3. Jim Ross Feels Sorry For Roman Reigns, How Braun Strowman Should Be Booked
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross recently noted on his podcast that he feels sorry for Roman Reigns and how WWE officials are booking him. Below is what JR said:
“For me, I wish I didn’t know him as well as I do because I really feel bad for him. I know how badly he wants to be where he’s going or trying to be placed. He has got a good work ethic. He’s a guy who weighed 320 or 330 pounds, playing college football at Georgia Tech and he has worked really diligently to get himself in great shape, so I know there’s a commitment there. I know he’s a good athlete. I think he’s a good citizen, from all I can tell. I think he’s a good choice for elevation and for promotion and advancement, but I just believe that the way he has been booked has not been in his best interest as it has worked out.
Reigns was a victim of the way he was booked. That would be like blaming Cam Newton for not throwing more touchdown passes when they weren’t calling the plays. He’s following the orders. He’s running the plays that he’s told to run, but he’s getting an amazing amount of heat for doing what he’s told.”
Below is how JR feels Braun Strowman should be booked:
“Here’s a great example of how not having any territories bites you in the ass. Braun Strowman is a guy that would be great to send to a territory to stay six, nine, twelve months, working with somebody specific that had been outlined with the promoter and/or booker of the territory for him to go there and get better. And they don’t have that location, so what I think they should do is book him in a lot of singles matches on the road with somebody that’s solid, like Dolph Ziggler or somebody.
That’s the name that popped into my head because he’s a good hand. But he needs reps. He needs time. He needs ring time because he has those intangibles that you have to look at a second time. He has got the size and no matter what, size still counts.”
Below is what JR thinks about the possible Brock Lesnar – Bray Wyatt WrestleMania 32 match:
“I think they will have a car wreck in essence. I think it will be very physical and I think that they both enjoy that and I just don’t think that it’s necessary for either man to win to come out better. Would it hurt Lesnar to lose to Bray Wyatt? No, but you’re not going to beat anybody with Lesnar that’s not involved in the title picture. Just having Lesnar be the conduit for somebody to use as a stepping stone is not going to happen.
It’s always interesting how they build this because you don’t have your babyface there every week, in Lesnar, so it’s going to be interesting to see how they scale this peak, to get me to WrestleMania, which, obviously, has to have something major happen at WWE Fastlane. And Fastlane might be the pay-per-view that Wyatt gets heat on Lesnar and take him to WrestleMania. But you know what I mean. It’ll be fun to see how they storyboard this thing on the way out.”
