Roman Reigns was recently interviewed by the Mirror. During the interview, he was asked about the comments recently made by Stone Cold Steve Austin who suggested that he should turn heel.
Here was Reigns’ response to Austin:
“I think everybody has their opinions. Like ice cream, everybody has their flavor, everybody has their opinion. It’s Stone Cold Steve Austin. He definitely knows the area and the territory that I’m in. He knows what it’s like to pull the trigger and be a workhorse. So I think there’s definitely a lot of truth in what he has to say and I value his opinion. Is it going to happen? I can’t guarantee that. It’s one of those situations where you kind of got to take it week by week and just understand the role. I definitely think there is a lot of great truth to what he’s thinking and his knowledge in the game. But Stone Cold is not my boss.”
Reigns also commented on if he would like to turn heel. Here is what he said:
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“Would I like to turn heel? I don’t know. It’s a weird question cause, aren’t I already a heel? If I garnered that reaction, what’s the point? If it’s already happening, if I’m already being booed, why try and get booed?
“I think right now I’m in a cool situation and kind of a little bit different than anybody because the only person that’s really been in my shoes before is (John) Cena. But Cena is Cena, you know. I’m nothing like him, I’ve never been like him. I think I’m in a good place to kind of do whatever I want to do with this character and not necessarily just be a heel or be a babyface. I feel like my character can be so much more than that.”
Your thoughts?
There is some valudity to what he says. However, WWE has destroyed & taken hostage what it means to be a heel. Meaning, if roman was to change his character from a face to a heel, it would be welcomed by the fans because we actually see potential in reigns as a heel. But to continue down this path of a face, that fans don’t particularly care for, it hurts him and garners him boos. It’s WWE’s relentless efforts to get reigns over as a face that turns the fans off; not reigns as a worker or a guy.
It’s the continual rinse and repeat approach to reigns the fans have grown tired of.