Days had passed since he told me what happened between the three of them. I remember hearing the news last year about how Seth Rollins betrayed The Shield and I thought of it as a simple storyline that Vince McMahon and Hunter were planning in order to make Seth Rollins one of the best heels in the business; which obviously had worked. Sadly, he left Roman and Dean with a broken heart in the end.

RAW - January 4th, 2015

Roman was currently scheduled to defend his title against Sheamus tonight with Vince McMahon as the guest referee. I watched Roman make his entrance and stared down Sheamus with the championship over his shoulder with his eyebrows furrowed.

When the match started, Sheamus threw Roman against the ring post while trying to punch him the face repeatedly. He grabbed Sheamus by the leg and fell down to the canvas, looking at his knee. Roman looked over at Sheamus with a devilish grin and began stomping on his ribs. Vince began yelling at Sheamus to do what he said; attempting the three count while trying to pin Roman and he kicked out at two. Vince began making excuses that he needed eyedrops, leaving Roman confused.

"I need some help! I need some eyedrops!" Vince complained.

"Vince, stop lying." Roman looked over at Vince in disgust. Sheamus tried to pin him from behind. Vince quickly dropped to the canvas in attempt to get the three count.

Roman was starting to get annoyed with the match and hit Sheamus with a Superman Punch, hoping for the pin attempt. Vince resisted as Roman decided to break the pin and felt a huge burst of anger inside of him. He pretended to Superman Punch Sheamus, looking at Vince and hit him from the side of his head before attacking Sheamus.

"Superman Punch! To the official! To the boss!" Michael Cole shouted.

Roman realized that Sheamus was trying to attempt a Brogue Kick and went in for the Spear immediately.

Trying to get the three count, Vince was knocked out and he couldn't get the pinfall. It wasn't long until Stephanie came out and began arguing with him. Vince was slowly trying to stand up while Roman grabbed him and threw him into the ropes, knocking Stephanie inside the ring as she let out a loud shriek of fear.

Stephanie looked nervous in the face. Roman began smiling at her while exchanging words back and forth. She slowly backed away and escaped the ring feeling defeated. He kept looking back and forth from her to Vince with a grin.

"Stay away from him!" Stephanie pleaded.

"Now you get to watch. You get front row seats, sweetie." He laughed.

Roman started preparing himself for a Spear to Vince as Stephanie began to panic. Sheamus ran inside the ring before Roman could hit his boss with a Spear and Brogue Kicked him on the side of his face whilst performing another as he tried to stand up.

Another referee ran into the ring and Roman kicked out of the pinfall, leaving the new referee enraged. The referee kept grabbing his scalp with anger as he was told by the authority to quickly get the three pin for Sheamus to become the WWE champion.

"How much more can you throw at Roman Reigns?" Michael asked on commentary.

Sheamus looked at the referee with disgust as he tried explaining that Roman had kicked out, "You had one job, ref. One job!" He shouted.

"Get him up! Get him up!" Sheamus demanded while he went to the corner of the post, preparing for another Brogue Kick. Roman was being helped up by the referee to get back on his feet. As Sheamus was running towards Roman to prepare for the Brogue Kick, he Superman Punched him across the face and went for another to the referee and then Speared Sheamus; meanwhile, a third referee came into the ring and he got the three count.

"Here is your winner and still the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Roman Reigns!" Lillian Garcia shouted into the microphone.

Vince and Stephanie looked infuriated with Roman retaining his championship. Vince picked up the microphone and locked eyes on him. "It's my duty to inform you that the next time you defend that championship will be at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. It'll be you defending your championship against twenty-nine other men in a Royal Rumble match!"

Vince and Stephanie went backstage after making the announcement. Roman was confused about what just happened. Defending his championship in a Royal Rumble match? He left the ring and walked backstage to seeing Dean and I at first sight.

"Twenty-nine other men? Are you kidding me?" He shook his head.

"Hey man, you'll do great." Dean patted Roman's back.

"Hopefully. I'm going to wash-up and then I'm going to be relaxing in my room for awhile. I'll catch up with you both later on."

"Let us know if you want us to come over." I said.

"I will, thank you." He replied.

We watched Roman walk to the locker room with his championship around his shoulder. The three of us went our separate ways to our rooms to shower and relax after the show came to an end. I wondered how Roman was feeling and decided to call him.

"How you feeling?" I asked.

"I'm good. I just don't understand because if I were to get eliminated from the Royal Rumble match, then I lose my championship; and I pretty much gain nothing after that, expect for a huge loss."

"I'm sure you'll win the rumble, Roman. Dean and I have faith in you."

"Honestly, I don't believe I can because how's one guy like me supposed to defeat twenty-nine other men to retain his championship?" He sighed.

I interrupted him. "Honestly, I feel like the authority is trying to mess with your head from the looks of it. We're here for you every step of the way."

I hated how Roman was being poorly treated by the authority. The Royal Rumble was known as one of the biggest pay-per-views of the year before WrestleMania. Determining who would throw the last contestant over the top rope and having both feet hit the floor. The last person standing in the ring would have a championship opportunity at WrestleMania in the main event.

What baffled me was that Roman was currently the WWE Champion. Why would they suddenly have him defend his title in the Royal Rumble match as the champion? Something wasn't right. And we both knew that.