Roman Reigns took the high road last week on Raw when he didn’t mention CM Punk’s dead dog Larry in response to Punk’s low blow about his dead father. Roman instead pointed out a straightforward fact; Punk is an old man. Roman is faster and stronger than this delusional old guy who actually thinks he is the favorite to win their world heavyweight championship match at WrestleMania 42. In most sports, the prime age for peak performance is typically a range of numbers below 30 years old. However, in recent WWE kayfabe, I’d guess that a wrestler usually needs to be older than 30 to be world champion. At 47 years old, current world champion Punk blows right by any of those numbers. He’s an old man.

Triple H was 46 years old at the time, which is actually younger than Punk. In other words, Roman is correct when he said Punk becoming world champ wasn’t supposed to happen. The guy should be too old to compete at the same level as him, and it’s the biggest reason why fans should expect a title change at WrestleMania 42. Well, the clincher for why Roman was right on the money with his argument is the way CM reacted to his words. He punched Roman in the face because it’s a sore spot and the truth hurts. Roman laughed in response because it meant he successfully turned the table and is now in CM’s head, after weeks of Punk asserting himself as the master of mind games.

Punk and Reigns are back on Raw tonight, presumably for one more promo battle where Roman will now boast about being in Punk’s head. But they need to take it up a notch if this one is closing the show again, as last week’s one punch ending didn’t exactly make for the most exciting way for Raw to go off the air. WWE still may try to hold off on things getting too physical between Punk and Reigns since this isn’t the go home show. GM Adam Pearce is very paranoid about the WrestleMania main event getting ruined, and he will shut this segment down quickly if violence ensues. There is some confusion about tonight’s match on Raw between The Usos and The Vision. WWE’s web site says Jimmy and Jey’s world tag team championship is on the line, but GM Adam Pearce said yesterday that non-title rules are in effect. Either way, Paul Heyman has made it clear that Austin Theory and YouTube douchebag Logan Paul need to win championship gold in order to have some stroke in WWE.