So today we’ll be taking a look at some hidden messages from Seth Rollins, Other stories
with Bayley and more
For today’s questions of the day: who do you have winning at Summerslam, Seth Rollins
or Edge?
So let’s dive into this Seth Rollins vs Edge storyline for a minute because it may
be going deeper and already foreshadowing what’s next for Seth Rollins and the main
event scene on Smackdown post Summerslam
Summerslam will finally feature the long awaited dream match of Seth Rollins vs Edge
Not only is this a dream match between two great performances, the overall backstory
for this match up is actually extremely rich in quality
Seth Rollins and Edge’s issue with each other doesn’t date back to just a few months
ago
It dates back to 2014 in that closing segment of Monday Night Raw where Seth Rollins threatened
to curb stomp Edge’s surgically repaired neck if he didn’t get what he wanted
Of course edge was still not cleared to compete at the time and was only 3 years removed from
the actual neck surgery itself back then
So it was a really slimy and scary move for Seth’s character to threaten Edge under
those circumstances at the time
Edge couldn’t do anything back then, doctors didn’t want him doing anything that physical
due to the threat of something going wrong and leaving him paralyzed
But fast forward 7 years later and that segment was one of the first things Edge mentioned
right to Seth Rollins’ face
As we know, Seth Rollins approached Sonya Deville and Adam Pearce about facing Roman
Reigns at Money In The Bank, he felt like he earned it after defeating Cesaro
They said they’ll consider it, but there came Edge who cut the line and got the title
match before Seth Rollins
This made Seth just lose it and that’s when he started ranting about both Roman and Edge
until he was finally confronted by Edge backstage
Edge mentioned how Seth hasn’t changed a bit since 2014 and that was where their story
for Summerslam started to build up
All of that tension and frustration from Seth Rollins would end up with him interfering
in that match of Edge vs Roman at Money in the bank
Right when it seemed like Edge was closing in on winning the title, Seth Rollins came
out to stop edge from winning the title and basically save Roman as well
Roman vs Seth was teased at the end of payback and then again here at Money in the bank
Seth told Roman that he only retained the title because of what he did to edge, but
Edge comes back to take Rollins out.
so that entire face off between Roman and Seth never really went anywhere
Now that leads us to the video package from this week’s Smackdown
The clear target for Seth’s video package was clearly edge
The video package was made in Seth’s vision and was meant to show that all of his accomplishments
were better than Edge’s
But there was another big target that Seth Rollins indirectly came after with this same
video package and that target was Roman Reigns
During the video package, they focus some time on The Shield.
Seth Rollins took all the credit for all of the shield’s success and even called himself
the leader of the shield
So that could most definitely be seen as a shot at Roman Reigns and even Moxley
When the shield was together on TV, they used to mention how there was no leader and how
they were just all bothers that were fighting for justice
But now all these years later, Seth Rollins is coming out and saying that he was the leader
and he did everything for the shield
So again, more seeds being planted and more foreshadowing for the Roman Reigns vs Seth
Rollins feud that’s being rumored to take place sometime this fall
Roman Reigns most likely takes care of John Cena and Seth Rollins probably takes care
of Edge
But the Rollins and Edge matchup does seem to be a bit of a toss up
Sure, it’ll make sense for Rollins to defeat edge because that’ll help Rollins’ case
to finally face Roman Reigns
But on the flip side, do you really keep this pay per view losing streak going for Edge?
Edge lost at Wrestlemania, Money In The Bank, and now Summerslam as well?
Is it too much of a losing streak?
Does Edge get the win but seth still goes onto face Roman Reigns
It can honestly go either way right there
But there’s still lots of hidden message and foreshadowing going on that seem to be
leading us to Rollins vs Reigns, so keep your eyes out for more hidden jabs at Roman from
Seth Rollins
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Speaking of Roman Reigns, he recently spoke with CBS to discuss going back on the road
and his legacy coming out of the thunderdome
He had this to say during that interview:
"That's my legacy coming out of the ThunderDome.
Hands down, without question, it can be debated for great content on social media and WWE
to put these polls and try to make an argument.
But there's no argument.”
“There's been nobody to ever carry the WWE product like I have over the past year and
I stand on that.
You can throw anybody out.
We can try and be nice and say, 'Oh, Bayley!
She just got hurt.
She was the best.'
Come on, let's not lie to ourselves.
The Tribal Chief has carried the WWE for well over a year now and there's no denying it."
So some big remarks there from Roman Reigns
When fans discuss thunderdome and pandemic era MVPs, you often hear names like Drew McIntyre,
Sasha Banks, Bayley, Roman Reigns and others
But since Bayley had those extra 5 months of being in the performance center when Roman
wasn’t around, a lot of fans tend to give Bayley the edge over Roman Reigns for overall
pandemic era MVP
But in Roman’s eyes, he’s fully dismissing Bayley and anyone that says Bayley was the
MVP
Bayley recently responded to this quote from Roman Reigns on twitter and said:
“That’s it…He’s done for!
And now I’m hashtag Team Cena”
So it looked Bayley was previously team Roman but that quote was enough to make her switch
sides
Bayley also interacted with Alexa Bliss on twitter when posted a winking picture of herself
with the caption “Sup Lilly”
Obviously a reference to Alexa Bliss’ Lilly doll who helped Alexa pick up the win on raw
recently with a blinking distraction
Alexa Bliss responded to Bayley’s tweet with a laughing gif
Bayley is still recovering from her knee surgery and will be out of action until mid 2022,
but it’s still nice to hear from her and see her pop up in some headlines while we
wait for her return
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Baron Corbin’s story continues to take some great twist and turns
Corbin came out to ask WWE fans for donations for the hundred thousand dollars that he needs
but was interrupted by Kevin Owens
Their interaction lead to a match that actually had a lot on the line.
If Corbin lost, he had to stop begging the fans for donations and if Owens lost, he had
to give Corbin one thousand dollars
So at least it wasn’t a pointless match, it served as the final match on Smackdown
and actually had something at stake, so that was great to see
But just a few moments later, we saw the start of what Corbin is doing next
Corbin stole the money in the bank briefcase from Big E and took off running
The commentators even seemed confused and questioned the possibility of Corbin cashing
in the contract even though he’s not the rightful owner
So this is gonna be another fun side story for Corbin and even Big E as well
Big E did win the contract, but he hasn’t been up to much since winning it, so at least
this gives him something to do as well
Will the contract actually switch hands similar to what we saw last year with Otis and The
Miz?
No, that’s highly unlikely, especially with Corbin’s character where everything tends
to go wrong for him, so chances are that Big E will get it back pretty fast
But then we’ll have to see what Corbin will move onto after that.
Desperation seems to be one of his biggest attributes right now, so we’ll see just
how far he’s willing to take it for the sake of his livelihood
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories?
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