5 worst moments for Roman Reigns on the mic

Roman Reigns punched his way to the World Heavyweight Championship, but not without bumps on the road.Anyone who follows WWE programming knows all about Roman Reigns. He’s the current World Heavyweight Champion, set to defend the title at the Royal Rumble, and he’s been a clear choice for the next main event star for more than a year now.What people also know about Roman Reigns is that he doesn’t exactly have the gift on the microphone that his cousin, The Rock, has. In fact, Reigns has been downright awful on the microphone a few times, and that’s the first thing his detractors point out.Here are a few such times.

#5 Climbing the Ladder

There was no need to climb a ladder to deliver the promo Reigns delivered in December.

In the lead-up to Reigns’ match against Sheamus at TLC in 2015, much was made about the obstacles he had overcome to be World Heavyweight Champion. The pinnacle of that story came on Dec. 7, the last Raw before the event. 

Reigns came out for the show’s final segment and decided to tell that same tale of climbing and fighting as he actually climbed a ladder. Most will remember that night for the drawn-out exchange between the two men that included Reigns comparing Sheamus’ manhood to tater tots, but it was the forced metaphor that truly made the promo a bad one.