Covering for Roman, ruining HIAC

By Scott Keith on 17 September 2018

1) After the debacles at WrestleMania and Backlash with the crowds shitting on Roman Reigns main events, the WWE has now resorted to using smoke and mirrors to cover up for him. At SummerSlam, they teased the Braun cash-in from the onset to keep the crowd excited. And tonight they added Foley as ref, have the 4 stable mates brawl on the Cell and do Cell bumps, BROCK comes back with Heyman… have you ever seen a company cover for the champ as much as WWE is “shielding” Roman from the crowds honest reactions?

And 2) in BOTH HIAC matches tonight referees wanted to stop or did stop the matches… so why are they booking this stipulation anymore? Let’s make the most violent match possible… but stop the matches if they get too violent? It’s particularly insulting while they’re shilling Foley’s network special and reminding everyone that he finished the match after nearly dying twice!

I think it's kind of telling that on the "Hell in a Cell" PPV, the two actual Cell matches were some of the weakest matches of the night.

With Roman, I dunno, it's like the best analogy I can offer is a little kid who skins his knee and finally lets it heal for a bit, but then can't stop picking at the scab. That's what it felt like last night, where Roman got less than a month as the true top guy without Brock being there to overshadow him, and then BAM, right back to Lesnar looming in the background again before the poor guy can even finish his first title defense. I kinda feel for the guy, I really do. He's just completely handicapped by their obsessive need to make him into the TOP GUY and sacrificing everyone around him over and over to make it happen.