Roman Reigns and Jey Uso are continuing their feud, so we’ll see what’s the latest there.
We’ll also check out a big change for Rhea Ripley, The Rock, and more
Let’s start things off with Roman Reigns and Jey Uso’s face to face meeting on Smackdown
Roman and Jey exchanged a lot of words with each other and there was one big individual
that was constantly mentioned in their conversation and that was Jimmy Uso
Despite Jimmy not being physically there, this conversation revolved around him a lot
and left the door open for several outcomes
Roman Reigns opens up by taking credit for all of The Usos recent success
We’ve heard Roman used this argument in times past and he used it again here, saying
that the fans only cheer for The Usos and know who they are because of him and the platform
that he has given them to elevate themselves
Roman accuses Jey of wanting to steal the tribal chief position from him over the last
three years, but Jey surprisingly said that it wasn’t true
He said that he never wanted it and truly believed at one point that Roman was fit to
run the family and that’s why The Usos supported him
But now Roman has broken the family, broke Jimmy, and how it’s all Roman’s fault
And that’s when Roman starts to spin the narrative in a very interesting direction
Roman points out that as soon as Jimmy went down, the first thing Jey did was ask for
a title match and how that was selfish
Roman then goes back to 2020 and says that the only reason Jey became the right hand
man and had all of those opportunities was because Jimmy wasn’t there and was hurt
Roman said that if Jimmy wasn’t hurt, Jey would’ve never had a chance of being the
right hand man, and how Jey took that spot from Jimmy
Roman says that because of how he screwed Jimmy, Jey is gonna be all alone at Summerslam
So Roman’s narrative is obviously a very manipulative one and it’s far from the truth,
but it still teases and hints at some interesting possibilities
Roman’s argument is that Jey is selfish, and every time that Jimmy Uso is hurt or not
around, Jey uses this time to selfishly try to get more and more solo opportunities for
himself and take advantage of Jimmy’s injuries
That was the case in 2020.
Jimmy wasn’t around and was hurt, so Jey took this time to try and come after Roman
Reigns and the Universal Title
And then after that, Jey became the right hand man, and as Roman pointed out, Jimmy
wasn’t there, so Jey really didn’t have anyone to compete with for the spot
And right now in current day, once Jimmy went out, Jey immediately wanted a title match
So if you look at it from Roman’s perspective, maybe he sort of got a point brewing there
Jey truly tries to take advantage when he’s on his own
And how does Jimmy feel about that?
If Jimmy was watching this segment from home, did those words from Roman get into his head?
Look at everything Roman has done over the last few years through manipulation, he’s
extremely good at manipulating people and planting ideas in their heads to get exactly
what he wants
And even a few months back, Jimmy did confess to Jey’s face that he did have some issues
with the fact that Jey was the right hand man
So it does make you wonder if any of that could come back up in the near future
And with how heavily Jimmy was mentioned here during this promo exchange and how Roman stressed
how Jey will be alone at Summerslam, it basically seems like that’s WWE’s way of teasing
and hinting at the idea that Jey won’t in fact be alone at Summerslam and how Jimmy
Uso has a very high possibility to return during the Tribal Court match
Although everyone will automatically assume that Jimmy will be on Jey’s side, it looks
like Roman’s words could be seen as a way of providing Jimmy Uso some reasoning for
actually coming after Jey Uso instead at Summerslam
Maybe Jimmy realizes that Roman has a point and he sees that Jey really is selfish and
cared more about getting that universal title match then anything else
Even though Jimmy attacking Jey would be great for shock value, it is a bit silly within
the story because the last few months have been about the brothers realizing that Roman
is the problem and how they have to get away from him
So to go from that, to all of a sudden Jimmy accusing Jey of not caring about him and being
selfish would definitely be a bit silly, but it looks like the segment was definitely teasing
the idea of Jimmy having a reason to come after either Roman or Jey during his return
Another big viral moment of the night came during the main event matchup between Grayson
Waller and Jey Uso
Grayson Waller mocked The Rock and went for the People’s Elbow on Jey Uso
Interesting enough, the camera immediately panned over to Roman Reigns to show his reaction
to Grayson mocking The Rock and Roman did laugh a bit at the mockery
Grayson Waller has been going back and forth with The Rock on social media and continues
to take these subliminal shots at The Rock every week on Smackdown
And at the same time, everyone knows that the fans have been fantasizing about an interaction
between The Rock and Roman Reigns for several years now, so this quick moment here definitely
appeared to be a little nod to everything going on there
Fans are starting to have the conversation about if The Rock could make his long awaited
return to confront Grayson Waller, or if The Rock will address Roman Reigns first, that’s
the popular discussion there, but no solid news or rumors about The Rock’s actual return
is out there right now
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It was recently reported that a big change was made not too long ago involving a big
Rhea Ripley match
Fightful reports that the original plans for Rhea versus Zelina Vega back at Backlash was
for Zelina to get squashed by Rhea within seconds
And it looks like as the match got closer, and they saw how much of a hometown hero Zelina
would be and it how it was a big homecoming for her, they decided to cancel the squash
and actually give Zelina a respectable amount of offense in the match
And it was a great change for sure because having all of that homecoming story come crashing
down with a squash would’ve been devastating
It looks like WWE decided to move those squash plans over to Rhea’s feud with Natalya because
Rhea did squash her in a few seconds only a few weeks after Backlash
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The WWE women’s title scene has a lot going on right now
Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair teamed up to take on the new women’s tag team champions,
Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green
And the story of this match followed the same dynamic we usually see from unusual tag team
pairings like this.
It was all about how Sonya and Charlotte were tagging each other in during unwanted times
and trying to one up each other
The finish of the match saw Bianca Belair hit the K.O.D. and getting ready to pick up
the win, but Charlotte forcefully tagged herself in to steal the spotlight and pick up the
win for herself
Bianca Belair then spoke with the Smackdown LowDown to say that she felt used by Charlotte
Flair and how she didn’t need or asked for her help
Fans on the other hand, didn’t like how weak this match made Chelsea and Sonya look
as new champions
Sonya and Chelsea are supposed to be the champions of the tag team division, yet they got quickly
handled by a tag team that wasn’t even getting along, so it’s a weird look for the champions
WWE is also teasing the idea of Iyo Sky cashing in at Summerslam, so that’s another element
that could be added at Summerslam
It’s definitely gonna be an interesting triple threat match because you have three
women that don’t really get pinned that often, and someone will have to take the pin
here
A lot of the story has strongly been focused around Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair,
leading many fans to wonder if one of those two will be walking out of Summerslam with
the title
Aus-ka has really been in the background of this entire story despite being the champion,
so a lot of fans don’t like her chances to retain at Summerslam, but we’ll have
to see what ends up happening there
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