Jey Uso recently shared some words for the first time since his big segment on Smackdown,
so we’ll see what's new there.
We'll also check out some Roman Reigns related topics, The Bloodline, and much more
Let's start things off with some topics and news related to Roman Reigns
It’s a pretty insane statistic that Roman Reigns has not defended his undisputed WWE
universal title in over 70 plus days
Roman’s last title defense took place at Wrestlemania 39 against Cody Rhodes
It’s hard to believe that Roman Reigns hasn’t defended his title in nearly three months,
but it’s a true fact
Over the last few years, WWE has mentioned their on-screen rule of how every title must
be defended at least once within a thirty day time frame
But Roman Reigns going 70 days without defending the title is a good example of how that rule
isn’t really strictly followed and basically just comes and goes as they please
But this long streak of not defending his title is set to end in the very near future
Roman Reigns is set to make a rare live event appearance on June 17th at the Heritage Bank
Center in Cincinnati, Ohio
Not only will he be appearing at the live event, it’s now being advertised that Roman
Reigns will put his undisputed universal title on the line against Rey Mysterio
Obviously, it’s not a televised event, so Roman’s title reign is not in any real jeopardy
at all here, but it’s still a fun match especially for the fans going to this event
because they’ll be witnessing Roman’s first title defense since Wrestlemania
As far as Roman’s next actual televised feud and big title defense, that’s still
not locked in and is still up in the air, but everyone expects to see Roman main event
Summerslam with a title defense at that event
It’s easily WWE’s second biggest event of the year, so you already just know that
it has to be headlined with a Roman Reigns title match
There’s still no word on who that Summerslam opponent may be
Some fans wonder if it can maybe be Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, or maybe both at the same time
and make it a full Bloodline triple threat match, that could be a bit interesting as
well given the direction of their current storyline
So Roman Reigns appears to still have a loaded summer ahead of him that will be exciting
to watch unfold
But in other Roman Reigns related news, Paul Heyman recently spoke with Rick Rubin and
he went into great detail about late 2019 and what was going on with Roman Reigns at
the time from a WWE creative standpoint
Paul Heyman had this to say about Roman’s and his feelings towards his WWE presentation
and character, quote:
“The feud/rivalry/story with Baron Corbin over dog food, and the infamous Sufferin’
Succotash promo had weighed on him enough to where he said, I’ve had enough.
I’ve reached the cap.
I can’t go any further as the Big Dog.
I’ve peaked.
And as an athlete, I haven’t peaked.
As a performer, I’ve barely scratched the surface.
I have so much more to offer.
And since I’m taking time off, I’m not coming back as the same person.
This is where I make my move...something has to become my defining moment and then propel
forward from there.
The catalyst to something completely different.
Four WrestleMania main events to his credit, a run on top since 2015...but something has
to be generational here.
Something has to define him as Austin, Rock, Sammartino, Hogan.
A transformative personality that can then ultimately make the case, ‘I, Roman Reigns,
am the greatest of all-time.’”
End quote
Paul heyman continued by saying that even with the multiple Wrestlemania main events
as The Big Dog, it still wasn’t making Roman Reigns get looked at as an all-time great
because something about it just felt inauthentic
Heyman also said that he was getting ready and preparing himself to shift into a commentator
role, but it was Vince McMahon who approached him with the idea of being paired with Roman
Reigns and the rest was history
So it looks like Roman was agreeing with some of the fans’ complaints about the big dog
persona
He just felt like he reached a ceiling with that persona and there was nothing more left
to do with that character
And since he was taking time away from WWE due to the pandemic, he took that opportunity
to make his return even bigger by completely reinventing himself and becoming a whole new
character upon his return
And it worked out great because most fans can agree that the Tribal Chief persona is
by far some of Roman’s greatest work in his entire WWE career
So it was just really interesting to hear from Paul Heyman about just how fed up even
Roman Reigns was with the creative surrounding the big dog character
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All eyes are currently on Jey Uso within The Bloodline’s story right now
Roman and Jimmy are both trying their hardest to pull Jey Uso over to their sides, but nothing
appears to be working for either side for the time being
Roman and Heyman are extremely desperate to keep Jey on their side
As we went over before, Roman and Heyman are trying to convince Jey to stay with The Bloodline
by promising him that he’ll be next in line to be the tribal chief, and how everything
that currently belongs to Roman will be Jey’s one day
So that’s Heyman and Roman’s big pitch and proposal to Jey
Jimmy isn’t really offering Jey anything because he honestly shouldn’t have to.
They’re twin brothers, they shared the womb, they came into the world together…
there’s no denying their bond and loyalty to each other
But despite all that, Jey is still undecided and doesn’t wanna hear much from any side
right now
He pushed Jimmy out his way and walked past Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa as well on Smackdown
leaving his current position and where he stands as a big mystery
Well Jey Uso broke his silence on the current tension within The Bloodline by posting a
picture of himself face to face with Solo Sikoa with a caption that red, quote:
“Don’t make me get you” end quote
So that post by Jey confirms what we already figured, he’s sort of fed up with everyone
right now and he’s not on any side for the time being
Another thing that Jey Uso also threw in there as his own clause is that if he fully re-joins
The Bloodline, he wants Paul Heyman gone
So that may be a big decision and choice that Roman Reigns will have to consider and think
about
Does he get rid of Paul Heyman in order to hold onto Jey, or does he let Jey walk in
order to hold onto Paul Heyman
It sounds like there’s a strong possibility that this decision could come up for Roman
Reigns in the future
And if Paul Heyman does get booted from The Bloodline during this entire civil war arc,
you do have to wonder where he would go next
Does he go back to Brock Lesnar?
Does he scout a new client to align himself with?
That could be things Paul Heyman’s character will have to consider if Roman does decide
to accept Jey’s clause of getting Heyman out of The Bloodline
So as usual, there’s just so many different layers and potential routes for this story
to go in and that’s what keeps it on top of WWE as the biggest on going storyline that
has lasted several years now
And like Roman and Paul Heyman said just a few months ago at Wrestlemania, they feel
they have only started to scratch the surface of where they wanna take things with this
storyline, implying that they’re nowhere even near the end
So it’s gonna be very interesting to see where this story continues to go
Obviously, it looks like Jey Uso has a slighter better chance of siding with Jimmy Uso than
Roman Reigns
But like we’ve been discussing for a while now, it just feels like another big unexpected
twist could be coming to this story either at Money In The Bank itself or in the weeks
following Money In The Bank
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories?
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