A Heel Roman Reigns vs. Face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania?

WWE knows that Roman probably won't get a good reaction WHEN he wins the Royal Rumble this Sunday and all it would really take for Roman to turn heel is if he eliminates a certain superstar that everyone WANTS to win, but won't. Also, Brock played the role of a Face last night. What do you think?

I have been hearing a lot about a lesnar face turn recently and last night kind of added feul to the fire

Its very possible thats what theyre planning

I still dont like it though. Its just a copy of the Batista thing from last year and that only worked by chance. Brock vs Bryan or bust. If it really ends up being brock vs reigns the match would bust. Lesnars going back to UFC, lets face it, so he already has little reason to give a shit and risk his neck and put forth effort in the mania match it is. You REALLY think hes gonna go all out and put on an epic match against that unrespectable bum in-ring wise?

Plus, reigns picking up the belt would be about as well received as batista winning the belt at WM 30 wouldve been. Thats about the worst possible heel reaction you could get. Its x pac heat, basically

So if they go through with this everything that could go wrong would go wrong. Theyd be forced to do something different honestly.

Mr. DEDEDE wrote:

I have been hearing a lot about a lesnar face turn recently and last night kind of added feul to the fire

Its very possible thats what theyre planning

I still dont like it though. Its just a copy of the Batista thing from last year and that only worked by chance. Brock vs Bryan or bust. If it really ends up being brock vs reigns the match would bust. Lesnars going back to UFC, lets face it, so he already has little reason to give a shit and risk his neck and put forth effort in the mania match it is. You REALLY think hes gonna go all out and put on an epic match against that unrespectable bum in-ring wise?

Plus, reigns picking up the belt would be about as well received as batista winning the belt at WM 30 wouldve been. Thats about the worst possible heel reaction you could get. Its x pac heat, basically

So if they go through with this everything that could go wrong would go wrong. Theyd be forced to do something different honestly.

I don't think it's the same as the Batista thing. WWE was hoping they could go forth with Batista as a face, obviously they couldn't... but if they deliberately make Reigns a heel I think they could go over better. I think people assume that the push for Bryan in the main-event is going to be just as big as it was last year, I don't.

ANTI wrote:

Mr. DEDEDE wrote:

I have been hearing a lot about a lesnar face turn recently and last night kind of added feul to the fire

Its very possible thats what theyre planning

I still dont like it though. Its just a copy of the Batista thing from last year and that only worked by chance. Brock vs Bryan or bust. If it really ends up being brock vs reigns the match would bust. Lesnars going back to UFC, lets face it, so he already has little reason to give a shit and risk his neck and put forth effort in the mania match it is. You REALLY think hes gonna go all out and put on an epic match against that unrespectable bum in-ring wise?

Plus, reigns picking up the belt would be about as well received as batista winning the belt at WM 30 wouldve been. Thats about the worst possible heel reaction you could get. Its x pac heat, basically

So if they go through with this everything that could go wrong would go wrong. Theyd be forced to do something different honestly.

I don't think it's the same as the Batista thing. WWE was hoping they could go forth with Batista as a face, obviously they couldn't... but if they deliberately make Reigns a heel I think they could go over better. I think people assume that the push for Bryan in the main-event is going to be just as big as it was last year, I don't.

I agree that the fan push for Bryan to headline wont be as big this time around, however the Batista thing last year was fully unintentional and they accidentally struck gold on it mostly because of the bookers/he himself as a character handled it. His heel turn forced them into booking Bryan into the main event and making a triple threat match.

This time around Reigns vs Lesnar would be similar to booking Orton vs Batista and keeping it that way. It wouldnt work with just having Reigns vs Brock under those conditions. There are still a lot of butt hurt wrestling fans who act like wrestling is real and hate Brock because he ended Takers streak and think hes a bad champion because he doesnt show up every day and compete in redundant useless 6 man tag matches every Raw and Smackdown. They're not gonna wanna hop on board, and thats actually a lot of people in that mindset.

Theyd literally need to throw Bryan into this match, and thatd just be a corny re endition of last years. At least it was fun to hate Bastista because he fed into the heat well. Reigns isn't even on Batistas level, he's not ready. I say just make it Bryan/Lesnar.

I would honestly love to see that happen. If Roman has been given the green light to win the Rumble, then there has to be some shocking twist in order to prevent the most "likely" winner, Daniel Bryan, to win the damn event. I could see Roman possibly injuring Bryan in the ring, then eliminating him to get his heel turn (or Bryan making his entrance and Reigns spears him to knock him back out). I was also thinking that Lesnar may have actually turned face a bit when he decimated Rollins, Kane and Show. The fans were also ecstatic for him. Maybe, just maybe, Face Lesnar vs. Reigns could be an ideal situation for WM 31.

I don't think WWE purposely booked Lesnar as a face last night. I think the intention was just to book him as a strong, fearless champion.

I don't think Roman Reigns as a heel would work. I'm all for Daniel Bryan winning the rumble, while keeping Ziggler in mind since he'll be "returning" Sunday. Either of those are better choices than Reigns WWE just needs to realize that.

If Lesnar does turn face (for whatever reason) then it might be indicating Rollins vs Reigns as the Main Event at Wrestlemania. If that happens Bryan MAY be facing Lesnar at Mania but not while the title is on the line but it's also a possibility that he could be facing Sheamus when he returns as a heel

Ryan Savage wrote:

If Lesnar does turn face (for whatever reason) then it might be indicating Rollins vs Reigns as the Main Event at Wrestlemania. If that happens Bryan MAY be facing Lesnar at Mania but not while the title is on the line but it's also a possibility that he could be facing Sheamus when he returns as a heel

That's interesting but I'm 99.9% sure that whether Rollins is champion or not, he's facing Orton at Mania.

The main benefit of turning Reigns heel would be he would likely be aligned with the Authority and would get a mouthpiece to cover up his terrible acting. His ring work is still brutal but his biggest issue is he is boring. I would actually be okay with him main eventing WrestleMania despite his weak ring work if his character was interesting.

Lesnar turning face might be interesting if he sticks around... but he's been so effectively built as an invincible heel it feels like it would be a let down if he turns face. Whenever Lesnar loses it will be a big deal because of how unstoppable he has been made to seem. Especially if he's going back to UFC, the logical conclusion to his run would be to put over a face. If he was gonna turn face they should've triggered that months ago it just seems too short sighted to randomly do it 2 months before WrestleMania and throw away all that build... Which means WWE will probably think it's a good idea.

Reigns would do a lot better as a heel.