WrestleMania 35: 3 reasons why Roman Reigns should not have won clean against Drew McIntyre

It wasn’t a long time ago when I wrote an article on the four possible outcomes of the match between Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania. One of the four points was that Roman would beat McIntyre clean.

Although a part of me thought that it could really happen, I didn’t truly expect that given how much Vince McMahon likes McIntyre. In the end, however, it turned out that Reigns might just be Vince’s favourite WWE superstar.

The wrestler from the revered Anoa’i family cleanly beat the Scottish Psychopath, much to the jubilation of the fans. However, this shouldn’t have been the case – and here are three reasons why…

#3 Reigns just returned after his battle with leukemia

Back in October last year, Roman Reigns announced that he had been battling leukemia for 11 years and that it was back. As a result, he had to forego his WWE Universal Title and undergo therapy.

In February this year, Reigns made his return on Raw and announced that he was back in remission, much to the joy of the fans. However, he didn’t take part in a singles match until WrestleMania 35.

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At Fastlane prior to WrestleMania, Roman Reigns teamed up with his Shield buddies Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose to take on the team of Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley and Baron Corbin, which the Shield obviously won.

WWE had been saving Reigns’ first singles match since his return for WrestleMania. So it is safe to say that he is not yet at a 100% since returning from treatment.

As a result, his clean win was an act that…

#2 Undermined a ruthless heel

McIntyre is a great heel

Ever since Drew McIntyre returned to the WWE for a second stint, he has been a force to be reckoned with. During his first stint, Vince McMahon personally christened him as the ‘Chosen One’ but he couldn’t get over with the fans.

As a result, he was released from the company. After that, he reinvented himself in the independent circuit before joining WWE NXT. He was put on the main roster last year and has been a force to be reckoned with ever since.

The truth is that Raw lacks great heels. The likes of Bobby Lashley and Baron Corbin might be huge in stature but they are not entirely as dominant as heels like McIntyre is.

The persona and the way the Scottish Psychopath carries himself is simply brilliant, exuding a relentless aura. By making him lose clean, not only did WWE undermine his merciless presence but it also…

#1 Doesn’t make much logical sense

McIntyre needed the win more than Reigns

So, as stated above, Roman Reigns just came back from a life-threatening condition and faced the best and most ruthless heel of Raw – who had decimated every single member of the Shield before this match – and yet, Reigns came out with a clean win.

Even leaving that out, Reigns gains nothing from this win – at least not as much as McIntyre would have had he won, or even lost due to Reigns using illegal means to get the upper hand.

As we have seen in the past, the company force-feeding Roman Reigns to the fans doesn't go down too well. As a result, they need multiple wrestlers to step up and be the face of the company.

McIntyre has those attributes as a heel and a push for him in this match would have done him wonders in the long-run.

But, unfortunately for McIntyre, that didn’t happen.