7 huge missed opportunities to turn Roman Reigns heel 

#2 Buy into the opportunity of a lifetime

Even the raucous UK crowd were begging Reigns to shake Triple H's hand and just buy in.

In the opinion of many critics and fans alike, this was one of the most crucial moments in Reigns career to this day that was totally ignored by WWE, as Triple H’s promo to persuade Reigns to sell out and join The Authority was the perfect blend of kayfabe and reality. As Reigns wrapped up his awful narrative with Bray Wyatt at Hell in a Cell 2015 and bested three other superstars to become number one contender to Seth Rollins WWE Title, WWE was all set on a marquee match between “The Architect” and his former Shield brethren.

But unfortunately, Rollins suffered a career postponing injury that saw him vacant his WWE Title. Therefore, the company quickly booked a WWE Title tournament which saw a new champion crowned in the finals at Survivor Series 2015, and unsurprisingly the winner of the tournament was Roman Reigns.

But, before people decided to cry tears of 'joy,' WWE decided to throw a plot twist at us, and book Roman's first World Title reign to last for only five minutes and that was due to an unsurprising cash in from Mr. Money in the Bank- Sheamus.

Pushing aside the pathetic nature of WWE's booking throughout this entire tournament, Triple H’s offer to Reigns was still the most intriguing thing about this entire angle. As “The Game” openly mentioned that even before Rollins took the offer to buy into his autocratic leadership, the higher-ups had considered Reigns first, as he was everything Vince McMahon saw in his version of the perfect wrestler.

At that point WWE shouldn’t have played this off as good old Reigns showing everyone he is the ideal babyface that rebels against the powers that be, but as the man that is willing to accept Triple H’s offer as he is totally fed up with having to endure the crowd spewing hate at him every single night.

And if your memory serves you correctly at that juncture in Reigns career, he had not won one singles title on the main roster, as his chance to become World Champion was stolen from him at WrestleMania 31 due to his real-life unfavourable status amongst fans which made WWE hesitant to pull the trigger on his push.

Moreover, from there on out he was further pushed slightly down the card to partake in filler feuds in an effort to win those haters over, and from a human perspective being held back from reaching the top because a legion of 'smarks' disapprove of your success must be frustrating.

Furthermore, Triple H bringing Reigns family into the picture by saying he would be setting them up for a comfortable life for decades to come if he took his offer was icing on a perfect heel turn, as we have learned throughout Reigns time in WWE, nothing is more important for the man than his family.

Roman Reigns at that moment was justified in turning heel, and he should’ve taken the opportunity placed in front of him, as narrative-wise, it would have made perfect sense: screws the 'marks' and be “the guy.”

Even though Reigns storyline with the Authority ended up producing a special moment in his career when he won his first WWE Title in the same building where his babyface run hit its first speed bump, all that was short-term gain and a long-term loss as in just a few months everything went back to square one.

And it went back to square one because WWE sabotaged their only chance of having Reigns be a badass face rather than a corny version of John Cena. Had Reigns taken Triple H’s offer fans could’ve witnessed the ascension of a corporate heel that everyone believes is being pushed as the best thing since sliced bread, as this was one of few instances where kayfabe could’ve been intact but ultimately WWE missed the mark once again.