Former WWE Superstar John Morrison was recently a guest on The Ross Report to talk about several professional wrestling topics. During the show Ross and Morrison discussed Roman Reigns’ difficulty to get a positive reaction from the fans. Here are the highlights:
Reigns suffering from “John Cena Syndrome”: “That’s a tricky one and I feel like he was a victim of the ‘John Cena Syndrome’ a little bit.” Johnny Valkyrie continued, “and by that, I mean, when John started, he was pushed so hard, so fast, for so long, he was perceived as he didn’t deserve it, originally. And now, he [has] grown into one of the greatest workers of all time, I believe.
“I’d say it’s kind of the same for Roman. When he started, he was pushed really hard. Fans had an adverse reaction to that because he’s standing in the ring across from, I don’t know, AJ [Styles], or Sami Zayn, or Kevin Owens, or somebody that has been perceived to have fought their way up from the indies and scrapped and fought for everything they could get.”
Roman Reigns not deserving the disrespect being shown to him by the fans: “But now he [has] been working on top for so long that he has grown into quite a hand in the ring, I believe.” Johnny Religion added, “also, my perspective from people that I talk to, is that he’s pretty well liked in the locker room.
“And now he [has] got this stigma from all that and it has kind of become cool, I believe, for the fans to boo Roman or be bored by Roman. Yeah, right. And maybe he deserved that five years ago, but I don’t think he deserves it anymore now. Now it’s a situation where it’s tough to deal with.”
You can listen to Morrison on The Ross Report by clicking this link here.
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