7 Controversial ideas to improve WWE programming

#5 Roman Reigns shouldn't be in the world title picture anytime soon

Roman Reigns needs to be built up slowly.

It is great that Roman Reigns is back on our television set so soon, after being diagnosed with leukaemia in October. His recovery is nothing short of miraculous and he certainly deserved the pop that he got on his return, as well as the support that he continues to receive from the audience.

The problem that WWE faces currently, is that they are probably going to try and insert him into the world title picture as soon as possible, which is going to be a big mistake that will cost them dearly. Pushing Roman Reigns back into the main event will automatically turn the fans against him again, even though he does deserve a rematch for the Universal title.

What the WWE must do is build Roman Reigns up slowly, even if it takes them a year to do so. They can try and give him another run as Universal champion, without forcing him down the throats of the WWE fans. It may work and it may not, but the best way to do it is just to build him back up slowly, without making him look like an underdog.

It certainly wouldn't hurt for him to put a few guys over, such as Drew McIntyre and even Bobby Lashley as well as his own brother Seth Rollins. Roman has been very well protected by management over the last 4-5 years, and having him put a few guys over would not dent his credibility at all.

The company wasted a lot of time trying to get the WWE fans to accept Roman Reigns as the face of the company, and it has never worked so perhaps it's time that they had multiple faces of the company. That way WWE will never get stuck in the same predicament that they were in when Roman got diagnosed with leukaemia. Putting their eggs all in one basket was never going to work out. It always works out better for them if they have multiple top faces.

If WWE play their cards right they can build up Roman Reigns, with the crowd actually supporting him. He definitely does not need to be in the main event scene all of the time, and there would not be so much pressure on him to be the one and only face.If they build up Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman and Finn Balor, they can also be people that could share the main event scene.

One thing that was noticeable just before Roman got diagnosed with leukaemia, was that even he seemed to be sick of facing Brock Lesnar. It would be understandable if he was, because the matches with Brock would take a toll on his body. Brock Lesnar is a very stiff and aggressive in ring worker, and it definitely would have knocked Roman around.

I think that if Roman gets back in the main event, then he needs to be kept away from Brock Lesnar. Their feud has been done so much that nobody liked the matches, and appeared to take a lot out of Roman, whether fans want to admit that or not.