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– During a recent appearance on The Wrestling Observer Radio Show, Dave Meltzer criticized WWE Superstar Roman Reigns, claiming that Roman Reigns was not in fact “The Guy” for WWE’s hopes that he will be their top Superstar for the foreseeable future. Below are some highlights from Meltzer’s thoughts on Roman Reigns as the top guy for WWE.

Meltzer on why Reigns is not the guy: “At the end of the day, he’s not the guy! As soon as they broke up The Shield, I remember saying it that he’s not the guy. Then it became painfully obvious that that’s the case. In their mind, they are still hung up on that looks thing, and that’s where they are out of touch. There was a time in the ’80s where good look, good body — that’s enough and that’s what you want. And people were plenty into guys who weren’t necessarily the best wrestlers if they had the right look.”

Meltzer on WWE’s audience: “This is why. They do not have the casual audience they used to have. They have a hardcore audience. So the hardcore audience has different likes than the casual audience. I know they’re thinking we got to book for the casual audience. Well, guess what? When you have three-hour Raws every week, that doesn’t exist. You’ve got a certain audience, and they’re very loyal. They’ll buy buy tickets to the big shows, and that audience is gonna watch. It’s their freaking religion. And, when they don’t like it, they’re gonna complain, but they’re still gonna watch because that’s what hardcore fans do. Casual fans? You burned them out by trying to give them too much product. They don’t want to keep up with it. They’ve moved on.”

His thoughts on Drew McIntyre: “Who’s the guy? If it’s not Roman Reigns, then who’s the guy? John Cena’s part time now. It can’t be him. Who? Who do you go with? You could go with [Seth] Rollins, but he’s definitely been taken down a notch. [Dean] Ambrose has been taken down several notches. So they both had their windows of opportunities, and I think the company blew it for both of them honestly. Their decision on Roman, which went back years, it was one one of those decisions … once he went as a single, he did well, but he never did all the way well. Reigns is not the guy. There are others who could have been the guy, but they squandered them. I think the damage has been done. I don’t think you can go back to those guys. So I kind of think it’s Reigns by default until somebody comes up. [Drew] McIntyre checks a lot of boxes. He’s a really aggressive worker, good talker — better talker than Reigns. He’s got a good look like Reigns. In some ways he’s a better wrestler than Reigns. Maybe him, but do they want a non-American in that spot? I don’t know. I don’t know if they want to go that far, but maybe they would. I don’t know. Who else is there right now? There’s nobody there right now. It’s a hard situation. But it doesn’t matter because they’ve already determined it’s going to be Roman Reigns no matter what I said, so there you go.”

Dave Meltzer ha scritto:
Meltzer on why Reigns is not the guy: “At the end of the day, he’s not the guy! As soon as they broke up The Shield, I remember saying it that he’s not the guy. Then it became painfully obvious that that’s the case.

Their decision on Roman, which went back years, it was one one of those decisions … once he went as a single, he did well, but he never did all the way well. Reigns is not the guy.

Joy Black ha scritto:Non ha detto che Drew is the guy come nel titolo. Ha detto che nelle caratteristiche che cerca la WWE nell'uomo di punta (un certo look) McIntyre è un possibile candidato, visto che Roman Reigns per il ragionamento fatto da Meltzer non sta riuscendo a ricoprire quel ruolo (facendo un discorso sul fatto che non riesce a sfondare nei casual, e la base hardcore, che ormai è l'unica che ti sta lì a guardare 3(+2) ore di programma, non ha la minima intenzione di tifarlo).

McIntyre checks a lot of boxes. He’s a really aggressive worker, good talker — better talker than Reigns. He’s got a good look like Reigns. In some ways he’s a better wrestler than Reigns. Maybe him, but do they want a non-American in that spot? I don’t know. I don’t know if they want to go that far, but maybe they would. I don’t know

Geno ha scritto:Meltzer ha anche detto che Cena in ROH non riempirebbe un'arena da 2000 posti

Joy Black ha scritto:Comunque io non sono d'accordo con lui nell'accantonare un Rollins così facilmente, che nei criteri ci sta benissimo, devono ovviamente bookarlo diversamente da come hanno fatto come face.

Colosso ha scritto:Su McIntyre, oltre al fatto che non è americano, avrei la remora che il suo stile è meno aggressivo e fomentante di quello di Reigns. Un top face deve prima di ogni altra cosa portare il pubblico alla frenesia.

Colosso ha scritto: Un top face deve prima di ogni altra cosa portare il pubblico alla frenesia.