Roman Reigns had earned the Universal Championship at Summerslam to shut up the doubters. He is on top of the world right now with the gold around his shoulder. We should note that he has achieved another accolade in the company following the Summerslam weekend. He is now the top-most merchandise seller in the company overtaking John Cena.
So here’s the proof for the haters of Roman Reigns that he is not ‘over’ with the audience. There’s no doubt that the audience does love to boo him universally on every single occasion they get. It’s also a fact that the WWE Universe did not accept him the way the officials earlier thought. But the merchandise selling figures don’t lie. It indicates the acceptance of the Big Dog amongst the mass.
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John Cena has been on top of the merchandise-selling figure list for over a decade, now. It was an obvious thing considering he was the franchise player of the company. WWE had always tried hard so that Roman Reigns can topple him in this area. It did not happen for the past several years.
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But, the Universal Championship win handed him the accolade just like that. Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported Roman Reigns overtook John Cena by selling merchandise bigger in number than John Cena. Well, this would certainly assure Vince McMahon who is in doubt to start Reigns’ title reign.
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Furthermore, the absence of John Cena is a bigger reason that helped Roman Reigns to overcome him. This is for the first time in 15 years that the Cenation Leader had missed Summerslam. He has not been in a WWE storyline since Wrestlemania. In fact, the ‘golden goose’ of the company should not be back in a full-time role until the next edition appears.
It means Roman Reigns will continue to rule the WWE for that time being. Dave Meltzer of the source also noted that booing the superstars does not mean the people don’t like him.
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Rather, it has become a trend to react to him every time he comes out. The Guy does know it very well from the first-hand experience. So these reactions do not bother him much. Check out the comments from the veteran wrestling journalist,
“They learned from John that people booing you on TV doesn’t mean cr*p so no matter how much you boo, as long as you buy your tickets… as long as he’s gonna sell more merchandise than the other guy.”