WWE Legend Stone Cold Steve Austin Says Roman Reigns Needs to Turn Heel

Many WWE fans think Roman Reigns is a lock to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on Sunday at Survivor Series as a babyface, and many of those same fans are clamoring for him to turn heel. On his latest podcast, the legendary Stone Cold Steve Austin said he doesn't think that's such a bad idea.

On the latest edition of The Steve Austin Show, the Texas Rattlesnake talked about Roman Reigns' apparent ascension to the top of the mountain this Sunday and suggested that the character needs to have a heel turn in order to truly flourish, much like a certain contemporary of Austin's.

"I think Roman needs to be a heel. Go through that journey and then evolve into a babyface. To me, it's almost going to mirror what the Rock did. [WWE] brought him in as a white meat baby. People hated him and they wanted to hate him. And then, all of a sudden, the Rock started taking over the Nation of Domination. He was the alpha male in that group. All of a sudden, the promo skills come alive. The character comes alive. The personality comes alive and he turned into the most electrifying man in sports entertainment.

Now, I don't expect Roman Reigns to do that. I expect Roman Reigns to be Roman Reigns, but that's the road that the Rock went down. I just think, organically, that's the way it's going to play out for Roman Reigns."

But Austin then made it clear that he's excited about the events that will unfold this Sunday either way.

"Now, you can try to put him in that babyface spot, that number one spot, right now to see what happens and I'll be very, very interested to see, if indeed, that's what they do because I'm just waiting on the edge of my seat to see what happens," he said.

Austin has a point here, but WWE could truly go either way and probably be fine. Fans often complain that WWE never builds new stars, but they tried to do just that with Reigns from late 2013 until WrestleMania 31. But the fans turned on Reigns for a host of reasons (some legitimate, some not), and now the fans are clamoring for a heel turn.

Either way, we should have an answer this Sunday.

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