Stone Cold Wants Roman Reigns to Turn Heel

It seems that WWE is pushing Roman Reigns whether the WWE Universe wants it or not. It’s confusing why they would build the company around someone who has such a mixed reaction, but that’s WWE business and logic for you.

Someone who knows a thing or two about being the top draw in the business recently did on the latest edition of his podcast the “Stone Cold Podcast”. During the interview, Austin gave his opinion on how WWE is building Reigns.

You can listen to the full interview right here. Below is what Stone Cold had to say about Roman Reigns becoming the top face and a potential heel turn:

Why is Reigns getting booed by the fans? 

“I predicted this all along. The kid has got to have a heel run before he’s going to be universally loved because that’s just the way that I see it. I’ve always said that I think the guy needs to be a heel first, but, nonetheless, that’s not my call. That’s the booking committee’s call or Vince [McMahon]’s call….That’s what’s going to make it fun again because everybody is going to be so onboard with booing him! I’m telling you, once he goes through that process, whether that takes one year, two years, [or] whatever, then, they’re going to end up loving the guy.”

What does he think of Roman Reigns’ push?

“To me, it’s like Vince chose this guy and he’s sticking with him. Whatever the fans think, whether it’s the smart marks, or the casual fans, or the fervent fans, I don’t know. He’s sticking with this guy and I don’t know. He’s not going to pick another guy because he has so much invested in this guy, so he [has] got to keep riding him, but he could ride him in a different direction, but you can’t back off the gas pedal. Babyface or heel, you’ve got to keep the pedal to the metal with this guy because if you don’t, he will become an also-ran immediately.”

Do you think a heel turn and run would eventually turn the fans onto Roman’s side?