mir 5 Punkte-vorerst. :)"

[0.0] "Weder Fisch noch Fleisch der Typ. Entwickelt sich zu Cena v2. Ich meine super john v2, denn Cena war einst ein Super Wrestler mit Charakter und nicht Supermann. Einfach nur seine 5 moves Superman Punch und Gott weiß was noch, und dann noch der Spear. Welcher ehrlich gesagt nicht mal halb so gut wie der von Goldberg ist(was auch keiner je wieder schaffen wird). Entweder WWE lässt die jungs mal wrestlen oder ich sehe schwarz."

[7.0] "Ich kann nur für mich sprechen, aber seit Mania, seit er die Hater akzeptiert hat und mit ihnen spielt, gefällt mir der Junge. Die beiden Mainevents gegen Styles waren toll. Ich bin tierisch gespannt, wann und von wem er vom Thron gestoßen wird."

[0.0] "He sucks in the ring, he sucks on the mic and he sucks in every other way possible. He's a f'n boring meat head powerhouse that's only the champion because he has the "look". They have so many other talented wrestlers on their roster and they have this talentless hack as their champion. Pathetic........"

[8.0] "Gut im Ring, am Mic nicht so sehr, aber besser als vorher. Das ganze gebashe ist lächerlich, beim Shield wurde er von den selben leuten gefeiert. Guter Mann und ein Gesicht der Zukunft, zu recht."

[5.0] "Durchschnittlicher Wrestler im Ring, der für einen Main Eventer viel zu schlechte Mic-Skills hat. Er sollte lieber als Midcarder eingetzt werden, der um den US Titel, den IC Titel oder den TT Title fehdet und diese auch unter Umständen hält, aber mehr ist er nicht."

[3.0] "Unterdurchschnittlicher Wrestler im Ring. Sehr schlechte bis gar keine Skills am Mic. Der verdient net mehr als die Midcard."

[8.0] "Everyone is so over-critical of Reigns, and while he's not perfect, it's mostly because they want to seem cool I think, or they're upset Styles or Rollins isn't holding the title. Reigns is definitely a good worker who has put on a disappointing PPV performance only ONCE in his 3 1/2 years in WWE (WM 32), but he definitely does need a heel turn or a character change, if not to get him over, than at least to make him less bland"

[7.0] "Super unterhaltsam wie sehr die (Internet-)Fans ihn hassen und nach dem Heelturn wahrscheinlich doch wieder lieben werden. Die Tweener-Rolle momentan ist klasse und die Reaktionen die er zieht einfach lustig. So wie die kindischen Kommentare "Ich schau kein WWE mehr wenn er nochmal gegen AJ gewinnt". Ich hoffe wirklich er bleibt noch sehr lange Champ."

[1.0] "Ich empfinde den Fakt, dass dieser Mann dreimal den World Title binnen 5 Monaten gesehen hat, während Leute wie Hennig, Smith und Hall es niemals durften, als eine grobe Beleidigung gegenüber allen Leuten, die Talent haben und sich ihre Position hart erarbeiten mussten. Naja, bei dem was Vince da in den letzten Jahren so abliefert, passt das ja. Bis heute habe ich nicht den Hauch einer Ahnung, warum irgendwer für diesen Typen jubelt. In einem Roster, in denen die Jobber mehr auf den Tisch bringen und weit talentiertere Leute weit bessere Reaktionen kriegen, ist mir völlig suspekt, was Roman Reigns darstellen soll. Seine Micskills sind gelinde gesagt nicht Main-Roster-würdig, sein Wrestling ist auf dem Niveau eines SD Jones, Charisma sehe ich überhaupt keines. Eine absolute Frechheit der Verantwortlichen, diesen Typen, noch dazu mit unglaublich unsympathischem und nervtötendem Superman-Booking, ins Main Event zu stellen. Früher dachte ich mir immer, dass John Cena schlecht wäre, aber je mehr ich mir diesen Herren ansehe, desto mehr steigt meine Sympathie für Cena - Cena ist ihm in allen Bereichen meilenweit überlegen. Reigns ist essentiell die moderne Version des Ultimate Warriors, nur mit weniger Farbe und noch weniger Charisma als das Original."

[10.0] "If the most hated superstar definitely turns heel then will be so much fun in the future (i love to hate him). He is such a good heel!"

[1.0] "Of all the amazing talent at wwe's disposal they choose this uncharismatic failure as their top guy it's not cena 2. 0 because at least cena got cheered and is good on the mic and can adapt with the times this is ultimate warrior 2. 0"

[3.0] "Roman Reigns gehört einfach in die midcard oder undercard man puscht ihn nur weil er den , , Look" hat aber er hat keine guten Inring skils und er hält grässliche promos dass einzige was er kann ist der spear."

[1.0] "No charsima, not really good on the ring and no great moves. He has been pushed by WWE only thanks to his family roots. WWE try to create a "new Cena" with Reigns but it fails. In two words : clearly overrated !"

[8.0] "Ich finde ihn gar nicht so schlecht, wie er von einigen gemacht wird, auch wenn ich es ebenfalls nicht verstehe, dass er so dermaßen gepusht wird, da es dennoch definitiv bessere gibt. Gute persönliche Ausstrahlung (9/10 Punkte), das Gimmick als One-Man-Shield, naja so lala, würde als Heel besser rüberkommen (7/10) die Moves etwas eintönig, Standard-Spear, Superman-Punch, immer das selbe, aber irgendwie bringt er es dennoch gut rüber (7/10 Punkte), am Mic ganz ordentlich (9/10). Gibt bei mir einen Gesamtwert von 8/10 Punkten"

[5.0] "has a great look, and a competent in ring performer, but the man has ZERO charisma, and for the love of god, STOP GIVING HIM A MIC! he really needs a manager, I think he would go over better as a quiet powerhouse whose manager does the talking. should be turned heel as much as the fans hate him."

[5.0] "Eigentlich wäre er als Wrestler ganz okay, aber der Babyface-Push, den er in den letzten Jahren erhalten hat, passt einfach nicht. Als Heel würde er mir wohl besser gefallen."

[6.0] "Has the pedigree, but regardless how much VKM wants to get him over the fans dislike him. WWE need to understand their fanbase is a lot more sophisticated than they used to be. Limited move set (superman punch, spear (Copyright Goldberg)), in fact you know when a wrestler has pretty limited skills when his main weapon is the Spear (Example = Goldberg). Pro wrestling illustrated stated in an editorial that he has 'Charisma', am I missing something here?"

"Ich versuche wirklich die vorhandene Begeisterung für ihn zu verstehen. Aber leider gelingt es mir nicht. Er wirkt wie einer dieser Typen welche die WWE mit aller Gewalt zum Star machen will. Potenzial vorhanden, keine Frage. Aber bisher wird er mir zu sehr von den anderen getragen. Sei es durch Punk, sei es durch den Rest von The Shield. Ich weiß wirklich nicht was ich von ihm halten soll. Eine Bewertung nach Punkten kommt deshalb einfach noch nicht in Frage. // Update 06. 04. 16: Als ich Anfang '14 noch Probleme hatte zu verstehen was manch einer an ihm findet, war mir irgendwie klar das es noch kompliziert mit dem Typen werden würde. Falt ist, er ist kein so starker Wrestler wie man es uns gerne verkaufen möchte. Ich glaube das ich mindestens 25 andere aus dem aktuellen WWE Roster benennen könnte die wirklich besser sind. Fakt ist aber auch, dass das Booking um ihn herum einfach Müll ist. Die WWE bzw. VKM Jr. will ihm zum neuen John Cena machen. Irgendwo verständlich weil eine Aktiengesellschaft wie die WWE nun mal nicht von den Internet-Smart-Mark-Fans lebt sondern von den Merch-Verkäufen und die scheinen wohl nicht schlecht zu sein und selbst eine Mir bekannte Junge Dame schaut nur Wrestling wegen ihm. Tja, im Shield noch der Held und dann tief gefallen... Ein Dilemma also. So wie es aussieht gibt es einen Grund das er so stark gepusht wird. So wie es weiter aussieht werden wir uns als Fans daran gewöhnen müssen. Objektiv ist der Typ maximal ne 5, 5/10. Aber ich kann ihn einfach nicht fair bewerten. Nicht solange er nicht seinen realen Fähigkeiten entsprechend eingesetzt wird."

[7.0] "Naja, nun gebe ich doch mal eine Bewertung zu Roman Reigns ab. Ich würde schon fast sagen, ich bin einer der jenigen, die ihn wirklich so gar nicht ausstehen können. Aber wieso gebe ich hier 7 Punkte? Ich frag es mich gerade selber, aber muss doch anerkennen, dass er nicht viel dafür kann. Er wird ausgebuht und gehatet von den meisten WWE Zuschauern, weil er eben von der WWE auserwählt wurde, vielleicht wurde er auch wirklich zu früh ins Wasser geworfen. Aber man muss doch auch langsam mal anerkennen, dass er sich macht. Ich erkenne zumindestens eine Entwicklung. Am Mic wird er besser und Wrestlerisch, war er eigentlich auch nie so wirklich schlecht. Da gibt es weniger gute, die über alle Berge gelobt werden. Und ne gewisse Coolness hat er auch, kann man nicht abstreiten. Wobei ich glaube, Reigns würde einen hervorragenden Heel abgeben und diesen Wandel sollte man langsam vollziehen, man fängt ja schon damit an und wenn es konzequent durchgezogen wird, könnte aus ihm ein herrlicher Heel werden."

[4.0] "hes is ok he can give amazing matches but he gets booed a lot because he is WWE project for the future favoring him over more popular and talented wrestlers like Styles, Cesaro, Owens, Zayn, Bryan, Wyatt and More importantly lately Ambrose. the fact that the production and announce team tries to hide the boos of the crowd angers the smart fans even more due to them not listening to the audience. the use of the overused Spear move and continuing of the Shield Gimmick just starts to wonder what their face of the company gimmick is because Hogan, Rock, Stone Cold and Cena all had a clear gimmick"

"I like Roman Reigns, he is very good in ring. He has a good ofensive and a good psychology. The bad things are his sell (itŽs awful, except in ME of Wrestlemania against Brock) and his mic skills (he improved a lot, but he still boring me). A bad book donŽt need to say that he is an awful wrestler"

[10.0] "Hat sich trotz zahlloser Kritik oft bewiesen. Im Ring inzwischen sehr gut, wenn man betrachtet dass er 2010 anfing. Ihm 0 Punkte geben finde ich ungerecht da er ja nicht so limitiert ist wie andere. Er liefert Fantastische Matches ab egal ob kurz oder lang und mit starken Gegnern und schwierigen. Nur weil die hinten Ihn nicht richtig einsetzten werde ich Ihn nicht hassen sondern Ihn weiter als Top Athlet sehen."

[6.0] "Roman isn't a bad wrestler, the problem is, his flaws have been overexposed by WWE, he isn't great on the mic, but he is still quite dominant in the ring. His problem is his charisma. While he's a big dude, he doesn't ever come over as menacing. He has improved, though. Even from 2015 on he has been improving himself and getting the spotlight off him for a while did him good. Shouldn't have given him the WWE World Title that soon, though. And he's not a natural babyface."

[0.0] "Roman Reigns ist nicht nur der "neue" John Cena, nein, er ist 100 mal schlimmer als das. Reigns ist nicht bereit für den Main Event, weder wresterlisch noch am Mikrofon. Er hat das Charisma einer Banane und die Ausstrahlung einer Pflaume. Der Mann ist so grün wie die Blätter im Tropischen Wald. Der Mann ist der Krebs der Firma und jemand muss ihn (Oder Vince) aufhalten. Dieser Mann ist ein Superman Punch ins Gesicht für alle anderen Talente Backstage die es seit Jahren verdient haben ganz oben zu stehen mit all den Fähigkeiten von den Reigns nur träumen kann."

[0.0] "I change the channel when he shows up and he will main event two consecutive wrestlemania's. The guy has no originality. He still uses sheild's music, attire, taunts, catchphrases and everything. Another face of wwe with 5 moves of doom- 1. Clothsline 2. Dropkick 3. Samoan Drop 4. Superman Punch 5. Spear"

[3.0] "Wann hört das entlich auf? OK, halte zwar auch nicht viel von HHH aber dieses "ROMAN EMPIRE"gequatsche ist echt nicht mehr auszuhalten.. Ständig stellt man ihn da, als wäre er der Überwrestler doch dabei hat er bis auf einen beeindruckenden Körperbau rein gar nichts zu bieten , was einen guten Wrestler ausmacht.."

[7.0] "Reigns zu bewerten ist aufgrund des Bookings sehr schwer. Er wird uns einfach zu sehr aufgedrückt und viel zu stark dargestellt ... man zeigt uns, was wir nicht sehen wollen und da wundern das Heat nicht, dass er zieht. Aber wenn man sich seine Leistung anschaut, ist er wirklich gut. In NXT und bei Shield hat er als Heel gute bis sehr gute Arbeit geleistet - gerade in NXT gab es gute Promos, an die er bis heute nicht anschließen konnte im Main Roster. Aber man weiß, dass er am Mic mehr kann, als er aktuell zeigt. Und im Ring ist er wirklich gut. Man muss nur mal einen Blick in den Matchguide werfen: Egal ob in Singles-, Tag Team- oder Stipulation-Matches ... Reigns liefert im Ring immer gute Arbeit ab, schont sich nicht und überrascht immer wieder positiv. Im Ring seh ich ihn also gerne, aber abgesehen davon eher nicht - aufgrund des nervigen Bookings. Insgesamt betrachtet ist er besser, als er gemacht wird. Trotzdem ist er nicht der richtige, für die Top-Position."

[3.0] "So THIS is the man who's going to be the new face of the WWE now that John Cena's reign of terror might be coming to a close. I've seen worse. But I sure as hell have seen better. Unlike Cena and his 5 moves of doom, due to budget cutbacks, Reigns has only been assigned 4. Gotta save that training money for more RAWs hosted by Flo Rida, I guess. If this is the future of sports entertainment, I eagerly anticipate the debut of Global Force Wrestling."

[7.0] "Zu Reigns hat im Moment jeder eine Meinung und viele davon sind sicher etwas emotional überlagert. Ich kann allerdings verstehen, daß die Vince Dollarzeichen in den Augen bekommt, wenn er Roman anblickt, denn er sieht aus wie ein Bilderbuchchamp. Leider ist der physisch überlegene Face-Champ a la Hogan einfach nicht mehr zeitgemäß, hier will man doch lieber jemand sehen, der hart für seine Erfolge arbeiten muss. Deshalb tut man mit seiner aktuellen Rolle einfach niemandem einen Gefallen. Reigns wäre der perfekte Heel, am besten noch mit einem Manager, der das Reden übernimmt. Im Ring überzeugt er auch, wenn man sich auf seinen Stil einlässt, allerdings würde ich lieber sehen, wenn er sich stärker aufs Brawling verlegt statt einen Powermove an den anderen zu reihen, das liegt ihm in meinen Augen mehr. Aber einen Trost für ihn kann es geben, The Rock ging es schließlich in seiner Anfangszeit sehr ähnlich und die Geschichte ging ja auch noch gut aus..."

[5.0] "Oh Mann, niemand erhitzt diesertage die Gemüter mehr, als Roman Reigns. Er selbst kann eigentlich am wenigsten dafür. Dennoch muss man neben dem Wrestler auch die Darstellung bewerten, finde ich. Und die ist einfach total unpassend. Man ging wieder weg vom Badass und hin zum Superhelden. Der steht ihm so gar nicht. Ich hoffe, die nächsten Wochen bringen hier den lang ersehnten Wandel. Solange erstmal die Herabstufung auf ne 3-."

[8.0] "He definitely has improved in the ring and is a solid worker especially for PPV matches. Mic skills still are questionable but he overall has many star qualities."

[7.0] "Sein Wrestlingstil ist etwas limitiert und seine Promos sind mittelmäßig. Dafür ein guter Körperbau und die Ausstrahlung ist zumindest okay. Dazu gibt er sich leidlich Mühe, sich immer wieder zu verbessern. Dass seine Rolle bei der WWE soviel Heat zieht, ist nicht seine Schuld. Vince mag ihn halt und will ihn mit aller Macht als Top-Face etablieren. Einige Jahre in der Indy-Szene hätten ihn vielleicht gut getan oder noch einige Zeit im Shield. Nur weil jemand durchŽs Publikum seinen Entrance macht heißt es ja noch lange nicht, dass er auch gut mit dem Publikum interagiert. Okay, die Fehler sind nicht mehr rückgängig zu machen. Also was sollte die WWE tun? Entweder Heelturn oder Rückzug in die Midcard. Aber damit gebe ich wahrscheinlich nur die Meinung der meisten cagematch-Insassen wieder"

[6.0] "Ich verstehe einfach diese Doppelmoral bei manchen Usern hier nicht. Da kommen teilweise 0er- und 1-2er-Bewertungen... was zur Hölle? 0-2 Punkte ist Gilberg-Level und damit setzt ihr ernsthaft Roman Reigns gleich? Für eine WWE-Politik an der er nichts ändern kann? Weil Vince ihn so gnadenlos verheizt? Was glaubt eigentlich manch ein User wie das in der WWE abläuft? Dass ein - verhältnismäßig - kleines Licht wie Reigns sich gegen McMahon's Entscheidung auflehnt? Dann würde er sich glaube ich aber sowas von schnell wieder im Indy-Bereich wiederfinden, als ihr hier weiter eure 0er-Bewertungen hinrotzen könnt. So ich versuche es jetzt mal mit einer realen Bewertungen: Reigns bietet einen guten Look, könnte noch etwas mehr "Wumms" bei seiner Ausstrahlung dazu bekommen, Mic-Skills sind derzeit durchschnittlich. Zum In-Ring: Wirkt teilweise etwas runter gerattert - klar er hat ein relativ simples Programm abzuliefern. Er gibt sich allerdings größte Mühe diese wenigen Moves mit einer Portion Emotionen zu verkaufen - was ich persönlich gut finde. Es ist auf jeden Fall noch viel Luft nach oben bei ihm, aber dafür dass er ein Eigengewächs der WWE hat er sich bis zu dem heutigen Stand gut entwickelt. Allerdings wird er wohl aufgrund der Haters in manchen Arenen vor Ort und der Internet Wrestling Community wohl nie "The Next Big Thing", sondern immer Jemand sein, der irgendwo Uppercard rumspielen wird, wobei man ja jetzt schon länger versucht ihn zum Main Eventer zu machen. Mal eine kleine Anmerkung: Bei den deutschen Shows kam Reigns verdammt gut weg beim Publikum - also kann man auch mal davon ausgehen, dass die Hater im Internet nicht immer ernst genommen werden sollten (da die vermutlich außer Ergebnisse lesen sich nicht sonderlich viel mit diesem Charakter auseinander setzen)."

[0.0] "He uses 5 moves in his match(Spear, superman punch, dropkick, samoan drop, clothesline). His mic skills are shit. and he is wearing shield's outfit, using shield's catchphrase, using shield's theme. nothing special. AND NOW HE IS A TWO TIME WORLD CHAMPION, , , , , , , , OH MY GOD. THIS GUY IS NOT A WRESTLER. VINCE WHY DONT YOU LISTEN TO WWE FANS!"

[1.0] "he means nothing to wrestling business. he can only scream like "uuuuuuuaaaaaa" and that's it. I don't like him because of he is Rock's couisin and untalented wrestler. Boring. Sooo boing. i give him 1 because he is a human being just like us."

[9.0] "The Fastlane effort with Daniel Bryan, the Mania 31 main event with Lesnar, the last man standing with Big Show. All those matches achieved 4 stars with Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter. For three specials in a row, he was the match of the night! There’s plenty to criticise about Reigns, but his in-ring portfolio this year is as good as anyone in the locker room."

[5.0] "Roman Reigns ... er ist wirklich nicht einer der Besten, allerdings ist auch nicht so schlecht, wie manche ihn darstellen! In der Zeit im Shield hab ich ihn gerne gesehen, als einzel-Wrestler ist er schon nervig und ohne Ambrose und Rollins merkt man, dass er ganz schön begrenz im Ring ist! Ich vergebe hier einfach mal 5 Punkte. Ein mittel-Wert aus seiner Shield Zeit und seiner momentanen Phase."

[4.0] "I want to like it, but i can't. Ok, i admit he has the looks, but the ring skills, mic skills, gimmick and booking are average at the best. I simply can't get with with trying to enlarge a bug push he had and deserved once and now they can't make his look desirable."

[4.0] "Mittelmässig , gute statur athletisch einfallslos langweilig verkörpert für mich kein Wrestling, und promos sind auch zum weglaufen könnte ihn mir vielleicht im midcard Bereich vorstellen aber IMO völlig falsch aufgehoben und Grund das mainstream Wrestling zu beukutieren"

[5.0] "Reigns is a great powerhouse and he has good presence However, bad mic, little charisma and he has a character undefined. WWE tries to make him an underdog and that is impossible, he is not Daniel Bryan."

[9.0] "One of the best talents coming from NXT to this date. If used right he has the potential of being as huge as The Rock."

[9.0] "In Roman Reigns steckt viel Potenzial , das einzigste was verbesserungswürdig ist wie ich finde, ist sein Mic Work da hat er noch reichlich Aufholbedarf . Rom wurde schließlich auch nicht an einem Tag erbaut !"

[8.0] "Ein absolubter Top-Big Man, dessen Talent man im Ring durchaus ansehen kann. Er ist für seine Größe recht schnell und liefert großartige Leistungen ab. Wenn ich da an die diversen Six Man Tag Team Matches gegen die Wyatts denke hat er einen wesentlichen Teil dazu beigetragen. Lediglich am Mic hat er noch seine Schwächen, aber alles in allem ist er in unterhaltsamer Entertainer. EDIT 21. 01. 2016: Auch wenn ich mittlerweile ein wenig Reigns-gesättigt bin, kann er ja nichts für sein Booking. Er hat sich klar verbessert, auch wenn da noch Luft nach oben ist."

[6.0] "Reigns hat definitiv Ausstrahlung und Charisma, allerdings sind seine Promos schwach und im Ring kommt außer den 3-4 Signature Moves (die allerdings gut gewählt sind) leider nicht viel. Meiner Meinung nach reicht es eigentlich nicht für die oberen Cardregionen, in der Fehde mit Wyatt war er schon gut aufgehoben, allerdings sieht man das bei der WWE wohl anders. Evtl. würde ein Heelturn gut tun, aber es geht wohl eher Richtung Cena 2. 0."

[6.0] "Was seine Fähigkeiten im Ring angeht, ist er sicherlich bei WWE überdurchschnittlich. Dies liegt nicht zuletzt daran, dass man ihm die Chance gibt zu glänzen. Ein ähnlicher Werdegang wie bei John Cena. Allerdings geht sein "Charisma" und seine angebliche "Ausstrahlung" vollkommen an mir vorbei. Für mich strahlt er nichts aus, was einem Topstar auszeichnet. Ist ja wunderbar, dass er Frauen zum verzückt schreien bringt, einen Pro-Wrestler machen aber lange schöne Haare nicht besser. Dank der grottigen Skripts ist er am Mikrofon ein Totalausfall. Möchte man aus ihm den nächsten großen Superstar machen, dann hat man noch einen langen Weg vor sich. Im Moment gehört er für mich eher in die Kategorie Ultimate Warrior, Diesel und Lex Luger - nicht zu Steve Austin, The Rock und John Cena."

[8.0] "Ich gebe ihm 7 Punkte. Seine In Ring Arbeit sollte er auf jedenfall noch verbessern, sein Micwork ist okay und seine Ausstrahlung gleicht einem jungen The Rock! Dieser Typ hat alles was man braucht um an die Spitze zu kommen wenn man ihn dementsprechend fördert. Rocky will momentan nicht kämpfen, ok aber wie wärs seinen cousin zu trainieren? Ich bin gespannt wies mit ihm weitergeht. Update: wenn er weiter mehr als Tweener agiert gefällt er mir viel besser, desweiterein verstehe ich manche wertungen hier absolut nicht wenn ich die gegebenen Punkte betrachte (an einen meiner vorposter, leg dir mal etwas objektivität zu und dann Poste wieder... )"

[0.0] "Mitglied von The Shield: Roman Reigns! Meiner Meinung nach des schwächste Mitglied von The Shield! Er konnte mich bis heute nicht überzeugen! Sein Mic Work ist eher schwach hat bis heute keine richtig gute Promo gehalten es lebt förmlich nur von der grauen tiefen Stimme. Im Ring ist er eher solide ich sehe seine Matches nicht wirklich mit Begeisterung an er verkörpert einem Powerhouse und so ist auch sein Move Set angepasst sollte aber noch dran arbeiten. Sein Finisher Spear hingegen ist Weltklasse! Ausstrahlung und Charisma hat der junge Kerl auf jedenfall! Er kann es bei der WWE weit bringen muss aber noch an vieles arbeiten derzeit hat er nicht die Hauch einer Chance der nächste Top Superstar zu werden (der ist für Rollins reserviert). So viel zu Roman Reigns!"

[8.0] "Roman Reigns has done really well so far in WWE. He's grown into the type of wrestler that works well for what he does. He can deliver good spots and moves. He talks fine, just not with as much charisma. But segments and spots where he lets his actions and movements talk for him, hold the glue together. For a WWE prospect he's earned the honor to be a WWE Champion rather early and if he can maintain himself, he'll probably have a spot in the business for years to come."

[3.0] "If we're being brutally honest, he's very lucky he looks the way that he does and that the WWE system caters to the casual John Cena/Superman lovers. With his mic skills and below average (for a main eventer) in-ring skills, he wouldn't even be remotely close to the position he's in now if he looked like a Daniel Bryan or a Kevin Owens. To his credit I enjoyed his match with Lesnar at Wrestlemania, despite low expectations. One does feel though that because he's such a polarizing figure, It'll be a tough road ahead of him as the WWE gradually tries to push him as the poster-boy of the company as Cena enters the twilight of his career."

[6.0] "Ah, this is a tough one to rate. Roman Reigns, whether you like it or not, is going to be the face of WWE for next years. Reigns has the potential to be next Cena or Hogan in terms of popularity, but let's face it ; he ain't the same type of star as Cena, Hogan or Rock. He is not charismatic, his facial expressions are shitty as heel, he's average at best at the mic. Despite all the hate he gets, he's a really good wrestler. He knows how to tell a story, that's why half of WWE best matches this year was involving him. I think if WWE booked him well, he could get over and be a top star for years. I personally like him, but I just hate the way he is booked (typical Cena's overcoming the odds, long 20 minutes talking segment, and of course those fucking disses based on vegetables or fruits)."

[6.0] "Eine sachliche und unvoreingenommene Bewertung von Roman Reigns fällt mir äußerst schwer. Ich halte immer noch an meiner Meinung fest, dass es deutlich besseres Wrestler-Material für einen solchen Mega-Push gab. Auch behaupte ich weiterhin, dass VinceŽs Ego eine bedeutende Rolle gespielt hat und er gegen besseres Wissen an einem übereilten und übertriebenen Aufbau festgehalten hat. Dabei musste er mehr als ein mal beide Augen zukneifen. Und für mich wird er auch nie ein überdurchschnittlicher Singles Wrestler sein. ABER abzustreiten, dass dieser Mann sich in den letzten Monaten den Arsch aufgerissen hat, um besser zu werden, wäre einfach unfair und falsch. Es sind deutliche Fortschritte zu sehen. Im Ring sehe ich ihn Cena und Orton um nichts nachstehen. Er kann mit jedem guten In-Ring-Worker ein vernünftiges bis sehr gutes Match zeigen. Allerdings gelingt es ihm nicht, selbst die Initiative zu ergreifen und ein überdurchschnittliches Match rauszuholen, wenn der Gegner nicht viel dazu tut. Außerdem hat er seine Bump-Phobie immer noch nicht überwunden, weshalb er selbst die meiste Zeit austeilen darf, wenn es an interessante Spots herangeht. Von unterirdischer Arbeit am Mic hat er sich inzwischen ein wenig distanzieren können Zumindest kurze und schlichte Segmente verbockt er nicht mehr. Sein größer Trumph ist immer noch sein unglaublich starker Look. In Combo mit seinem Move-Set zieht er wirklich sehr gute Reaktionen (vor allem) bei den Marks. Ein Top Face of the Company ist er für mich war nicht. Trotzdem habe ich gegen den momentanen Titlerun weniger einzuwenden, als ich es noch vor ein paar Monaten getan hätte. Ja, Reigns ist ein guter Mann von WWE. Und trotzdem muss ich hoffen, dass man es nicht zu weit treibt. Denn ein Ära-prägender Superstar ist er defacto nicht!"

[6.0] "Ich muss mal eine neue Bewertung für den Typ abgeben. Ich war lange Zeit ein Totaler Hater und der Typ ein Super Schlechter Wrestler, nachdem er vom Shield losgerissen wurde. Beim. Shield hat er gepasst aber danach. Oh nein. Und, dass er viel. zu schnell, stark. und verkrampft gepusht wurde, obwohl es nicht funktioniert hat ist auch klar. Aber auch beim ihm sehe ich das, was Momentan mit vielen schlechten WWE Leuten passiert:Eine schnelle Entwicklung nach oben. Er hat immer noch starke Spuren des Shield Reigns und seine Promos sind so mitreißend wie einen Löchrigen Mehlsack anzusehen. Einen leeren. Aber er ist im Ring besser geworden, hat Ausstrahlung, wird von der Crowd angenommen... Es ist schwer ihn zu bewerten aber man merkt, dass es passt und Aufwärts geht. Das muss ich zugeben. Mal sehen wie es weitergeht. Ich mache mir keine Sorgen um sein Booking, das kann gar nicht mehr schlechter werden."

[9.0] "Ich kann die Kritik an Roman Reigns nicht nachvollziehen. Er hat alles was ein WWE Superstar braucht. Er hat einen super Körperbau und ist dennoch schnell für seine Gewichtsklasse. Er hat Charisma und ist am Mic inzwischen gut finde ich. Für mich der perfekte WWE World Heavyweight Champion! Und sein Signature der Superman Punch gefällt mir besonders gut. Er hat einfach alles was ein Champion braucht!"

[6.0] "Roman Reigns hat sicher lich sehr viel Potenzial, nur gelingt es ihm im Moment noch nicht es abzurufen. Das liegt zum einem am Booking aber auch an ihm. Ein Heelturn würde ihm sicherlich guttun. Hat doch damals bei seinem Cousin auch funktioniert. Wobei man aufpassen sollte aus Roman einen billige Rock-Kopie zu machen."

[3.0] "Roman Reigns ist wirklich ein kontroverses Thema. Wie soll man ihn bewerten? Und vorallem, woran? Ich sag es mal so: Persönlich bin ich kein Fan von ihm. Warum einer wie Reigns so hoch gepusht und als das nächste "Große Ding" bezeichnet wird, ist mir ehrlich gesagt ein Rätsel. Ich denke aber mit dem richtigen Booking würde er sogar einen vernünftigen Charakter bei Raw und Smackdown spielen. Aber, das Booking ist schlecht.. und daher ist erŽs nicht für viele (mich eingeschlossen). Bei The Shield hatte er die Aufgabe jeden in den Arsch zu treten wenn es kurz davor aussah das sie verlieren würden.. Und es hat immer funktioniert. Jetzt als Einzelwrestler, ist es unglaublich langweilig ihm zusehen wie er aus der Heat entweicht. Er muss einfach einen Badass Samoaner spielen, und keinen Pro Wrestler! Das ist einfach nicht seine Stärke. Er hat einen coolen Spear, hat einen eigenen Trademark-Manöver mit dem Superman Punch.. alles schön und gut. Jedoch ist er kein Underdog! So wie er aktuell da gestellt wird. Er hat bereits den Rumble gewonnen, hatte unzählige Chancen auf den Titel und hat jedes mal versagt.. und er ist einfach nicht Daniel Bryan! Was er auch nicht sein soll.. er soll Roman Reigns sein! Und das ist das was ihm davon abhält. Und seine Promos.. jedesmal muss irgendein dummer Comedy Satz miteingebracht werden. Wenn du Comedy in deine Promos miteinbeziehst, dann kann ich dich nicht ernst nehmen! Vorallem nicht als Mainer. Von daher, sind die 3 Punkte dafür das sein Charakter aktuell komplett falsch ist. Und ich ihm auch anmerke das es nicht so läuft, wie er sich vorstellt. Wenn er wirklich ein Typ ist der hart dafür arbeitet was zu werden, dann zeigt es mir! Alleine davon reden lässt es mich nicht glauben.. Wenn das Vince McMahonŽs gute Geschäftsabsichten im Jahre 2015 (fast 2016) ist, dann hat der Mann keine Ahnung mehr. Zumindest was das Wrestling Geschäft angeht. Tut mir Leid Roman, aber mehr als 3 Punkte sind nicht drin."

[6.0] "He can't talk and lacks charisma as a top face but can go about a clearly well-orchestrated match with top talent and at least hit his signature moves with consistency. This is also one of his bigger faults though, as his matches tend to be pretty predictable in a way that mimics Cena in his heyday. Trying new moves on live shows generally goes poorly - case in point being the rope-assisted headscissors on Big Show was laughably bad. Turn Roman heel and move him down the card just a little and with time he could well find genuine long-term success in the company."

[9.0] "Roman ist wohl einer der am meisten unterschätzen Wrestler... Gut am Mic ist er ausbaufähig und das wird bestimmt noch aber ich glaube das es gerade jetzt nach der Survivor Series wohl noch mehr symphatiepush geben wird... Ich bin mal gespannt wie das Roman Empire weitergeht... Ich mag den Mann und der wird noch besser, vielleicht kommt da Movemässig auch noch was dazu... Von mir 9 Punkte, auch wenn so mancher hier anders urteilt!"

[6.0] "It's not his fault that he's been booked terribly. As a worker he's pretty good. I've heard that he's got a lot of personality that the over-scripting doesn't allow him to show. He's not bad, he's just booked really bad."

[8.0] "Der Mann hat Potential! Und zwar sehr viel! Ich mag ihn. Er hat Ausstrahlung, Ehrgeiz und Power! Jedoch ist er - und das ist wohl unbestritten - mit seinen Moves (noch) etwas zu limitiert. Trotzdem bestreitet er wahnsinns Matches in der er mit seiner "Leidensfähigkeit", Willen und Kraft sehr überzeugend bestreitet. Was man mit ihm bei den Survivor Series und lange davor abgezogen hat macht ihn nur noch sympathischer, was auch wohl beabsichtigt ist!"

[7.0] "Kaum sind die Lieblinge nicht Main Eventer schon ist der Mann schlecht. Roman Reigns dürfte wohl der richtige Typ, zur falschen Zeit und am falschen Ort sein. Ja am Mic da ist er nicht der Bringer. Nur wer wäre das wenn er die Texte von Cena vorlesen darf. Eigentlich ist nichts verkehrt an ihm. In seinen Matches geht er wohl bis zur Schmerzgrenze. Wenn er so weiter macht verkürzt er höchstens seine Karriere."

[3.0] "Getting better but Roman still has a lot to do to impress me. To start off his mic skills SUCK! His wrestling is getting much better but overall I don't like his character either."

[0.0] "Einfach einer der schlechtesten Wrestler in der WWE. Seine Arbeit am Mikro und seine Promos sind so schlecht und Charisma=0. Im Ring ist es immer das selbe: es deutet alles darauf, dass Reigns verliert und dann Superman Punch und Spear und fertig. Sein Samoan Drop sieht jedesmal sehr schlecht aus. Weitere Moves sucht man vergebens. Roman Reigns heißt für mich Langeweile und Eintönigkeit."

[10.0] "Hat alles was ein Wrestler braucht, Körper und Charakter. Könnte allerdings etwas mehr im Ring zeigen"

[6.0] "Grundsätzlich ist es absolut zu verstehen warum man ihn auserkoren hat und so pusht, das Aussehen, Ausstrahlung und der Körperbau ruft ja geradezu nach WWE Top-Star. Der Fahrplan war festgelegt und es hätte alles so schön funktionieren können tja wenn... Das erste große Wenn ist Daniel Bryan und die Fans, gut dafür kann ja Roman Reigns nichts die anderen Punkte betreffen ihn schon. Er hat ganz klar Schwächen am Mic, musste ja beim Shield nicht viel sagen hat also nicht weiter geübt so das es besser und sicherer werden hätte können. Wo wir gerade beim Shield sind, viel zu schnelle Loslösung vom Stable jedenfalls wenn man ihn betrachtet und mit Rollins un Ambrose vergleicht. Die sind als Wrestler reifer, kompletter und hatten keine Problem ihren neuen Rollen und Plätze auszufüllen. Reigns bekam die Shield-Musik und den Einzug, was aussieht als ob er stehen geblieben wäre. Im Ring ist mit seiner Athletik durchaus nett anzusehen, aber als Powerhouse fehlt im der Wums, die brachiale Kraft die Devise lautet mehr schleudern und werfen. Suplesen und Slams, Powerbomb. Das alles hat dann zu den negativen Reaktionen geführt, da braucht die WWE oder er selbst wie es in den Interviews rüber kommt beleidigt sein und andeuten die Kritik von Fans komme sowieso von Unwissenden. Roman Reigns hat viel gelernt, aber er ist ein eben ein ungeschliffener Diamant, lasst ihn sich weiter verbessern, ab zu in Staub und Dreck landen und nicht von Matchführung und Face-Rolle wie ein Cena Typ darstellen. Potenzial hat er das kann niemand bestreiten."

[8.0] "Die WWE braucht einfach bald einen Cena Ersatz und damit haben sie einen guten gefunden. Seine In-Ring skills finde ich ok, und die die sich über seine Movevielfalt beschweren verstehe ich nicht da jeder Superstar seine Signatures hat die er immer wieder zeigt, DAS IST ABSOLUT NORMAL. Am Mic gefällt er mir da die Catchphrase "Belive That" ziemlich gut zu ihm passt."

[2.0] "Also so langsam platzt mir echt der Kragen, wenn ich den Kerl sehe. Ich hab ja mir ja jetzt lange Zeit gelassen, um zu sehen, ob das mal irgendwann besser wird. Aber nix. Wenn dann im Ausmaß einer Amöbe. Im Ring kommt da außer Punches, die ganz nett aussehen gar nichts. Mittlerweile schon lange dabei, aber einfach null Verbesserung zu sehen. Ein Mikrophon darf man ihm schonmal gar nicht in die Hand drücken - entweder verhaspelt er sich oder vergisst seinen Text. Ausstrahlung noch weniger als null. Eine Schande, dass man sich diesen Typen wahrscheinlich jetzt auf Jahre an der Spitze der WWE antun muss."

[5.0] "Laaaaaaaaaaaaangweilig. Keine Weiterentwicklung. Nur interessant, wenn Ambrose mit ihm im Ring steht und selbst das ist allmählich uninteressant. Außerdem wird er mir zu sehr gepusht. Das Powerhouse, welches es mit jedem aufnehmen kann. "Ich kann und ich werde" - bla.. bla.. bla - "Believe that""

[9.0] "A very good athletic wrestler, who gets too much hate from the fans for being pushed, he's one of the best workers in the WWE right now."

[5.0] "Als ich Roman Reigns das erste Mal sah, dachte ich "Wow, was für eine Ausstrahlung". Und hab ihn schon vor meinem geistigen Auge ganz oben gesehen. Diese Ausstrahlung, dieses Potenzial... und oh mein Gott, wie kann man damit nur so viel falsch machen? Klar, er hat seine Schwächen was Selling, Moveset und Micwork angeht, aber daran arbeitet er hart und das merkt man auch. Das Hauptproblem ist meiner Meinung nach die Art, wie er eingesetzt wird. Reigns polarisiert. Es muss aufhören, dass man versucht ihn als den Next-Cena zu verkaufen. Was würde Reigns für einen gigantischen Heel abgeben. Und lasst ihn endlich normal zum Ring kommen, gebt ihm ne Musik, die seinen Gegnern die Knie zittern lässt, sobald man sie nur hört. Und vor allem, lasst ihn nicht mehr lächeln, Reigns verdient den Preis für das unnatürlichste Grinsen im ganzen Roster! Reigns ist nicht der Everybodys Face, der mit Catchphrases unterhält und das wird er meiner Meinung nach auch nie sein. Lasst endlich das Tier aus ihm heraus. So oder so, Roman Reigns braucht einen kompletten Neustart und zwar schnell, sonst ist seine Karriere schneller beendet als ihm lieb ist. Believe that! (PS: Langweiligste und irgendwie armseeligste Catchphrase seit Ewigkeiten)"

[1.0] "Kaum Charisma, schwaches Move Set, viele Botches bei Promos, Finisher kann keiner Ernst nehmen und wird zum Main Eventer gepusht obwohl echte Wrestling Fans lieber Ambrose, Owens oder Cesaro da sehen wollen. Verdient nur einen Punkt"

[4.0] "He's athletic but at this point in his career he can't pull off an entertaining match without major help of his opponent or without all the bells in whistles. Honestly one of the worst performers to be featured heavily in the wwe main event scene in a long time. Really struggles to get the crowd involved when not working with highly skilled opponents, incredibly uninteresting move set. He tries hard and doesn't usually mess up in big matches, maybe in a few years things will change but right now it's not looking good."

[7.0] "I think Roman Reigns can be good......... but at present he was not good enough to be very good because Althrough he have good looks but his ring skills are not good and mic skills are also not that much good and one of biggest problem with him that he have only some move to show Spear, Superman Punch, Samoan drop and powerbomb and all time in his matches he punch opponents are give clothesline in ringside so he was not the innovated or not having much to say beside his outstanding looks but he can be good if he add more moves and improve his mic skills."

[3.0] "Ich bin ganz ehrlich. Es gibt (außer Cena) keinen Wrestler den ich weniger leiden kann. Reigns nervt mich tierisch. Im Ring NACH FÜNF JAHREN ERST ganz solide am Mic NACH FÜNF JAHREN ganz solide und Charisma ist da, ok. Nur hier du da ein bisschen solide sein, reicht nicht um mich zu unterhalten. Er gehört nicht in die jetzige WWE. In der jetzigen WWE ist WRESTLING angesagt. Er hätte gut in die AE gepasst wo Charisma wichtiger war als Talent."

[7.0] "Roman is going to be a legit star someday. He's slowly getting over organically with the fans. I'm sensing that there's a connection between that and the WWE finally realizing that his mic skills are not suited for comedy/silly nonsense. Roman is a believable badass that just needs to develop his own identity besides "the last remaining Shield member. " His workrate is admittedly not great, but as guys like Hogan and Cena (at least up until recently) proved, charisma is often more important to being popular than wrestling ability. Give him a gimmick where he's just a badass, not whatever Vince was trying to make him between his injury return and WM31, and eventually most of his detractors will be sold."

[10.0] "Roman Reigns deserve him to call Big Dog, Powerhouse his physical power is great and he is good athlete. He proved he could be the new face of WWE and you can believe that."

[10.0] "Because he looks like a super hero. His signature finisher was amazing & he gives it anyone, anytime, anywhere. His entrance makes him different from other. And most important that in every match he improved , make me belive that..."

[8.0] "Drohte durch die Vorgehensweise von WWE verheizt zu werden, hat aber inŽs Geschehen zurückgefunden und auch die Fans sind wieder an Bord, was wohl auch daran liegt, dass er bei seinem Walk-In aus der Mitte der Zuschauer einfach JEDEN abklatscht. Eine bemerkenswerte Publikumsnähe, die ich so zurzeit bei keinem Wrestler sehe. Am Mic ist er sicherer geworden, allgemein sehe ich ihn gerne."

[8.0] "Finde ihn klasse. Ich verstehe nicht die negativen Bewertungen. Ok, zugegeben, ich bin auch kein Fan seines aktuellen Gimmicks und ich bin auch der Meinung das sein Push zu frueh kommt. Bei The Shield hat er gerockt. Ich muss zugeben, er wird immer besser."

[9.0] "Für mich ist Reigns ein hervorragender Wrestler . Sein Superman Punch ist der Hammer ! Er besitzt unglaubliche Stärke und ist technisch einfach toll. Er hat für mich das Zeug eines absoluten Champions ! Ich hoffe er bleibt noch lange im Focus , und kann viel Title erringen... Gruß powerbomb"

[8.0] "Reigns is not yet the full package but has good matches with just about everyone. His mic work will come good, its improved since he dropped all the goofy stuff Vince had him say pre-rumble 2015. A great look and moveset he will win the crowd over eventually."

[5.0] "Ich kann Reigns momentan einfach nicht mehr als 5 Punkte geben. Bei The Shield funktionierte er mit seinen Powerakzenten hervorragend, doch seit er alleine und als Face unterwegs ist sind gewisse Limitierungen nicht zu übersehen. Er hat durchaus Potential als Bad Ass Charakter ein ganz großer zu werden, man muss im Ring ja nicht zwangsläufig ein Bryan oder Malenko sein, doch am Ende muss das mehr sein, als nur Superman Punches und Spears. Es sagt ja schon alles, dass er momentan von Veteranen in Upper Card Matches durchgeschleift wird, damit er im Spotlight bleibt. Kurzum: Er KANN ein Großer werden, muss dafür aber noch hart an sich arbeiten (oder die WWE zwingen ihn mal mehr zeigen zu lassen)."

[3.0] "He's a pretty decent wrestler but painfully bad on mic, or really doing anything other than looking "badass". He's boring and totally did not deserve the push he got from wwe."

[9.0] "Selbstverständlich hat Roman Reigns noch Schwächen im MicWork und auch sein Moveset ist noch ausbaubar, aber er hat einige Hammermoves, einen guten Look und vor allem Carisma, wie nur wenige. Er wird - zurecht - einer der Topstars der nächsten Jahre werden, wenn er seine Mic- und InRingfähigkeiten noch etwas mehr ausbaut. Das Potential hat er auf jeden Fall. Update: der Junge arbeitet hart an sich, hat ne 1a-Ausstrahlung, ein solides Moveset und eine stetige Entwicklung nach oben. Ich verstehe den Internet-Hass auf ihn nicht, nur weil er keine Ex-Indy-Wrestler ist. Klar, sein Push kam etwas zu früh, aber trotzdem macht er sich super, er wird auf jeden Fall uns in den nächsten Jahren im Main Event unterhalten."

[3.0] "Hier mal ein paar Gründe warum Reigns als Wrestler einfach nur schlecht ist: 1. Er hat gefühlt nur 3 Moves die er zeigt. 2. Er ist am Mic wirklich schlecht und kriegt keine vernünftige Promo zustande. 3. Er ist völlig unauthentisch im Ring d. h. er kontert jeden Move, kriegt nie etwas ab und sieht viel zu stark aus. 4. Obwohl er als Powerhouse bezeichnet wird hat er keinen Move der das wiederspiegelt. 5. Er gewinnt jedes Match, was das ganzes komplett langweilig macht. 6. Er kommt in seiner Rolle unglaubwürdig rüber. Bsp. : Obwohl er face war, wurde er beim Royal Rumble 2015 ausgebuht. 7. Er besitzt kein Charisma. 8. Er ist völlig overhyped. 9. Er benutzt immer noch das alte SHIELD Gimmick."

[10.0] "Ich hielt ihn von Beginn an für die herausragende Komponente des Shield. Seine Statur, die Mimik, die Stimme und die damit verbundene Ausstrahlung kommen einfach super rüber. Der inoffizielle Sieger des Royal Rumble 2014. Dann ein starkes Jahr und Sonntag der offizielle Sieg. Auch wenn ich nicht glaube, dass seine Road to WrestleMania eine gemütliche Fahrt wird, sollte man ihm diese Chance dennoch geben. Auch wenn er nicht "Daniel Bryan" heißt kann er unterhalten und sich auf der RtWM noch zum "echten" Main Eventer entwickeln. Eindrucksvollster Spear seit Bill Goldberg."

[9.0] "Einer der wohl talentiertesten, am härtesten arbeitenden Neulinge im Bizz. Man sieht deutlich die Fortschritte, die er in den letzten Monaten gemacht hat, sowohl am Mic als auch im Ring. Er hat eine Wahnsinns Ausstrahlung (ein Muss im Wrestling). Leider haben die Schreiber sein Gimmick verhunzt als sie anfingen, ihn uns aufzuzwingen und ihn als neuen 'Super-Cena' zu verkaufen. Hoffentlich erholt sich sein 'Ruf' davon wieder."

[9.0] "I'm a woman 40-50 yrs. of age, and Roman is HOT! He gets attention from both women and men. There are a lot of women out here who are wrestling fans, and certainly not just because the guys are handsome. He is working on his speaking skills. I've seen him improve in the backstage interviews. Who can't like the spear and the Superman punch? Believe that. Loving "The Cage. ""

[6.0] "Hat alle Vorraussetzungen die es braucht um ein ganz Grosser zu werden und ist in meinen Augen DER zukünftige Star der WWE. Reigns hat die richtige Statur, die ins WWE-Schema passt, ist solide im Ring und weiss auch bereits am Mic zu überzeugen. Insgesamt sollte noch ein wenig Luft nach oben sein aber dieser Mann wird wohl über kurz oder lang die 10er Wertung von mir bekommen. Edit: Ich rudere nach der anfänglich riesigen Euphorie etwas zurück. An den Mic-Skills sollte wohl doch noch ordentlich gearbeitet werden, die letzten Interviews wenn er allein am Reden war, empfand ich ihn dann bei weitem nciht mehr so glaubwürdig als er es noch im Shield erschien. Ich gehe erstmal runter auf 6, in dem weiteren Glauben, dass das Potenzial für mehr nach oben zwar gegeben ist, es aber wahrscheinlcih noch etwas länger dauert als bei bspw. Bray Wyatt, Rollins oder Ambrose... Potenzial für deutlich emhr sollte aber definitiv gegeben sein"

[1.0] "Langweilig, uncharismatisch, limitiert im Ring und schlecht am Mic. Und trotzdem steht dieser Mann im dritten PPV Singles Match seiner Karriere in einem WM Main Event gegen Brock Lesnar und wird vermutlich das neue Aushängeschild der Firma. Absolut nicht nachvollziehbar. Welcome to the Boring Empire!"

[5.0] "Tja. Bei The Shield noch äußerst gut rübergekommen. Als Einzel Wrestler ist er dafür enorm schwach. Teilweise echt nicht anzusehen und hat jetzt ja schon weniger Moves als Cena, die er bringt. Mic Work ist auch äußerst schwach und lame. Natürlich auch dank ein Gimmick, dass in der Gruppe gut klappte und als Einzel NULL Wirkung besitzt. Wenn er auch noch in Cenas Fußstapfen treten soll, alter.. Möchte ich mir gar nicht vorstellen, auch wenn ich denke, dass er sich durchaus wieder steigern kann. Dazu braucht es dann aber auch eine ordentliche Fehde. Man konnte auch sehen, als Reigns wieder mit Ambrose im Ring stand, dass er dort wieder passable Matches bestritten hat. Die Hoffnung ist bei mir jedenfalls geweckt, dass es mit ihm vielleicht doch noch was wird, was Ring und Mic angeht. Edit: Von 4 auf 5 Punkte, weil seine "Promos" und sein Micwork durchaus fortschritte gemacht haben. Zumindest in dem Bereich, findet er bei mir langsam Überzeugung."

[9.0] "MMn hat Reigns die Ausstrahlung, den Look und die Fähigkeiten um die Leute mitzueißen. Im Shield hat es mit ihm aber einach so viel mehr gepasst. Ein schweigendes wandelndes Biest neben Ambrose und Rollins, das war einfach so viel besser. Vor allem leidet er momentan am WWE-5 Moves Prinzip. Jeder Wrestler darf nur seine Moves zeigen, jeder Wrestler wird nach der Zeit etwas langweilig. Er ist jetzt seit einiger Zeit als Singleswrestler unterwegs und ist deshalb etwas einfarbig geworden. Auch seine jetzige Rolle steht im mMn nicht so gut wie damals als Heel. Die heutige Booking Situation ist sowieso ein reines Chaos, hoffentlich wird WWE da was tun, denn mit diesem Powerhouse kann man sehr viel mehr Geld verdienen"

[7.0] "Trotz oder gerade wegen der ganzen Hater die sich nach dem Rumble aufgetan haben, muss ich hier mal ne Lanze für RR brechen. Der Junge hat die richtige Aura, den richtigen Look und ist im Ansatz auch ein guter Wrestler. Aber er muss noch viel an sich arbeiten, was aber aufgrund seines jungen Alters kein Problem sein sollte. Auch ein John Cena war beim Gewinn seines ersten WWE-Championships sicher noch lange nicht so gut wie heute. Warten wir doch einfach ab und lassen Roman Reigns sich entwickeln. Das sollte nur legitim sein."

[3.0] "Ich kann mich irgendwie gar nicht mit ihm identifizieren. Er hat einen guten, markanten Look, richtig, aber ich denke die Zeiten, in denen es rein um den Look à la Hogan oder Warrior geht, sind vorbei, heutzutage muss ein Wrestler mehr sein, als nur ein Posterboy. Seine In-Ring Skills sind (noch) schwer limitiert, als Shield-Mitglied waren seine Hot Tag-Einsätze intensiv, als Einzelwrestler sind sie oft gähnend langweilig. Seine Mic-Skills sind katastrophal, allerdings liegt dies auch an den mangelhaften Promos der Schreiber, wenn diese ihm lächerliche Sätze in den Mund legen, wo er doch den Badass spielen soll. Dennoch sind andere Wrestler in der Lage das Beste aus dem Material zu machen. Vor allem (und das ist nicht seine Schuld! ) stört es mich, wenn die WWE den Fans einen Wrestler mit aller Gewalt aufs Auge drücken will, weil dieser eine berühmten Wrestling-Familie entstammt oder einen guten Look hat, obwohl die Fans ihn nicht annehmen."

[2.0] "Ich weiß meine Wertung ist vielleicht kontrovers, aber sie spiegelt eigentlich nur eine Sache wieder: Das ich mit diesem Worker überhaupt nichts anfangen kann. Seine Erscheinung und sein Outfit sind okay, aber dann hört es bei mir wirklich auf. Er ist ein langweiliges Powerhouse das im Stable zwar sehr gut funktioniert hat, aber im Solorun mir wirklich immer mehr auf die Nerven ging. Seine Defizite: Schlechtes Micwork, ein kleineres Moveset als Cena, den Charme eines rostigen Nagels im Freibad und er wrestelt wie ein Charakter aus einem WWE Videospiel. Ich möchte mit dieser Wertung niemanden auf die Füße treten, ich finde ihn einfach nur furchtbar."

[7.0] "Wird immer besser. Allerdings muss man seine Matches etwas besser booken, da es mal mittendrin langweilig wird. 7 Punkte mit Tendenz nach oben!"

[4.0] "Reigns.. im großen und ganzen eine ziemliche Wurst ;) Mir schwahnt übles , das nach der großen Cena-Zeit nun die von Reigns kommen soll. Bringt die 3 wichtigsten Punkte dafür ja mit : 1. Eigengewächs (selten! ) 2. Verwandtschaft/Name und 3. Optik. Beim Schild noch in seiner Rolle richtig gut aufgehoben , aber alleine kommen seine Schwächen so richtig zum tragen. Positiv könnte man vielleicht anmerken das seine "Technicken" im Ring optisch sehr auffällig sind. Allerdings ist nur sein (bringt mich immer zum lachen) Supermann-Schlag für ihn auch wirklich markant , die anderen Sachen sind unlängst durch seine Verwandten oder (in Perfektion) von Goldberg bekannt. Er ist zwar erstaunlich schwer für seine Statur , aber trotzdem kein richtiges Krafthaus. Am Mikro , zusammen mit seiner Steven Seagal-Mimik wirklich sehr unterdurchschnittlich. Das schlimme ist das bereits jetzt , am Anfang seiner Karriere , jeder Kampf so gleich wirkt, wie es Cena dann erst über Jahre "geschafft" hat. Ich lasse mich gerne von Entwicklung Überraschen , aber ich habe das Gefühl das sein Potenzial bereits jetzt ausgereizt ist. Nehmt als Beispiel seine oben genannten Vorteile weg und vergleicht ihn mit zum Bsp. Ryback. Der kann in der Summe mehr , hat aber hier fast 2 Punkte weniger. Mehr wie 4 werden es von mir für Reigns leider nicht aktuell."

[5.0] "In the Shield hatte er noch irgendwo was Besonderes, aber in seinem Singles-Run konnte er mich (bisher) nicht überzeugen. Sein Moveset besteht ähnlich wie bei Cena aus maximal zehn Moves und am Mic ist er auch schlecht. Das einzig Positive bei Reigns ist seine Ausstrahlung/Aura. Von den drei Shield Member ist er mit Abstand am schwächsten und diesen ganzen Mega Push hat meiner Meinung nach eher Dean Ambrose und/oder Seth Rollins verdient. Naja, mal sehen was Reigns aus 2015 so macht. Von mir bekommt er noch "gute" 5 Punkte."

[5.0] "Ein junger Wrestler, der von den beiden Besten im Roster in den Main Event getragen wurde. Seitdem er allein unterwegs ist, merkt man erst wie langweilig er ist. Er ist schwach am mic und im Ring hat er auch nur seine 5 Moves of Doom. 5 Punkte, weil er noch jung ist und sich noch steigern kann. Allerdings ist er meiner Meinung nach (noch) nicht gut genug für den Main Event."

[6.0] "All I gotta say is send him back to NXT and maybe he'll have a chance, but right now he has a long way to become future Main Eventer."

[6.0] "Leider kann ich den Hype um ihn nicht verstehen, für mich ein typischer WWE Mitcarder, Micwork ist leider extrem schlecht. Würde man ihm ein neues Gimmick mit interessanteren Moves verpassen wäre sicherlich der Main Event drinnen. Scheinbar kommt er aber in den jüngeren Generationen gut an, das kann ich auch nicht leugnen wenn ich es auch nicht verstehe."

[4.0] "Reigns ist ein klasse Beispiel für einen jungen Wrestler, der definitv Talent hat und dann etwas entdeckt, das gut ankommt und sich dann denkt "Das sollte ich jetzt immer machen! " In Romans Fall ist es halt dieser Overuse vom Superman-Punch, dem Apron-Kick und dem Spear. Dazu kommt dann halt auch noch, dass er halt echt einfach mal keine guten Promos hält. Jede Woche zu hören "I will give you a Superman-Punch. Believe that! " ist halt echt schwach. Seitdem er alleine agiert merkt man halt echt, wie Rollins und Ambrose den Shield getragen haben und er halt irgendwie mit nach oben gekommen ist."

[5.0] "Somewhat average with his promos and in-ring ability, I find it really uncertain if he's ready for main event level matches running solo since WWE seems to be going in that direction with him to be the company's next big face."

"This guy is a big failure. He's terrible in the ring and he can't cut a promo without forgetting lines. I hope WWE doesn't let him win the Rumble and Main Event WrestleMania. He's just not ready. Maybe one day but he needs a lot of work to main event such a big PPV."

[3.0] "Er sieht charismatisch aus und kam auch bei den ganzen Videobotschaften super nett rüber. Was mir an ihm nicht gefällt ist, dass er weil er DA LOOK fürn Vinny hat, dass er in Atmosphären hochgepusht wird, ohne gutes Micwork und ohne gute Ringarbeit. Supermanpunch sieht zwar gut bei ihm aus (aber ein extrem schwacher Finisher mMn), aber der Spear sieht einfach so lächerlich aus. Ringattire ist einfach unterdurchschnittlich und in silberner Glitzerfarbe was immer öfters vor kommt einfach wie ein halber Powerranger, höchst peinlich und nicht individuell. Ringarbeit ist bis auf bisschen rumstehen, dominieren und gewinnen auch nichts, was einen Push gerechtfertigt, daher finde ich 3 Punkte angemessen. Er hat den Push mehr verdient als Batista damals."

[6.0] "Ich kann mit ihm einfach nichts anfangen, klar das Aussehen hat er, er sieht aus wie ein Wrestler und genau deswegen verstehe ich es auch nicht, wieso man ihn so unglaubwürdig da stellt. Spear und Supermann Punch, dass sind die zwei Dinge, die er kann, alles andere im Ring ist absoluter durchschnitt. Am Mic ist er übrigens ne Katastrophe, allerdings gebe ich jedem eine Chance und er hat ja auch gute Ansätze, aber stand jetzt, ist er ne absolute 3 um es in Schulnoten auszudrücken."

[4.0] "Was findet Vince bitte an Roman Reigns so besonders? Außer dass er das nötige Aussehen hat, hat er nichts was seinen riesen Push rechtfertigt. Er ist nur Durchschnitt im Ring (ich finde da sogar John Cena besser), hat keine besonderen Micskills und er ist nicht mal ein Powerhouse. Schau dir mal Dean Ambrose, Luke Harper oder Bray Wyatt an Vince! Die haben genauso viele Muskeln wie Reigns und sind in jeglicher Hinsicht besser. Ich hoffe die viel zu gute Wertung für Reigns hier sinkt langsam mal."

[4.0] "Können mal die Experten kommen und hier richtig bewerten? Dieser Mann verdient nicht mehr als eine Wertung von 5. Im Ring eine 0, zeigt jedes mal das gleiche und das langweilt einfach, am Mic unglaublich schlecht, und auch sonst kann ich ihn einfach nicht sehen. Immerhin gefällt mir sein Gimmick, aber das war es auch schon, ich weis nicht was man an ihm gut finden kann, der typ hat noch viiell Luft nach oben. Die 4 tendiert fast schon zu einer 3."

[5.0] "Meiner Meinung nach ist Reigns noch zu grün für den Monsterpush den er in der WWE aktuell erhält. Zu Shield Zeiten konnte er seine Schwächen im Ring und am Mic durch seine Teamkollegen noch gut kaschieren, seit er alleine unterwegs ist zeigt sich allerdings, dass er weder bereit ist längere Matches zu worken noch gute Promos zu halten. Auf der anderen Seite steht ein Look der nach Superstar schreit, eine tolle Ausstrahlung und einige beeindruckende Trademark Moves. Mal sehen wo das Ganze noch hingeht."

[5.0] "Komplett overrated. Sein Moveset ist für ein modernes Powerhouse nicht schlecht. Aber weder hat er charakterliche Tiefe, noch sonst etwas, womit er Fans überzeugen könnte - nur immer wieder die selben 5 Moves. Hat zwar das Potential für oben, aber derzeitig braucht Reigns noch gefühlt 5 Jahre."

[2.0] "Roman Reigns wird die Wrestlingwelt in den nächsten Jahren bestimmt noch sehr polarisieren. Während seiner Zeit im Shield, fande ich ihn auch noch gut. Die Rolle als Powerhouse spielte er überzeugend. Man konnte seine Schwächen die er nun mal hat gut kaschieren. Als Singles-Wrestler finde ich ihn nur noch langweilig. Für mich hat er kein Charisma. Er gibt mir keinen Grund das ich für ihn chanten sollte. Am Mic ist er eine völlige Katastrophe-ungenügend. Seine In-Ring Skills überzeugen mich auch nicht wirklich. Er zeigt seine 5-6 Moves und das war es dann auch. Es wird wohl darauf hinaus laufen, dass er der neue Cena wird. Ein aalglatter Superheld den die Kinder und Frauen lieben, wie bei Cena. Für mich gibt es keinen Grund weshalb Roman Reigns der nächste Topguy werden sollte. Da hat die WWE aus meiner Sicht mindestens 30 andere Worker im Roster in denen ich mehr sehe als in Roman Reigns. Es scheint aber so, dass seine Verwandtschaft zu The Rock ausreicht um ihn so zu pushen-> schade."

[7.0] "Sicherlich der schwächste Ex Shield Member was Ring und Promofähigkeiten angeht. Allerdings bringt er eine gewisse Ausstrahlung mit die in irgendwie wieder interessant macht. Außerdem zählt die WWE auf ihn. Ich trau ihm ähnlich viel zu wie Rollins und Ambrose, allerdings muss er sich von allen dreien am deutlichsten steigern."

[5.0] "Hat eine unglaubliche Aura, fast schon wie bei einem jungen The Rock und doch sehe ich die Zukunft des angeblichen Rumble Gewinners 2015 wenig rosig. Bevor er mit den beiden Übertalenten Ambrose und Rollins The Shield bildete, war er bei der FCW im Ring nicht gerade eine Augenweide. Die WWE machte es sehr geschickt, denn in der Gruppierung fielen folgende Dinge überhaupt nicht auf: Reigns kann nicht reden, Reigns kann nicht wrestlen, er sieht ohne den Brustpanzer alles andere als imposant aus, denn definiert ist da noch wenig. Und: die Gruppe gab ihm etwas geheimnisvolles, dass er alleine bisher noch nicht von sich aus erzeugen konnte. Er muss sich deutlich steigern!"

[8.0] "Ich denke, dass Roman Reigns eine erfolgreiche Zeit in der WWE vor sich hat. Er besitzt gute und kraftvolle Aktionen die sich herrlich in ein Kampf integrieren lassen können. Zudem klingt der Name Roman Reigns als Header für große Kämpfe auch vielversprechend. Außerdem gehört Roman zu einer großartigen Wrestler-Familie an - und alleine die Tradition der Generationen macht ihn für mich im Roster zu etwas besonderem."

[6.0] "The problem I have with Roman Reigns is, I find his one on one matches to be boring for the most part. The last minute of his matches are exciting but the first 10 or so minutes are just dull. He is brilliant in team matches but one on one not so much. Also he is too laid back when it comes to his promo"

[7.0] "In Roman kann man einen der großen Namen im WWE Mainevent der nächsten Jahre sehen und er bringt einiges mit, um diese Perspektive auf ihn zu begründen. Natürlich ist er kein technisch großartiger Wrestler und auch am Mic wird er öfter überstrahlt, dennoch ist er in beiden Bereichen recht gut und steckt wohl gemerkt noch am Anfang seiner Karriere, somit auch seiner Entwicklung. Wie die verläuft kann nur die Zeit zeigen. Dennoch besitzt Reigns etwas, was sehr wenige besitzten, nämlich den viel beschriebenen It-Faktor, die Austrahlung und das Auftreten eines potenziellen Maineventers und Stützpfeiler der WWE. Die körperlichen Vorrausetzungen für einen "zerstörerischen Big Men" besitzt Roman Reigns und eine gesunde Portion Talent, so das er aus sich einiges schaffen kann. Aktuell noch hier und da unpoliert, aber mit der Zeit kann man schon einiges von ihm erwarten."

[7.0] "Ich bin mittlerweile wieder etwas vorsichtiger mit Roman Reigns geworden. Natürlich ist er der Star, den die WWE aus dem Shield heraus und auch jetzt, nach dessen Ende, in Richtung Main Event bewegen will. Er hat die Statur, den Look, die Intensität dafür und ist ziemlich over, wobei es auch schon Kontroversen gibt (was ich eigentlich positiv deuten würde). Im Ring leider noch immer recht limitiert, was sich im Shield immer sehr gut kaschieren ließ. Hat bereits seine Trademark-Offensive, darüber hinaus geht aber noch nicht so viel. Das kann sich allerdings noch entwickeln, besser als vergleichbare Leute (wie etwa ein Batista) dürfte es schon werden. Am Mikro lässt er meistens den Coolen raushängen und sagt relativ wenig, was wohl daran liegen dürfte, dass das der zweite wichtige Bereich ist, wo ihm noch einiges abgeht. Auch hier bei weitem nicht so stark wie seine ehemaligen Shield-Kollegen. Er hat das Potential, ein ganz großer zu werden, und ich kann mir auch vorstellen, ihn wirklich gerne zu sehen. Aber ein bisschen Entwicklung fehlt mir dafür noch."

[7.0] "Hat gute Anlagen. Super Look, gutes Oneliner-Micwork, nette Signature Moves. Bewegt sich noch etwas unkoordiniert im Ring und könnte mal ein anderes Outfit vertragen, aber ist auf einem guten Weg."

[8.0] "Solide im Ring, am Mic auch nicht schlecht (wenn auch meiner Meinung nach der schlechteste von The Shield) und mit seinen 12 Eliminations im RR 2014 hat er sich schon jetzt in die Geschichtsbücher eingetragen. Freue mich schon sehr darauf was die "After-Shield"-Zeit für ihn bringt. Edit: Habe die Wertung jetzt auf nur 8 Punkte reduziert, da er doch sehr eintönig im Ring als Einzel-Wrestler ist."

[7.0] "Nach der Trennung von the Shield etwas schwächer als vorher im Verbund. Vorher: Klasse Austrahlung und gut am Mikro. Vielleicht etwas eingeschränktes Repertoire. Die Gute Bewertung rührt vielleicht daher, dass er innerhalb von The Shield einfach grandios funktioniert."

[2.0] "He is honestly one of the worst wrestlers in the business. He does around 5 moves, Superman Punch, Spear, Samoan Drop, Punch, and Clothesline. He is very boring on the mic and really has no charisma. The only way he gets reactions is by swearing and dissing John Cena. He has no real talent and I don't get why the WWE seriously thinks he's better than Rollins and Ambrose."

[6.0] "Update auf 9. Der Mann ist nicht nur ein toller Performer sondern auch noch ein Vorbild. Gerade eben ein Video von WWEŽs Fatherhood PSA gesehen. Einfach nur großartig.. jaja ich weiss sowas sollte nicht mit einfliessen aber dann hätts die 10 gegeben ^^. Ich halte Roman Reigns einfach für den nächsten großen Anoai nach The Rock. Er hat chancen an Rockys Ruhm ranzukommen. Edit, da man ihm momentan einfach nicht mehr als 4 Moves zugesteht muss die Wertung erst mal runter, hoffe das ändert sich noch einen zweiten Cena braucht kein Mensch."

[0.0] "Extremely weak wrestler with absolutely no redeeming quality a wrestler should have except is "good looks". Can't work a match, can't cut a promo, looks like he needs an oxygen tank after 5 minutes in the ring, is there ANYTHING he can do? After all this sucking he is pushed to the moon more so than someone more infinitely talented than him like Dean Ambrose? DISGRACE."

[8.0] "Roman has a very intimidating presence. He reminds me of Stone Cold. He's got that badass feel to him unlike the happy go luckies Cena and Hogan. I think Roman's gonna be huge but he's becoming a bit repetitive. He really should start coming up with new offense though. Fans are gonna get really sick of the superman punch, spear, powerbomb."

[9.0] "Als Anführer des shield war er überragend. Als Singles Wrestler fand ich ihn bis jetzt noch nicht so gut das er 10 Punkte bekommen kann. Seine Zeit als World Champion wird kommen aber jetzt nicht nicht... BELIEVE in Roman..."

[8.0] "Sicherlich DIE Überraschung der letzten Jahre. Als The Shield debüttierten dachten viele - mich eingeschlossen: "Ah, Tyler Black, Moxley und... wer ist das denn? Haben die mal wieder einen großen unbeweglichen Muskelheini irgendwo ausgegraben. Zwei so gute Leute und so einer, na toll. " Doch er hat alle Lügen gestraft, eine grandiose Entwicklung genommen, sich Signature Moves angeeignet die vom Publikum abgefeiert werden und bringt - passend zu seinem Auftreten - kurze, trockene Promos die auf den Punkt kommen. Das passt rundherum. Es bleibt spannend zu sehen, wie nachhaltig das Gimmick ist, ob er in ein bis zwei Jahren die Leute auch noch begeistern kann. Nach nur vier Jahren im Business schon extrem weit, aber ein bißchen was geht da noch..."

[6.0] "Der Monster Push im Moment kommt viel zu früh. Die Befürchtung liegt nahe, dass man hier einen zweiten Cena erschafft. Roman hat im Moment ein Moveset bestehend aus 4 Moves, die er in immer gleicher Abfolge ausführt (Samoan Drop, Kick von Aussen auf den Apron, Superman Punch, Spear). Das ist insgesamt viel zu wenig, in Singles Matches kann man so einfach nicht überzeugen und das hat er bis jetzt auch nicht. im Shield konmte er das noch verbergen, jetzt nicht mehr. Am Mic ist er bestenfalls Durchschnitt. Insgesamt sehe ich aber trotzdem noch grosses Potential, er hat eine klasse Ausstrahlung , jedoch muss er auch noch sehr an sich arbeiten, für den Moment 6 Punkte!"

[6.0] "Hat noch viel Luft nach oben, wird sich aber entwickeln. Grade am Mikrofon steht er hinter seinen ehemaligen Kollegen Rollins und Ambrose zurück, im Ring hat er seine Nische gefunden - musste sich bisher aber auch noch nicht in großen Singles Matches beweisen."

[4.0] "Overrated as hell. Roman is absolutely not a great performer and he still isn't very good at the mic. I am surprised he has such a high rating when John Cena, who is actually the best on the mic and who's far better than Reigns in the ring, barely goes over a 7. 00 rating."

[7.0] "Roman Reigns looks very strong and heavy, but he know only three moves - spear, his signature punch and powerbomb. This fact is very disgusting."

[7.0] "Sein Talent im Ring kann man schwer leugnen. Vor allem ist er ein Bigman der trotz der geringen Erfahrung die Timings besitzt die man benötigt um im Ring spannende Geschichten zu erzählen. Doch leider kommt dazu ein völlig indiskutables Micwork, dass keinerlei Varianten zulässt. Wenn er es nicht schafft sich dort deutlich zu steigern, sehe ich ihn auf lange Sicht nicht ganz oben. Andernfalls ist er die Zukunft der WWE."

[9.0] "Für mich einer der Charismatischten und ausdruckstärksten Performer der derzeitigen WWE. Sowohl an den Mic- als auch an den Wrestling- Skills ist absolut nichts auszusetzen und die Storyline die sich die WWE für ihn und SHIELD ausgedacht hat ist bislang noch sehr interessant. Ich denke es wird noch eine ganze Weile dauern bis man sich an Reigns satt gesehen hat."

[9.0] "Für mich einer der momentan charismatischsten Wrestler in der WWE. Nach dem womöglichen Ende von The Shield nach der RAW Ausfabe vom 02. 06. 2014 wird er sich auch alleine im Ring behaupten können. Großartige Athletik verteilt auf 1, 90m, dazu Power und seine Zielstrebigkeit zeichen Roman Reigns aus. Nun kann er sich vieleicht endlich auch mal am Mic beweisen, denn da besteht noch Verbesserungs Potenzial. Könnte natürlich auch mit Dean Ambrose ein Tag Team bilden die sich weiterhin "The Shield" nennen. Mein Vorschlag aber wäre "Redemption" als Tag Team Name"

[8.0] "Für mich nach wie vor der "schlechteste" von The SHIELD(wobei schlecht nicht stimmt mir ist nur kein anderes Wort eingefallen). Er hat an seinen Mic-Skills gearbeitet, dennoch habe ich nicht das Gefühl, dass er eine Promo über einen längeren Zeitraum halten kann wie es bei den anderen Shield Mitgliedern ist. Im Ring und auch ansonsten lebt er hauptsächlich von seiner Ausstrahlung und weniger von seinem tatsächlichen Können. Dennoch ist er an sich kein schlechter InRing Worker, sondern im Vergleich zu ähnlichen Wrestlern(Statur usw. ) überm Durchschnitt"

[9.0] "Einer der Männer, die man sich in den Folgejahren gerne an der Spitze der WWE vorstellen möchte. Hat das Können und die Ausstrahlung um nach dem Split von The Shield auch im Singles Bereich ein ganz Großer zu werden. Ist während seiner Shield Zeit von Unerfahrensten von allen mindestens zu einem ebenbürtigem Partner aufgestiegen, wenn nicht sogar mehr."

[8.0] "Wird wie schon so häufig erwähnt als Wrestler der eigenen Talentschmiede den Aufstieg ins Main Event schaffen. Gibt im Ring sicher schlechtere, bin aber noch nicht auf ganzer Linie überzeugt. Er lebt Momentan noch von seiner Präsenz und seinm Auftreten. Die Frage bleibt ob er auch ohne Shield etwas darstellt, bin da aber zuversichtlich."

[10.0] "Meiner Meinung nach der beste im Shield. Er steht am Mic zwar hinter Ambrose und Rollins aber das macht er durch seine Ausstrahlung und seine Power im Ring locker weg. Er beherrscht seinen Finisher perfekt. Wenn man mal anschaut seit wann er erst im Wrestling ist, dann muss man schon Respekt haben für das was er jetzt ist. Er ist ein zukünftiger World Champion."

[10.0] "Als The Shield debütierte dachten eigentlich alle Wrestlingfans: Okay, da hat man noch einen Brawler für das Grobe, aber eigentlich werden nur Ambrose und Rollins sich mittelfristig etablieren können... Weit gefehlt! Roman Reigns hat sich als Mitglied des Shield mit Abstand am meisten weiterentwickelt und die Verantwortlichen von sich überzeugt. Jetzt werden einige sagen, dass Leute wie Vince oder Hunter einfach aufgrund seiner Statur auf ihn abfahren, doch ich bin mir sicher, dass dies maximal die halbe Wahrheit ist. Reigns arbeitet hart an sich, er überzeugt mit seiner nüchternen Art am Mikro und im Ring hat er mittlerweile ein Set an Signature Moves, welches von den Fans einfach nur gefeiert wird. Für mich derzeit der Mann des Shield."

[7.0] "Nein Nein Nein... Er muss nicht an seinen Promos feilen. Er braucht keine Promos. Seht euch diesen Kerl an, seht ihn euch gut an, achtet auf seine Frisur. Ich will sie berühren. Anfassen. Diese Haare. DIESE FRISUR! Ich möchte, das seine Haare einen Finisher zeigen... Ich möchte, das, wenn Reigns mal Gold holen sollte, seine Frisur einen Sleeper gegen, sagen wir, Cena zeigt. Und danach nur die Frisur zum Champion gekürt wird, während Reigns als ihr Manager agiert. Und danach von Robert de Niro's Frisur aus "Kap der Angst" sowie den Augen von Robert Pattinson um den Titel gefordert wird."

[9.0] "Roman Reigns zur Zeit wohl mit Lieblingswrestler in der WWE, nach dem Punk-Abbgang. Er fasziniert mich einfach! Im Ring ist er für seine Statur sehr sehr gut. Gefällt mir am besten im Shield. Hat das Zeug für den neuen Cena, mMn. Krasses Powerhouse!"

[4.0] "Der momentan wohl überbewerteste Wrestler der WWE. An und für sich schon ganz imposante Erscheinung mit grimmigem Blick, aber mit "nur" 1, 90 dann im Vergleich zu anderen derzeitigen WWE Wrestlern auch kein Riese, und die Darstellung als absolutes Über-Powerhouse auch völlig überzogen, wenn man ihn mit Muskelklumpen wie Ryback oder Big E vergleicht. Cena wird oft vorgeworfen, dass er ein sehr beschränktes Repertoire hat, aber Reigns wäre dann DIE Offenbarung schlechthin? Samoan Drop, Superman-Punch, Spear... mehr zeigt er i. d. R. nicht, und die Aktionen sind auch nicht wirklich spektakulär. Abgesehen davon steht die angebliche Wirkung seines Spear in keinem Verhältnis zu seiner körperlichen Erscheinung. Teilt Reigns einen Spear aus, bleibt alles und jeder liegen, ganz egal wie hart, groß und schwer. Teilt ein Big Show, der ungefähr ein Drittel schwerer ist als Reigns, einen Spear aus, steht komischerweise jeder wieder auf. Kraft = Masse x Beschleunigung... der Finisher von Reigns widerspricht also jeglicher Logik, und genau wegen solchem Unsinn wird Pro Wrestling oft belächelt. Fähigkeiten am Mikro... maximal nicht-lästig, aber auch nicht sonderlich überzeugend. Kann man als Undercard-Wrestler und Rückkehrer/Push"opfer" gern in der WWE halten, aber dieser wahnwitzige Push hat hoffentlich bald ein Ende."

[10.0] "Geniale Entwicklung eines athletischen Powerhouses! Dieser Mann bringt alles mit um in Zukunft ein Zugpferd der WWE zu werden."

[8.0] "Unglaublich Charismatischer Wrestler, könnte einer dergeößten Stars der nächsten Jahre werden wenn nichts dazwischen kommt und die WWE es nicht versaut!"

[8.0] "Reigns ist ein klassischer Power-Wrestler, der im Ring von seiner Kraft und außerhalb des Rings von seiner Präsenz lebt. Seine Promofähigkeiten sind (momentan) durchschnittlich, er ist auch nicht der charismatischste Typ, aber dank dieser Präsenz schafft er es dennoch die Aufmerksamkeit stets auf sich zu lenken. Das gleiche gilt im Ring, wo er selbst simpelste Aktionen so verkaufen kann, dass er immer die gewünschte Reaktion hervorruft. Im Ring für ein Schwergewicht sehr stark, sowohl im Austeilen als auch im Selling. Muss sich aber dennoch als Einzelwrestler weiter beweisen. 8 Punkte sind hochverdient."

[10.0] "Klasse Wrestler! Viele Moves und auch am Mic gut! der heimliche Sieger des Rumbles 2014! Die Zukunft gehört ihm!"

[9.0] "Einer der stärksten in der wwe, doch ohne den rest vom shield überzeugt er viel mehr. Er überzeugt mehr durch taten, als durch Worte aber das ist gut so!"

[9.0] "Roman Reigns hat sich in den letzten Monaten wirklich zu einem tollen Wrestler entwickelt. Selbst die Fans applaudieren mittlerweile sogar für ihn und das völlig zurecht! Dieser Mann wird im Jahr 2014 noch eine große Rolle spielen! Mal sehen ob er es schafft, sich unter den top Leuten zu etablieren. Ich würde ihm es gönnen, denn er sorgt für frischen Wind und hat auch das potenzial ein Star zu werden!"

[6.0] "The problem with judging wrestlers is that many people can't look past the booking: Reigns is a perfect example. He is presented as a monster, but in reality Reigns is easily the least talented member of the Shield. Ambrose is great on the mic, whereas Rollins excels in the ring - Reigns has just his good looks and size. Now don't get me wrong - he plays his role of the "muscle" and "finisher" of the group very well, but right now he looks lost during individual matches or promos. Nonetheless, he will almost certainly become the next top star of the company."

[8.0] "Roman steht noch am Anfang seiner Karriere. Aber er hat im letzten Jahr unglaublich viel dazu gelernt. Der Spear, der Superman Puch und der Dropkick außerhalb des Rings sellt er wirklich klasse. Er hat eine imposante Erscheinung und Ausstrahlung, lediglich seine Mic-Skills sind verbesserungswürdig. Ich denke bei konstanter Entwicklung entsteht hier ein Top Powerhouse an dem wir noch viel Spaß haben werden. Vorerst 8 Punkte."

[10.0] "Ohne Frage DER MANN! Dieser Typ wird definitiv die WWE in den kommenden Jahren tragen und das absolut zu Recht. Ihm fehlt es an Nichts."

[10.0] "Er hat einfach alles was die WWE will. Den look, den Körper und sein Mic work ist auch besser geworden."

[7.0] "Es macht aktuell Laune ihn im Ring zu sehen und er wird auch von der WWE gut dargestellt. Beim Thema In-Ring-Skills muss er sich allerdings noch beweisen. Wrestlerisch sicherlich limitiert, dies macht er aber mit seiner Präsens wett. Im Shield ist er aktuell gut aufgehoben und der (mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit) kommende Turn dürfte interessant werden. Einzige Berfüchrtung meinserseits wäre dass er vielleicht schnell zu einem "One Move Wonder" verkommen könnte."

[9.0] "Bewies als Powerhouse beim Shield, wozu die WWE ihn verpflichtet hat. Mit seinem Spear lässt er selbst, Big Show oder Mark Henry aussehen wie Leichtgewichte die man nach Lust und belieben rumwerfen kann. Ich persönliche finde seine neue Rolle beim Shield angebracht. Alles deutet darauf hin das man ihn zu einem zukünftigen WWE-Champion/WHC aufbauen möchte, was durchaus nicht verkehrt wäre. Sein Mic-Work und sein In-Ring-Skill muss sich noch verbessern, da ist noch Luft nach oben, aber ich finde die 9. 0 angebracht."

[8.0] "He's still raw and a bit green, but he has the tools to be a big star. WWE has done well booking him as a convincing powerhouse, capped off by a house rocking performance at Survivor Series. I can see him feuding for the IC title when the Shield splits."

[7.0] "Tolle Austrahlung im Ring. Unfassbar Kraftvoll und äußerst glaubwürdig. Ich denke, dass er auch ohne The Shield überleben könnte, allerdings passt das Stable momentan einfach perfekt."

[7.0] "Naja der, der den Gegner von The Shield dem Spear verpasst ganz passabel im Ring."

[7.0] "Noch 7 Punkte. Wenn er es nicht verkackt, kann Reigns der nächste Batista werden. Jetzt schon ein starkes Power House das mit seinem knallharten Moves und Intensität oft die Show in den Shield Tag Matches gestohlen hat. Der Mann gefällt mir sehr! ."

[9.0] "Bei der Verwandschaft steht ihm eine große Karriere bevor."

[7.0] "Was für ein Hühne! Im Ring wirkt er absolut brutal und bringt seinen kompletten Körper zum Einsatz wenn es darum geht den Gegner zu schwächen. Ob als Unterstützung am Ring oder als Aktiver im Ring, sein Stil begeistert mich einfach. Wenn es The Shield irgendwann nicht mehr geben wird, hoffe ich das er (Seth und Dean natürlich auch) eine große Singles Karriere hat."

[10.0] "Die Intensität die er ausstrahlt ist einfach unglaublich. Sowie seine beiden Kompanen sehe ich eine große Zukunft in ihm und wünsche ihm das beste, denn er hat das Potential es ganz weit zu bringen!"

[8.0] "Er hat das Zeug DAS neue Powerhouse in der WWE zu werden und die alternden Stars in dieser Kategorie abzulösen."

[10.0] "Klasse Ausstrahlung und Statur eines Superstars, mit viel Luft nach oben zumindest was das Micwork betrifft, trotzdem 10 Punkte."

[7.0] "Der Kerl hat irgendwas besonderes an sich, keine Ahnung was. Ich mag ihn vom Shield am meisten. Hat ein ganz eigenes Charisma und er kommt manchmal einfach nur Cool rüber und auf einmal fängt er das Brüllen an. Im Ring ist er auch nicht ohne. Mal sehn wie es mit ihm weitergeht. Bewertungstechnisch ist auf jedenfall noch Luft nach oben."

[9.0] "I wasn't the biggest fan of Roman Reigns when he turned heel towards the end of FCW and then going into NXT cause at the time, even though his promo skills were still lacking whether he was a face or a heel, I thought he was better as a babyface because of his ability to connect with the crowd during his entrance to the ring and during his matches and also because of the great improvement of his in-ring work throughout his whole rookie year that he was a babyface in FCW. He was like the equivalent of Kofi Kingston in that respect as far as connecting with the audience and I thought he had a lot of potential to get to that same position as Kofi as a babyface, and when he turned heel, I became less impressed with him. But him being with the Shield now has completely won me over for the time being at least! I think this is the perfect group for Roman Reigns to be in not only because he has a ton of potential to be a big star in WWE just like Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins do, but this is the perfect position for him to be in as a heel cause it seems like his promos have gotten a whole lot better and his heel character has grown to be more scary, more intimidating, and more powerful as well!"

[10.0] "Wer hätte gedacht das Roman Reigns sich zum heimlichen Starr von The Shield mausert ? Wohl keiner... Und doch ist es so gekommen. Er macht seine Rolle als Zerstörer richtig gut und seine Spears finde ich echt beeindruckend."

[8.0] "Ich mag Reigns, weil er vor allem als Shield - Member überzeugend ist. Seine Aktivitäten als Powerhous lassen da auch nicht zu wünschen übrig. Er kommt mir außerdem manchmal vor, wie der inoffizielle Anführer des Shields im Ring. Im Backstagebereich wirkt eher Ambrose als Anführer, wobei der Shield ja eigentlich keinen Anführer hat, aber das macht nichts. Er hat mich schwer beeindruckt und immer wenn er im Ring ist (TLC, Elimination Chamber) haben wir ein 5 - Sterne Match. Dieser Typ ist einfach klasse!"

[6.0] "Bis jetz relativ beeindruckend wie er im Shield agiert. Allerdings hat er noch nicht viel gesagt und keine Einzelmatches bestritten."

[9.0] "Krasses Charisma, Im Ring hab ich ihn noch nich gesehen aber der erste Eindruck ist unfassbar gut."

[7.0] "Gefällt mir bisher ganz gut. Leider hat er bei FCW oft relativ schlechte Gegener um mal richtig zu zeigen was er kann. Sein Finisher mit Bulldog im Kreis rennen sollte aber noch geändert werden."

[4.0] "Roman is another wrestler who was hired because of his family, however, he isn't a particularly terrible wrestler, he just isn't particularly brilliant. His moveset consists of strikes and a Samoan Drop, his mic skills are developing, and his intensity is at a full 100 percent. He still needs work but i can definitely sees him growing very quickly."