Reigns 6/1 A Decent Price? Reigns 6/1 A Decent Price!

Earlier on today, I wrote the following in a post titled Draft Odds Back Online:

For the past few weeks, I have held the opinion that Roman Reigns will go ahead of Seth Rollins. It could still happen if Foley goes against Stephanie by choosing Roman Reigns for the first pick. The drama between Stephanie, Foley and maybe even Rollins could be enough to cover up the fact the number one draft pick isn't in the building. Smackdown could then select Dean Ambrose and Rollins becomes Raw's second pick.

A regular visitor, who hadn't stumbled upon that post yet, just left the following comment on another post:

Any chance of Raw picking Roman Reigns first, then Smackdown choosing Ambrose then Raw picking Seth Rollins? As Reigns at 6/1 is tempting

I agree with Jordan. It's worth a speculative punt at those odds.

There are obviously good reasons not to select Roman Reigns, but the more I think about it, Reigns at 6/1 is a valuable price considering a few things.

Firstly, the betting angle I have been pointing to for weeks: Seth Rollins has had the better of Roman Reigns for all of the TV shows that Reigns has missed due to his suspension. I think it was done to set Rollins up for a fall so Reigns gets one over on him.

Another thing that has crossed my mind today is WWE acknowledging all the mock WWE drafts that the sports media have been publishing on their respective websites. Seth Rollins has been the consensus pick across all of the sites I have been reading this evening (by the way, ESPN picked Charlotte second). We all know that the people in WWE like to be in control of things and I can absolutely see someone deciding that Seth Rollins being the first selection is too obvious. Or, better yet, the plan has always been for somebody other than Rollins and that's why the company brought up the mock drafts on last night's Raw knowing they could point out that media outlets are predicting who will go first, without spoiling their plans.

And then there's how Raw closed with Stephanie siding with Rollins. I can't shake off the feeling that they're making it too obvious that Rollins will be the first pick.

He's still 6/1 as of the time of publishing. I think it's worth a stab in the dark punt.

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