Michaels got to choose how he went out; he chose Taker!

Reigns is a guy who doesn't draw crowds especially at house shows, doesn't have the IT factor, can't cut a promo, was the least popular member of a 3 man team and is seen as a middle finger to the fans who wanted to see Bryan Danielson and C.M. Punk instead.

Punks interview after he was fired about how the company's mind set back then was "make Roman look strong" is something people won't forget. Reigns is the guy that was pushed at those Royal Rumbles at the expense of Bryan Danielson who was the most over person they had in the company at the time. Now he's the guy who was booked against Taker, against Taker's will in Taker's last match... just to build to a match against Lesnar.

Think about all the guys in this company over the past decade and how they looked physically. You know how hard it is to fail a wellness (steroids/drugs) test for this company giving their policies. Reigns failed one last year, was suspended then immediately re-pushed. He literally must have been injecting his dick with a needle while taking the piss test to fail. Many fan favorites down the years got punished via booking afterwards, him? Nothing.

Read (not sure if true) that Taker did request Cena this year and Vince denied it. Wanted Taker to put over Reigns instead on the way out.

Disgusting if true. Does nothing for Reigns.

Since the streak was over and even the hardcore fans don't really hate Cena anymore (like they did a decade ago). This really would have been the proper way to end Taker's career and bring everything full circle.

If Reigns turns full heel tomorrow, he'll be pushed even harder than ever before. Nothing would change.

They've picked the wrong guy and they've damaged almost anyone else they could have pushed instead.

As for fan reactions, there is some truth to that. On the other hand the show are pretty terrible. I don't think fans chant C.M. Punk to be cool, I think it's in own protest at what they're being presented with. I do think though the bar to please fans as contradictory as it sounds has got lower, anything above mediocre these days is enough to garner a "this is awesome" chant.

I'm not sure though whether the "you deserve" chants everyone on these shows get though are supposed to sarcasm or serious. This is what you get when you go full carny.

Oh and...

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I agree about the Sting vs. Triple H fiasco. Bray though was just the wrong person, even by that point he was a mid carder who lost all the big matches and only really beat Bryan.

Since then Bray's been booked ridiculously bad like the other talent they push this era. It's too late to salvage him. He might get pops from the crowd, but he's never going to be a draw or a major star. Speaking of which, he's wrestling Orton tomorrow night after they had an absolutely horrendous match at the tail end of last year that people don't seem to remember.

Taker's match last year against Shane was a disgrace to logic. They had Undertaker selling for Shane McMahon in a long bad match who was doing MMA holds despite not being able to throw a realistic punch.

They have Shane this year working with A.J. Styles. Styles the company's best worker and probably the US's most talent wrestler just to inflate the ego of the McMahons.

This is not a pro wrestling company, it's a carny. That said the stage they have for tomorrow night looks spectacular. It's going to be a long walk for Taker, if they aren't giving him a buggy.