Several readers have pointed out to us that the crowd reactions for Roman Reigns at the recent live events have become increasingly negative. That is significant because people in WWE would always point to the live event crowd reactions (they were mostly positive before this weekend) as a reason why they kept pushing Roman Reigns. The live event crowds were always generally more positive than the Raw and pay-per-view crowds because more hardcore fans tend to show up at those shows while the live events are comprised mostly of families.

Reigns is the top merchandise seller among the full-time wrestlers (Cena is the top seller but he is part-time) so as long as that does not change, I can’t see the company wanting to change any long-term plans for him. As of this writing, they are still going forward with Reigns vs. Lesnar at the main event of WrestleMania 34.

Here are clips from Reigns matches at the shows from Friday night in Providence, RI and Saturday night in Champaign, IL.











