Over the past year, wrestling fans have expressed dissatisfaction with the WWE's attempt to push Roman Reigns, an inexperienced star, to the top over wrestlers with more genuine fan-favorite appeal.
Complaints about Reigns range from his inability to perform on the microphone to his skills inside the ring. Although many believe Reigns has the potential to be a great superstar, he's simply not ready for the main even at WrestleMania. WWE refuses to push for the more popular superstars like Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, Dean Ambrose, and Cesaro, opting instead for Reigns.
Fan dissatisfaction reached a peak last night in Philadelphia, when Reigns, who is a babyface (wrestling-speak for good guy), won the 30-man Royal Rumble match.
Reigns threw Rusev over the top rope to pick up the win. This puts him in a main event title match against WWE Champion Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, taking place March 29, 2015, in Santa Clara, California.
As the match came to the predetermined conclusion, fans could be heard chanting "BULLSHIT" and "WE WANT REFUNDS."
Fan favorite Daniel Bryan was eliminated very early in the match, to the surprise of many.
Even though Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson came out at the end to please the crowd, loud booing could still be heard.
Moments after Reigns won the match, the hashtag #CancelWWENetwork began trending worldwide.
Here are some of the tweets:
A fan of @WWE for 25 years. This is a sad day for me. #CancelWWENetwork
#CancelWWENetwork expect this on #RAW 😀
#RoyalRumble in a nutshell. #CancelWWENetwork
No thanks #CancelWWENetwork
#CancelWWENetwork is trending even after that title match. Idiots...
I tried to make a meme. Let's see how far this goes... @WWE @WWEUniverse @WWENetwork #CancelWWENetwork
Oh my goodness "@WrestlingLAD: Damn! #CancelWWENetwork "
Disappointment has also been reflected in a poll on WWE's Facebook page.
quick update on those poll numbers from the official WWE facebook page #CancelWWENetwork @thewadekeller
According to Cagesideseats.com, the cancellation page on the WWE website was down due to being "overloaded by fans clicking en masse to rid themselves" of the WWE Network.
WWE still has one more pay-per-view before heading to WrestleMania. WWE Fast Lane will take place on February 22, 2015, in Memphis. Until then, expect to see Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania.
