The Bloodline’s storyline continued this week with some very interesting references to some very
important people, so we’ll see what’s new there. We’ll also check out the latest on Bayley’s injury
Let’s start things with everything new for Roman Reigns and Jey Uso’s
story from the July 14th edition of Smackdown
It was a complete one-eighty turn for Jey Uso this time around
Coming into the July 7th edition of Smackdown, The Usos we’re on top of the world. They were united,
they pinned Roman Reigns, and they were in the best of moods
But as we know, things quickly spiraled out of control as Roman
and Solo unleashed such a brutal beatdown on Jimmy Uso that night
It was so bad that Jimmy had to be rushed to a hospital and leave the arena
So The Usos were riding such a high coming into that show,
but things have completely flipped on it’s head after those seven days
Now Jey Uso was walking into Smackdown all alone with no one by his side
No Jimmy Uso and obviously none of the other Bloodline members were with him anymore,
he’s back to being completely on his own,
just like how he was back in 2020 for his first few brawls with Roman Reigns
And Michael Cole did note that Jimmy Uso will be out of action for the foreseeable future
Jimmy Uso thankfully isn’t injured or in trouble at all,
this is strictly just a storyline related injury angle to deepen the story between
Roman and Jey and make it extremely personal that Roman brutally hospitalized his own cousin
It fully writes Jimmy Uso out of television and
gives Jey Uso’s character even more motivation throughout the entire feud
So within the storyline world, Jimmy Uso is still in the hospital, so he should definitely
miss the entire build-up for Summerslam to further sell the attack from Roman and Solo
Maybe the soonest we can see him return is possibly a surprise
return at Summerslam to try and assist Jey Uso
If Roman is going to be cheating and having Solo
Sikoa and Paul Heyman getting involved the match at Summerslam then it’s only
fair for Jey Uso to have some extra help as well to balance out the odds
So if WWE keeps hammering the narrative that Jey Uso will be alone at Summerslam,
maybe that’s another sign that he’ll be getting some type of help during that match for sure
It’s sort of like with Clash At The Castle 2022, WWE was heavy on saying that Roman Reigns was
all alone and had no backup, and obviously Solo Sikoa’s debut took place at that show
So it’s something to keep an eye on, if they lead heavily on one side,
it’s possible that the exact opposite will happen
And like we’ve been talking about for a few weeks now, Summerslam has been a
show that features a lot of big returns over the last few years, so a big surprise return
from Jimmy Uso will definitely count as one of those major Summerslam returns
But let’s get to the Smackdown segment between Jey Uso,
Solo Sikoa, and Paul Heyman because there’s a lot to digest there
Jey Uso comes our first and he talks about
how he shares the same feelings and emotions as his brother, Jimmy Uso
He says if Jimmy is mad, then he’s mad. If Jimmy is hurt, he’s hurt, and so on
Jey Uso also says that Paul Heyman has been puppeteering his family
for over 40 years and how that’s gonna stop now
So that appears to be Jey’s biggest issue with Paul Heyman
Right before Jey officially left The Bloodline, his offer to Roman was that Paul Heyman would have
to go if Roman wanted The Bloodline to be back to normal and Roman obviously refused that offer
So it looks like Jey is saying that his issues with Paul Heyman go way deeper
than just most recently. He’s saying that Paul Heyman has been devious and
up to something against his family for four decades, that’s obviously a major deal there
Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa join Jey in the ring, and Heyman immediately starts to paint Jey Uso
as the villain and unreasonable one during this current state of the Bloodline civil war
Heyman says that Jey is the one that’s sounding more and
more like a tribal chief with everyday that passes
Heyman points out that what happened to Jimmy Uso is completely all Jey’s
fault and how Jey has no self-awareness about that
Heyman then turns to the camera to speak directly to Jimmy Uso
who’s still in the hospital and tells him as well that it’s all Jey’s fault
That’s when Paul Heyman dropped one of the biggest references of the night
He mentioned how Jimmy will never forgive Jey,
and he also mentions how Jey’s father will never forgive him, Jey’s father obviously being Rikishi
So the timing of Paul Heyman’s reference there about Rikishi is interesting because Rikishi has
been in the news and rumors a lot lately for his possible involvement with the storyline
So the fact that he was pretty much name dropped by Paul Heyman on Smackdown does give us cause
to wonder if that could be used as some potential early foreshadowing of Rikishi
making an appearance to address and fix some of the things that Paul Heyman was saying
But Solo Sikoa also grabbed the mic and said that
everything is on Jey and he won’t ever forgive him either
So they are going pretty heavy with this idea that Jey is alone
with absolutely no one on his side, not even his father or brothers.
But a brawl breaks out and Jey is able to once again get the upper
hand by taking out Solo Sikoa and even kicking Paul Heyman as well
So similar to the week prior, it was just another very impressive showing
for Jey Uso that had him leaving the segment on top with all the momentum
Roman Reigns and Jey Uso will meet face to face in the ring on the July 21st edition
of Smackdown to go over the rules of engagement for their Summerslam match
WWE hasn’t provided much context for what the rules of engagement segment may look like,
but it seems pretty self explanatory. It looks like the rules and stipulations of
their Summerslam match will be addressed during that segment
Maybe the match will feature some sort of special rules that they
must follow for their Summerslam title match
So the story is definitely heating up heading into Summerslam and it
appears that the door is open to see two possible big returns during this feud
Those returns being Jimmy Uso and maybe even a cameo appearance by Rikishi
Things are getting real personal with his three sons, he’s being
mentioned by Paul Heyman… it just seems like the perfect time for Rikishi to
get involved and say his piece, so we’ll have to see what ends up happening there
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There was recently another major injury scare for a top superstar
Videos and pictures made their waves amongst the community over
the weekend from the July 16th WWE live event
Bayley’s match was cut short and the ‘X’ symbol by the referee was thrown up for Bayley
She was down on the mat, barely moving and holding onto her right knee
And seeing anyone go down and holding their knee is an extremely scary sight because it
just instantly makes you think the worse, that they probably tore their knee apart
Especially for someone like Bayley who just dealt with a torn ACL not to long ago back in 2021,
so there was a big fear amongst the fans and panic that went out once that news was going around
But Bayley was spotted after the event walking under her
own power with no crutches or assistance needed
Bayley even took to Twitter to post a picture of her iced up knee and
said how she’s going to be alright and thanked everyone for their well wishes
There’s still do details of how serious that knee injury was for Bayley. Obviously it’s a great
sign that she was seen walking after the event and how she said herself that she’s going to be fine,
so hopefully it’s nothing more than a sprain, but we’ll have to wait for more news on that
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