WWE Head Writer Tried to Stop Roman Reigns Worst Promo

Former WWE Head Writer, now EVP at The Rock's company Seven Bucks, Brian Gewirtz, talks to Sam Roberts about trying to stop the infamous Roman Reigns Sufferin Succotash promo, on Notsam Wrestling.

[Mclovinit]

the idea that a literal professional at this read that script and begged them not to put it in and vince still did just goes to show how hard headed the old man really was 😂

[gearsofwarxXx]

When Roman said that in the promo, you heard the sound of every single wrestling fan facepalming simultaneously.

[LorenzoK]

What's crazy is Roman is now at a point where when people bring that up we don't cringe because we know it wasn't him.

[wolframiumlavasioth]

Dude not even The Rock or Stone Cold could have saved that promo lmao

[jamesaditya]

Imagine that in 30 years from now, a pro wrestler is trying to make "sheesh" into a gimmick. That's how out of touch Vince is

[runpullfourskinz]

Vince paid this man to give his opinion on scripts and still listened to his own ego instead.

[iLLWiLLx]

Felt so bad for Roman that whole time. Just doing what Vince told him to do (as if Vince knows what cool is) and getting booed out of every building

[Jhoncena]

What’s crazy is Roman today is Roman Reigns which means we could have had a DECADE of this version of Roman Reigns if he could have just been left to do his own thing but VKM instead liked to shit down our throats.

[Jeff_Pryce]

This is another example why I’m so glad Vince is finally gone forever. Who the hell would have thought that “suffering succotash” would be a good line to put in a promo? The man is suffering from dementia at this point.

[fh]

The way he winked at the camera was so funny 😭

[jayofthep]

Its almost like Superstars are actually charismatic and talented human beings playing a role in a TV show... they just get cast in the wrong role.

[stevenisadragon]

Crazy when you see current Roman and how good he is on the mic and it just makes me laugh that they wouldn't let this guy do this the whole time. Even in NXT/FCW he had freedom on the mic and with his character and it was so much better than his late 2010s babyface run

[abrielrobertsson]

That's what happens when you don't allow a wrestler to write his own damn promos. Glad they gave him creative freedom and we're seeing the results of that.

[PTER_Official]

And now people will go crazy when Roman returns as a BABYFACE

[veepeecee]

Vince is stupid for making Roman say that

[Allaloneisallweare]

Can we just get rid of the scripts!!!! That wasn't a thing back in the day and wrestlers were more over than most of wrestlers in the past 20 years.

[erossiyssupruoy]

It still got green lit which tells you that no matter how stupid it is if Vince wants it, it unfortunately stays.

[SinoMaticPayne]

Then he turned to the camera and winked...

[showtimesportsmedia]

Vince writing skills at its worse 😂 that shit was horrible

[jkh]

I appreciate the huge improvement of reigns I’ll miss him after wrestlemania