If you listen to Steve Austin’s podcast regularly, you would know that Stone Cold is not a Roman Reigns hater by any means. He generally critiques him fairly and blames the negative crowd reaction he receives on poor booking by the WWE rather than on Reigns himself. Steve Austin was recently on the: You’re Welcome With Chael Sonnen Podcast, where he spoke on a wide variety of topics. One of the things he did criticize about Reigns was his ring gear as he wears all-black and a bulletproof vest type of thing, which is similar to what he wore in the Shield.
Steve Austin on Reigns needing new ring gear:
“He’s covered up in so much black clothing. He [has] got that long black hair. Half the time, it’s in his face. Lose the top. Dude, I had a drum half the time I wrestled, but I was mega over. It wasn’t about my physique. This kid [has] got twice the physique, ten times the physique I ever dreamed of having. And just let him go out there and be himself. I think the padding is just too much. The appearance, it worked okay for a little bit and now as a babyface, not so much” (Source: You’re Welcome With Chael Sonnen, H/T WrestlingInc).
Would love to hear peoples opinions on Roman and his ring gear. I feel like it would be weird seeing Roman wrestle with no shirt or vest. I think the WWE wants to keep him wearing this in order to try and sell it to kids. I think you can actually buy a replica vest at the WWE Shop.
Steve might have a point with the padding on the vest. Does this mean in Kayfabe that he is immune to certain shots to the body??
I dont understand the ring gear thing? Did Rybacks’ stock increase when he changed his ring gear? What about Fandangos? Ring gear means nothing. If Los Matadoras change their ring attire, most of the WWE Universe will still be silent when they wrestle. As far as his hair goes…. Whats wrong with it? Its not like he’s going bald or his hairline is receding. People who need to chop off their hair are people like Barin Corbin and the entire Wyatt family, including Bray. All of those guys hair is either thinning, going bald, or the hairline is receding badly.and kayfabe is dead. We all know the punches and kicks arent real so who cares if he has padding on his chest? But, thats just my opinion.
I did like Reigns ring attire in NXT. But who knows.