Please don ' t post Let ' s Plays . It ' s clearly in the rules bar . <| sep |> Ya shit man I couldn ' t find anything anywhere near my house . Except for dirt . <| sep |> Go away Russia , we aren ' t buying your shit . <| sep |> Far too simplistic an analysis and Dave should know better . The reaction to Reigns has nothing to do with Bryan . The fact of the matter is that at the 2014 Rumble when he set the eliminations record and was the last guy in the ring with Batista , the crowd was ready to pop for him and get behind him . despite the fact that he was greener than he would be a year later and without a singles feud under his belt . The reaction to Reigns has somewhat to do with his presentation the stuff that needed freshening up when he split from The Shield ring gear , entrance etc stayed the same while changing his character from silent bad ass to father of the year . Similarly to 200506 , Cena wasn ' t being booed because the crowd wanted someone else . Cena was being booed because he was stripped of the Thuganomics gimmick that got him over and given a Marine gimmick that no one asked for . The reaction to Reigns is what happens when you book the company itself as your top heel for 20 years and then HoganPushTM a guy . That guy could be saving puppies and kittens from Hitler with a Care Bear stare and it wouldn ' t matter . The audience has been conditioned to perceive the management of the company as the heel . Therefore , anyone getting pushed because that base level of kayfabe is long dead that strong and hard will NOT be perceived as a babyface . It ' s also a big reason why much of the fanbase has a more favourable opinion of Smackdown than Raw . Smackdown ' s management has the perception , as babyfaces , to give the crowd what it wants . Raw ' s does not .