5 incidents that made some fans start disliking Roman Reigns

#4 Royal Rumble 2017

Reigns eliminates The Undertaker from 2017’s Royal Rumble

By the time 2017 had come around, the intense dislike for Roman had begun to dissipate; he’d had a couple of great matches with AJ Styles in mid-2016, then dropping out of the main event picture, albeit briefly, had somewhat eased the continuous criticism of him.

Reigns was back in the Title picture at Royal Rumble 2017 and had another good performance, to add to his growing collection, against defending champion Kevin Owens in a ‘No Disqualification’ match. It was a hard-hitting match which ultimately saw Roman screwed out of winning the championship thanks to interference from Braun Strowman. This wasn’t enough to get fans onside with Reigns, but they were more content with his positioning on the card than they had been over the previous couple of years.

Later on that night came one of the most star-studded and highly anticipated Royal Rumble matches in the event’s history. With the likes of Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker and Goldberg participating, it was certainly unpredictable, add to that the potential surprise entrants that the match had become known for and the excitement amongst the fans was palpable.

However, as the match went on, no surprise returns or debuts appeared. But as it neared its conclusion, all the announced participants had entered, and fans were convinced that WWE had saved someone big for the coveted number 30 spot.

Would it be Samoa Joe? Kurt Angle? Finn Bálor?

Nope, it was Roman bloody Reigns, and he was back to being public enemy number one.

The fans were enraged, as you can see from the video below.

To make things even worse, Reigns would be the man to eliminate The Undertaker, teasing a potential match between the two at what was rumoured to be The Phenom’s final WrestleMania and final ever match.

But surely if WWE wants the fans to love Roman, they weren’t about to have him end The Undertaker’s career…were they?…