Meltzer: "Roman Reigns, to this day, is still paying the price of being the company’s choice for the top spot instead of Bryan"

He doesn't need to be completely off TV for any length of time. He just needs to be made to look human. That is, he needs to lose a main event level feud to a heel (that is being cheered & is not Triple H) cleanly. And not 50/50 booking. Just lose, at least 2 times, to a strong heel. Styles right now would be perfect if they did not have the brand split, or a strong heel Rollins would have been if he wasn't turned. Having him lose to Owens twice wouldn't really work right now because they've booked Owens as a weak champion so going from weak champion to beating Reigns clean multiple times would seem weird. Maybe just book Reigns/Balor when he returns and have Balor do it without either being a true heel. But just make Reigns look human against someone else that is a full-time regular in a big feud. Then, from there, have him continue on as US champion in more 50/50 type booking in the upper mid-card role and the superman stuff will slowly fade. Big feud to break the mystic, then on-going human booking to make the fans forget the mystic happened.

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