5 reasons why Roman Reigns is losing his fan base

Last year, The Shield was one of the hottest most popular things in WWE as they began cementing themselves as one of the greatest factions ever while Roman Reigns was pushed as the powerhouse of the group.At the 2014 Royal Rumble, Reigns was cheered heavily but was eliminated by Batista who won the match through a chorus of heavy boos. At this year’s rumble however we saw the tables turned as the fans rejected Reigns by booing him out of the building as he won.Reigns has slowly but surely been losing his fan base so let’s take a look now at 5 possible reasons why. 

#1 Lack of development

Since the disbandment of The Shield last year, both Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose have undergone significant character adaptions. They’ve both been given new music, new unique attires and have developed new attitudes. Ambrose is now playing up the ‘lunatic’ part of his character much more while Rollins has evolved into the company’s top slimy heel.

However in comparison, Reigns hasn’t undergone these important developments. He still essentially has the exact same attire, still uses The Shield’s old entrance music, is still basically the same ‘silent powerhouse lone wolf’ character and still even uses The Shield’s old signature entrance through the crowd.

Reigns has demonstrated absolutely no growth as a character since the destruction of The Shield. It’s somewhat understandable that WWE would want to incorporate (and keep) a few signature features due to the Shield massive popularity but this is just ridiculous and as a result, is partly responsible for the fans rejection of Reigns.