Stone Cold Steve Austin Wants Better Storylines for Roman Reigns
Stone Cold Steve Austin made it clear that he thinks Roman Reigns should be used better.
Stone Cold Steve Austin has been outspoken about WWE’s use of Roman Reigns throughout 2016. It started with him saying The Big Dog needs to “put up or shut up” at WrestleMania 32. He would go on to defeat Triple H in the main event for the WWE world Heavyweight Championship. Austin stayed critical during Reigns’ feud with AJ Styles, saying the latter carried their match.
On a recent episode of The Steve Austin Show, The Rattlesnake took a fan question about Reigns and critiqued him. He wants to see him improve, but also calls for WWE to handle him better.
“He needs a little bit more fire on the offense, a little more active, sell on the run on defense. I think that’d help him out. He needs to pick his head up. He needs to sell on the run, be more active. He has a bad habit of dying when he sells.
“A bad habit of dying when he sells” actually took place on Monday’s episode of Raw. When Rusev stomped on his back, Reigns looked like he got shocked with thousands of volts of electricity.
Austin continued on the topic of selling. He also touched on WWE needing better storylines for Reigns.
To his credit, he will sell for anybody. He’s very unselfish in the ring in regards to that. But because he sells so much, he just needs a more active sell to keep those people buying in, so he can get that sympathy. He’s a big, good looking guy. He’s putting his game together. Come up with better storylines for the guy. I still have high hopes for Roman Reigns.”
The Reigns vs. Rusev feud has succeeded at times, but it’s approaching three months. Questioning what it actually has done for the former Shield man is valid. He won the United States Championship, but the reactions remain the same. If anything, it will be most intriguing to see where he goes after The Bulgarian Brute.
So, is Stone Cold Steve Austin’s criticism of Reigns fair or foul?
(h/t Wrestling Inc)
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