So this is real interesting because we were just talking about this the other day in a
recent video and now a report has come out about what went wrong with Liv Morgan’s
return.
So let’s go over what this report revealed about Liv Morgan’s return and why everything
played out the way it did.
This all originally started in late 2019 when Liv Morgan was finally freed from the Riot
Squad and brought over to Smackdown Live.
Reports were claiming at the time that WWE loved all the members of the former Riot Squad,
(Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Sara Logan) but Liv Morgan was WWE’s favorite out of the
three.
It was even said that Liv Morgan was set for a major singles push on Smackdown
So last year on a July Edition of Smackdown Live, Liv Morgan interrupted Charlotte flair,
they went back and forth on that mic, and that set up their one on one match that night
So at the time, we all assumed this could be the start of that singles push that was
being reported for Liv Morgan
It was her first big singles match on the roster with a big star like Charlotte, but
that turned out to be wrong
Liv Morgan lost that match then went over to commentary to say that Charlotte was right
about her and that she was going to take time off and come back when she was “real”
Then that was it, Liv Morgan was off of T.V. and never heard from again for a handful of
months
However, what kept Liv Morgan in the headlines was the teasers and everything else she was
posting online.
Liv had those videos of her cutting her pink hair off and the other one of her sitting
in the rain.
Those videos and teases were the foundation of all the theories and speculation that were
made of her return
When we all saw those videos and teasers like that, we all thought that this character was
taking a dark and twisted turn, sort of like what Bray Wyatt’s character went through.
That’s when fans started relating everything Liv Morgan was doing to Bray Wyatt
That started the huge theory of Liv Morgan joining Bray Wyatt and the Firefly Funhouse
This theory really took off and everyone was talking about it and giving their thoughts
on it
It was probably the biggest fan theory in a long time and everyone talked about it so
much that the community pretty much got tired of hearing about it.
It was a fun theory and something that definitely would’ve been a thousand times better than
what they actually did with Liv’s return
It was also pretty cool to note that WWE acknowledged the theory on multiple occasions and gave
a few nods to it.
One of these nods was when they were uploading WWE 2K20 mashed up entrances and one of the
ones they posted was Liv Morgan coming out with Bray Wyatt’s entrance animation.
Then another nod that some fans noticed was when Bray was feuding with Miz
Bray left a blonde doll in Miz’s daughter’s room and the doll had blonde hair with light
pink strands in her hair as well, some believe that this was another reference to Liv Morgan
who has had both blonde and pink hair in years past.
But Liv never had anything to do with Bray Wyatt would just end up returning during the
wedding a few months later
So now that we’re caught up, let’s get into this new report and see what were the
original plans for Liv Morgan’s return
The decision and idea for Liv Morgan to return during the wedding was reportedly a Paul Heyman
idea
It was something Paul heyman did 25 years ago in E.C.W.
So he wanted to bring back the idea for this segment between Lana, Bobby Lashley, and Liv
Morgan
Basically WWE and Paul Heyman had no plans for Liv Morgan at all with this storyline.
It was supposed to be a “one night pop” with zero follow up at all and that’s exactly
what ended up happening
Basically it was just meant to be a one night only story and they had no material ready
to continue the story after the wedding
That’s why everything that happened after the wedding between Lana and Liv Morgan felt
so dull and generic, it’s because they were just winging it every week since they really
had no story prepared for Liv Morgan and Lana.
It was just meant as a small reason to get Liv Morgan up and running again and bring
her back to television
And just telling by how the story played out, this report seems absolutely true
We had this huge reveal at the wedding that spiked everyone’s interest and then it was
followed up with nothing at all, it didn’t do anything for the characters, and just kind
of feels like it never happened at all
Not to mention it also feels like Liv Morgan is sort of back to square one.
Sure she just got a huge Wrestlemania win, but it was the kickoff show, they couldn’t
find a way to get her onto the main card
Then she followed up her Wrestlemania match by tapping out on Raw, and now she’s been
wrestling on WWE Main Event as well.
So she’s still making waves, she’s proving herself in the ring and survived the wave
of WWE releases on black Wednesday, so that could be a good sign that the company still
has plans for her.
It’s just such a shame because her return really had so much potential and hype to be
something special and it was just wasted as a part of a “one night pop” story
Liv absolutely deserved to come back with some sort of plan and direction after all
the hype she built up for her return
That’s another thing too, WWE didn’t build the hype for Liv, she was able to build the
hype and get fans excited for her return herself from some cryptic messages on social media
She really had the ball rolling with so much hype.
All these videos, hints, and cryptic messages about her new character pretty much meant
nothing at the end, so it was all wasted
We did get those few bathroom videos leading up to her return during the wedding, but those
teasers also look like they meant nothing and was probably just meant to mislead us
This whole “one night only” story with the wedding probably would’ve been better
with any other woman on the roster taking that spot over liv
Maybe someone like Dana Brooke would’ve been perfect for that one night story, but
Liv Morgan just seemed like such a big name and a big return to waste on a one night story
that WWE had no other plans for
Gotta give credit to Liv Morgan and Lana though because they really were trying to build a
story from that wedding date and they tried their best to build from pretty much nothing
We saw Liv Morgan post a few pictures of herself and Lana from when they were hanging out together
a few years ago
There were even video clips from Instagram of where they’re together and Lana says
to the camera, “isn’t Liv so perfect, you guys”, so we were all thinking at the
time, “maybe there is some story WWE is going to tell here”, but obviously that
never happened
So it’s not that Liv lost any momentum, she’s only getting better in every category,
but it just feels like there’s no real direction for her once again
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Do you think Liv Morgan return was wasted?
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