Ryback Thinks Some Fans Boo Roman Reigns Because It’s Cool

In the latest edition of his Conversations with the Big Guy podcast, Ryback weighed in on the Roman Reigns situation, saying that he believes Reigns does have fans and some people boo him just to do it. Here are highlights (transcript via WrestlingInc.com):

On fans reacting to Roman: “A lot of people have forgotten this, Roman [Reigns] was the one people [were cheering]. Fans were cheering Roman. And then, when they realized that he was gonna get a Cena-like type push, or whatever you wanna call it, they slowly turned against that. But I’m also of the thought process that with these fans, the certain percentage of them, whoever you put in that spot, and push that hard, there’s gonna be backlash from the crowd because of the success. You wanna see a guy do good, but you don’t wanna see a guy do too good.”

On fans who boo: “And there’s a good percentage of [the fans] where they boo just to boo, because it’s the cool thing to do” said Ryback. “But it’s, again, a lot of those are the ones that go to the shows, but you got to remember, everywhere this guy goes, kids and families, he’s the biggest star. Kids and families typically aren’t on message boards, for the most part, but it’s a very real thing. So, these people are arguing with each other, they migrate towards each other, and they find like minds like theirs. ‘Oh, you hate Roman?’ ‘Oh, I f***ing hate Roman, too.’ And then before you know it, it’s an army of ants all in one f***ing chat room on Reddit talking about their hatred of Roman Reigns because he’s doing so g****mn good.”