Today we’ll be getting into the latest with the Brock Lesnar versus Roman Reigns storyline,
Naomi versus Sonya Deville storyline, and the never before seen tribute for Brodie Lee
from Bray Wyatt
Let’s start things off with Bray’s never before seen tribute to the late great Brodie
Lee
Bray Wyatt’s final storyline and final match in WWE was full of last second changes and
one of those changes prevented everyone from seeing this tribute that Bray Wyatt and Jason
Baker had created for Brodie Lee
When Bray Wyatt returned as The Burnt version of The Fiend, there were a few unreleased
renders of this version of The Fiend that appeared to show him with a black cloth over
his head and this long dark jacket
The only time we actually saw this jacket was during The Fiend’s cinematic transformation
scene during his Wrestlemania 37 entrance
That brief scene saw the burnt version of The Fiend walk with the jacket on, but it
disintegrated as he continued to walk and restore himself to full health
But what we never knew was that there was so more significance to that jacket, especially
towards the back of it, that we never really had the chance to look at, until now that
is
Jason Baker, close friend of Bray Wyatt and creator of mostly everything in the Firefly
Funhouse, took to Twitter to share this message about the never before seen back of that Wrestlemania
37 jacket
He had this to say on twitter, quote:
Trivia fact: Windham and I worked several tributes to Brodie Lee into the Burned Fiend
jacket that was unfortunately never truly seen outside of WrestleMania transformation
video.
Tributes included: His Bludgeon brothers mask, his @WWENXT flannel pattern, and more.”
End quote
So like Jason said, you can see the vintage flannel shirt that Brodie Lee made famous
in WWE during his time as “Luke Harper”
You can also see the Bludgeon Brothers mask, which was the tag team that Brodie and Erick
Rowan formed after splitting from Bray Wyatt
And there’s even more hidden details and tributes there to Brodie Lee
So it was such an amazing gesture and tribute jacket that a lot work went into, but we unfortunately
never had the opportunity to fully see and appreciate
Bray didn’t get to use the jacket, but still found a way to pay tribute to Brodie Lee during
his last WWE match by throwing in Brodie’s “Yeah” chant in the middle of the match
As far as the latest on Bray Wyatt, it appears that he’s now a few weeks into the production
of his first feature film, so everyone will be on the edge of their seats waiting to see
how that turns out
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After a questionable and shaky segment last week, the Naomi and Sonya Deville storyline
got back on track this week in a major way
Naomi storms into Sonya’s office towards the end of the show and once again demands
a one-on-one match with Sonya Deville
Sonya says that Naomi can get the match, but down the line whenever she feels like taking
the suit off
Sonya said that if she has her ring gear on, that’s different, but as long as she has
her suit on, she’s a WWE official and Naomi can’t lay a finger on her or Naomi will
be fired
To add insult to injury, Sonya fully slaps Naomi across the face and laughs because Naomi
can’t do anything back or else she’ll be gone from WWE
So that moment put the story back on track and shows that Sonya is legitimately still
evil towards Naomi
Sure, it was just the two of them in the room, there was no Adam Peace and obviously no McMahons
in the room, so maybe that’s why Sonya decided to go for it and slap Naomi
But you know what was in the room?
A camera that was broadcasting the entire situation on national television for everyone
to see
So yes, that tiny logic flaw is continuing here.
Where is a member of the McMahon family to check Sonya Deville and give her some sort
of warning for hitting the talent as a WWE official?
It’s a bit bizarre how easy Sonya is getting away with all this considering the fact that
all these moments of her abusing her power are literally getting documented on film as
part of the show for the world to see, but no one bats an eye, that part of the storyline
will forever be a bit strange
But guess you’re not really supposed to think outside of the box like that, the story
is just supposed to be about this pure evil boss that’s abusing their powers against
this underdog babyface
It’s a classic story we’ve seen many times before, but it still definitely works here
in this situation
Sonya was becoming a brutal heel before her 2020 hiatus, so it does make sense that her
natural heel tendencies are starting to come back up to the surface again
The only weird part is that she’s only evil with Naomi.
She doesn’t treat anyone that bad at all, it’s strictly just this hatred for Naomi
and Naomi only, so that’s another weird part
If Sonya treated a group of superstars the way she treats Naomi than maybe we can say
it’s a jealousy thing and what not, but for Sonya to aim everything at one person
is another strange part of the story
If Sonya’s character does have a jealousy trait then why doesn’t Sonya treat someone
like Charlotte the way she treats Naomi?
Lots of logic related questions there with this entire story, but it was then announced
after Smackdown that Naomi versus Sonya Deville will take place on the December 10th edition
of Smackdown
Fans are a bit skeptical about the match actually taking place because this match was booked
a few months ago, but Sonya flexed her power to bend the rules
So fans feel like the match itself won’t happen on that edition of Smackdown, it will
instead be a segment to further progress the story
And that makes sense because think about the time they invested into this storyline, it
been going on since the summer.
Doesn’t make much sense to have the climax of the story on a random edition of Smackdown
with no stakes at all
Considering the time they put in this story, this one on one match is a matchup for the
Day 1 event with maybe some sort of stipulation or something on the line
So their December 10th meeting may end up being another fake-out and they’ll actually
have their match on a much bigger stage for sure
Some fans even think Sonya’s trick up her sleeve this time around may be another debut
or return, so we’ll see how true that is as well
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Speaking of returns, Brock Lesnar retuned this week and had this entire mini storyline
with Sami Zayn
He forcefully pressured Sami Zayn to waste his Universal Title match on that edition
of Smackdown
Sami finally agrees and Brock says he’ll be in Sami’s corner
But before the match started, Sami made the case that Brock should help him defeat Roman
for the title because Brock has been struggling in his matches against Roman lately and that
Brock would have a much easier time taking the title away from Sami rather than Roman
Brock obviously didn’t appreciate those remarks and then proceeded to throw Sami Zayn
around the ring for several minutes before walking to the back
Roman Reigns and The Bloodline come out and there was a nice little detail here during
their entrance, The Usos and Paul Heyman constantly look back towards the stage in anticipation
of Brock Lesnar running out to attack Roman, it never happened, but at least they were
all on high alert
Roman picks up the easy win against Sami and will now meet Brock Lesnar at Day 1
The interesting part about this story was the explanation for how Brock’s suspension
was lifted
Brock was actually going to tell us that story, but that’s when he was first interrupted
by Sami Zayn
So maybe that was done by design, maybe they don’t have an explanation and that’s why
he was cut off or maybe there is a story to Brock’s suspension getting lifted and maybe
he’ll tell us how he got it lifted at a later date
Did Paul Heyman play a role in it?
That’s probably what Brock would say, so we’ll have to see if he ever gets back to
telling that story
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories?
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