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Today we’ll be taking another in depth look at two Smackdown storylines right now that
have a lot of attention and momentum
These storylines obviously being Sasha Banks vs Bayley and Roman Reigns vs Jey, so let’s
start things off with Sasha Banks and Bayley
The moment that we’ve been waiting a lifetime for finally happened last week on Smackdown
No more endless speculation about their breakup because it’s finally happened on Smackdown
Sasha Banks and Bayley got their rematch for the women’s tag team titles against Nia
Jax and Shayna Baszler
If you’ve been a fan for a while then you already know how stories like this one often
turn out
If was clear that Sasha Banks and Bayley had no chance of actually winning their titles
back
It was obvious that they were going to be unsuccessful in their quest to get the women’s
tag titles back, but the interesting thing here that we didn’t know about was what
was going to happen after that big loss
Sasha Banks gets her left leg seriously hurt during the match, so she basically finishes
that match on one leg
However, the pin-fall for the match was very creative and actually gave both Sasha and
Bayley the blame for the loss
Nia Jax pinned both Sasha Banks and Bayley at the same tone.
So we can’t say, “well Sasha got pinned, she cost them the titles” or “Bayley was
pinned, it’s her fault”
They were both pinned at the same time, so that automatically eliminates the blame game
of who took the pin
I liked that touch, but I feel like the same outcome still could’ve happened with just
Sasha getting pinned
Obviously you wanna protect Sasha and not have her take so many pinfalls, but her leg
was obviously hurt, she wasn’t 100 percent, so I think it would’ve been acceptable for
her to take that pin solo
Then Bayley would still attack her and it’ll make more sense because Bayley would put all
the blame on Sasha since Sasha was the only one to get pinned
I feel like that would’ve gave even more reasoning to the attack after the match, but
I still enjoyed want they did either way
So we pick back up with Sasha and Bayley after the match ends.
Sasha Banks is surrounded by these medical professionals.
They’re examining her, they’re taking a look at her leg.
It looks like they were going to take the boot off, get a better look, but Bayley and
Sasha wave them off, so they leave the ring
Bayley and Sasha are left alone in the ring and Bayley goes to help Sasha up, but that’s
when she releases this massive attack on Sasha instead
This was dramatic, it was intense, and I think it really lived up to the anticipation that
we all had for that big breakup moment
Bayley’s beatdown on Sasha alone was like 5 minutes long.
A non stop 5 minute beat down by Bayley on Sasha Banks to really signify the end of their
friendship
It really was great.
I saw one fan point out another interesting little statistic.
From Sasha And Bayley’s Backstage segment all the way until the final moments of Bayley’s
beatdown on Sasha Banks, that all added up to just about nearly 40 mins of screen time
So all of the Sasha Banks and Bayley content on that night nearly made up for half of the
show and very deservingly so
This story has been going on forever, so it’s only right for them to have so much airtime
on their last appearance together as best friends
It was beautifully done as well.
Sasha Banks didn’t attack Bayley first because Sasha is turning face.
So since Bayley is still the heel, it made sense for Bayley to double down on being such
a ruthless heel and attack Sasha first
Bayley attacked a broken down, one leg Sasha Banks, which really establishes Bayley as
the heel here and it instantly turns Sasha Banks face
Bayley’s beatdown established a lot of sympathy for Sasha Banks as well.
How can anyone do that to their best friend who was already injured before that attack
even took place
It makes Bayley look like such a horrible person to treat her best friend like that,
but it sets up a beautiful story for Sasha to come back, get revenge and finally take
that Smackdown women’s championship of off Bayley
So let’s talk about Sasha Banks’ status.
WWE revealed that Sasha Banks was admitted to the hospital after Smackdown, but Sasha
Banks was released from the hospital over the weekend
Of course this is a storyline related injury, Sasha Banks actually isn’t injured, but
it still raises an important question here
That question being if Sasha Banks was just written off of TV for a little while.
The way Sasha Banks couldn’t even stand on that leg after that match then your throw
Bayley’s 5 minute beatdown on top of that leg injury, it just seems like Sasha will
be gone for a little while
That’s how I understood it and viewed it.
You don’t brutally destroy a character like this and have them show up the following week
like nothing happened
I don’t expect Sasha to be on this week’s Smackdown and I wouldn’t expect her to be
on any Smackdown episode for the next few weeks here at least
It makes sense to really sell that leg injury and sell that brutal attack by Bayley.
Make it seem like Bayley’s attack almost ended Sasha’s career or something along
those lines
Make it real dramatic and traumatizing so that Sasha Banks could have even more great
reasoning to come back for Bayley with so much vengeance
Sasha would return to lay down that same sort of attack on Bayley and take that Smackdown
women’s championship away from her
So I think it’ll play out as if Bayley took Sasha banks out for good and we’ll probably
hear her say something like “Sasha was holding me back” because it seems like Bayley’s
character is the type to say something like that
Bayley will go on by herself and in a few weeks we’ll see Sasha Banks have her big
return to confront Bayley face to face after she’s back to being 100 percent healthy
I think that’s the ideal situation here.
Don’t wanna rush this match for clash of champions in like two weeks.
Just stretch it out, leave Sasha on the shelf for a few weeks and build up even more anticipation
for her return and what she’ll do to Bayley
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Let’s get into the Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman story from Smackdown
Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman’s opening promos from Smackdown were probably some of the best
work we’ve seen in a long time
Loved every single word Paul Heyman has to say because it added a lot of backstory to
their relationship and story
Heyman said that he didn’t save Roman, but that Roman actually saved him
It was such a great promo by Paul Heyman, Roman Reigns jumped in with his words and
it was such a brilliant open to Smackdown
Now after Big E was attacked backstage, Paul Heyman quickly talked with Adam Pearce about
a proposition for a replacement to the number one contenders match
We later find out that Heyman’s replacement was Jey
Jey comes to Roman to thank him and Heyman for the opportunity, but Roman seems like
he’s up to something
He’s very sarcastic to Jey and it almost sounds like he doesn’t really believe in
him to win the match
However, Jey does the unthinkable and actually wins the match.
Which is well deserved, Jey has been on the main roster for well over a decade with no
world title opportunities, so it’s great to see him get finally get one
But it still seems like something fishy is going on here with the Roman vs Jey match
Why did Roman and Heyman pick him out and included him to the match?
It seems like they have a plan going on here that we’ll learn more about at clash of
champions
We have two possible routes we can really go here.
Roman will either truly establish himself as a ruthless heel by taking out his own cousin
at clash of champions or a “finger poke of doom” sort of situation could take place
as well
That seems to be the popular fan theory.
Fans believe that Heyman and Roman may let Jey think he has a fair universal title match,
but when it comes to clash of champions, Roman and Heyman will force Jey to lie down and
take the pin-fall right after the opening bell
I like that fan theory and I can honestly see that happening.
You can combine both theories as well.
Maybe Roman and Heyman try forcing Jey to lie down and take the pin, but Jey doesn’t
agree to that.
Which leads Roman to fully go all out and take out his cousin during the match
Maybe they offer him a deal like “lie down and take the pin so Roman doesn’t have to
hurt you”...I can honestly see something like that coming into play
But what are your thoughts on the Sasha Banks Bayley Storyline and the story with Roman
Reigns and Jey?
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