WWE President Vince McMahon admits that the absence of Roman Reign played a role in the decline of television audiences

Roman Reigns was a superman in the WWE. His character was non-destructible and anything you cast him, "The Big Dog", would always have badets. WWE tried to push him away and made him the face of the company as the fans were still trying to make him vibrate when he was in the ring. But life had a different plan for him.

Reigns shocked the world by announcing that his leukemia had recurred and that he should take a little time in the ring to focus on his recovery. This announcement took everyone by surprise and even WWE wrestlers were not aware of his condition. All the projects that WWE had in mind for him were suspended because of his illness. Roman was the face of the company and held the world championship at that time, so it was unthinkable to think he would have played a leading role in WWE programming.

Roman's announcement coincided with the decline in the number of TV listeners in WWE. RAW's and SmackDown Live's TV shows have been dropping for the last few months and have even bottomed out in December. The McMahon family even tried to reverse the situation by recognizing it on television and promising to change programming.

In a presentation by the company to its investors, WWE President Vince McMahon admitted that the loss of some of the best-performing WWE players had played a role in the decline in the television rating given to investors. emissions.

"The Sad Aspect of Sometimes, in our profession, our performers are not cartoons, they are injured, and this year we had a disproportionate number of injuries," McMahon said. "And when you have wounds, there is a whole series of them, Roman Reigns is the principle.

" On top of that, we had injuries to Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, who is the only one in the world. one of our best women. performers, was injured. Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Bray Wyatt, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, Braun Strowman, Dean Ambrose, Ember Moon, Samoa Joe, Akam (from AOP), Jason Jordan, Fandango, Big Show, Seth Rollins. It's like we have all these wounds, which is really unusual for us, and they are characters.

"It's no different if you write a soap opera and suddenly your main character was not there anymore." You're changing the screenplay, but it's not as good as the original.

"Sometimes it's better because we're very good, but these are the problems we face, and one of the reasons that television ratings have dropped. And one of the reasons, obviously, from the point of view of a live event, has also been abandoned. Because if you do not have your favorite shows on TV, you obviously will not be able to see them at a live event either. "

Television shows have recently been on an upward trend with an average of nearly 2.5 million viewers, and WWE still hopes that the path to WrestleMania will lead to an increase in viewership. .