>>13386643>he finally got popularUnironically and 100% sincerely, he's not popular, the IDEA of him is. Despite being Samoan they keep his presentation ethnically nondescript enough that he can be a self insert for anyone who isn't white, he's a cheating interference needing bitch but they present him as the best of all time so he's an avatar for everyone who ever likes to hype themselves up and not have to pay attention to all their shortcuts. He's not over, the Bloodline angle and presentation is and unironically ANYBODY with this much centralised investment would be as successful as him or more provided they met the 3 criteria of:
>ethnically ambiguous>good looking>serviceable talker (thats all he is)He has no presence, no aura, no 'God Mode', it's literally all inertia and weaponised fatigue. "Oh here we go again Roman wins by bullshit in a plodding match" "Oh here we go again Roman takes 5 minutes to enter, then 10 minutes to cut the same 1 catchphrase, 3 buzzword, 'bury the other guy' promo". He's HHH's wish fulfilment for the Reign of Terror, it's HHH saying "See if only I'd been given more, given THIS, I'd have been a top guy, better than this, I only got 2 years and had to drop the belt loads, imagine how over I'd have been like this".
Roman Reigns is absolutely nothing special, never will be. I like Cody, don't GET how he's got so much buzz or moves so much merch or ratings, but you want to talk actually popular? Cody exposes Reigns as the overprotected lower midcarder he is. There's nothing to separate Roman Reigns from Sonny Siaki, beyond protection.
