5 Reasons why Roman Reigns was moved to SmackDown

#3 SmackDown needed a 'true top babyface' after AJ Styles moved to Raw

Raw just got more phenomenal with the addition of AJ Styles

When Daniel Bryan turned heel and AJ Styles lost the WWE Championship right before Survivor Series, it essentially created a void of legit top babyfaces who could challenge for the WWE Championship.

Styles lost the title after a lengthy reign, so he wasn't going to be winning it back any time soon.

Once Bryan put Styles in his rear view mirror, it opened up a plethora of potential challengers, but none were really too believable.

Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy were both still trucking along, but even though they still had it, they weren't likely to carry the brand through the rest of 2019.

Ali was still relatively new to the show coming off of 205 Live, so he wasn't going to be handed the title right away.

So even though they partially rectified that problem by turning the wonderful Kevin Owens face in his return and by finally giving Kofi Kingston a main-event push, it might still resonate in McMahon's mind that Kingston still isn't a 'top face'.

The crowd obviously disagrees, but McMahon ultimately decides in the end who the flagships of the shows are.

If he truly felt that Kingston could take over for Styles with the latter's move to Raw, then Reigns wouldn't have been moved.

Mr. McMahon still will push Reigns again as the top guy in the company.

While it's good to see Reigns come back healthy, it will only restart the problem with the Big Dog that was going on for Reigns over the last few years. A good portion of fans is tired of his constant pushes and coronations.

Roman Reigns is still 'the Chosen One' to McMahon even though the crowd deemed that that man was now Kingston. Hence, 'the Chairman's' favorite face is now on the blue brand.