5 things WWE got right this week (Jun 10-11)

#3 Kept Roman Reigns off TV

The Big Dog has lost momentum since his return

In my memory, this week was the first since the wild card rule was created that Roman Reigns did not appear on both Raw and SmackDown.

His presence this week was limited to replays of a horribly written promo he cut after his loss to 49-year-old untrained wrestler Shane McMahon at Super ShowDown.

That loss was Roman's first (by pinfall or submission) since his triumphant return from leukemia in February, and marks the culmination of a downward spiral of momentum for the "Big Dog".

In hindsight, it's clear Roman returned too early in an attempt to boost slumping ratings. A post WrestleMania return on SmackDown would have refreshed Roman's character. It would also have taken an objectively dull match against Drew Mcintyre off the approximately 75 hour WrestleMania card.

Instead, Roman is now on both shows because of the wild card rule and is bringing his sleep-inducing feud with Shane and Drew (again) with him. The reason fans turned on Roman in the first place was that we felt he was being shoved down our throats and what's a more obvious example of this than creating an entire rule to facilitate him being on two shows a week.

Mercifully Roman was off TV this week and, for his own sake, he needs to be there more often. Hopefully, absence really will make the heart grow fonder and we can start to get behind a man who, given what he went through last year, has earned our support.