After this year's WrestleMania, it should be apparent to anyone that Roman Reigns is not over with fans and probably never will be. His main event match with Brock Lesnar was widely ignored by fans in New Orleans and seeing him in that spot has grown tedious. Now, Chris Jericho has weighed in on that and he too believes fans need to be patient and seems adamant WWE should stick with him.
"I think he’s like a modern day John Cena. For years fans just booed Cena because they think it’s the cool thing to do. They’re not paying any attention to what he’s really doing and that’s what Roman is now. They just see Roman and they just start booing because it’s the in thing rather than just shutting up and watching this guy for what he is which is a great performer. And that’ll come. Obviously if he turned heel he’d get over, but if he turned heel all the people that booed him would start cheering him. I think it’s just a matter of time and staying the course and he needs some good heels to work with. Heels that want to be heels."
It's been FOUR YEARS. There's only so much patience fans and the company are able to muster when it comes to Reigns and he's had his chance to establish himself as a top star but failed at every turn. It's arguably too late for a heel turn too because fans boo Roman at this stage not because they don't want him as a top babyface but because they don't like him and are bored seeing him.
As for the (bizarre sounding) angle he had in mind for himself and Roman, Jericho added:
"I had an idea that I wanted to do and I pitched it to Vince. I wanted to throw a fireball in Roman’s eyes and blind him, like an old school Memphis idea. Vince said he’d think about it. We were going to have a program and then it changed. If we had a long program, I probably could have got it done. So there’s a secret, exclusive for you."
What do you think of these remarks? Have you run out of patience with WWE's Reigns experiment? As always, be sure to weigh in with your thoughts on that in the comments section below.