There’s been some new information regarding some of the cancelled plans for Roman Reigns,
so we’ll see what’s that about.
We’ll also check out what’s going with The Miz, Dexter Lumis, and more
Let’s start things off with the title split plans for Roman Reigns and his Undisputed
Universal Championship
So the big topic of discussion heading into Clash At The Castle a few months ago was how
a split of Roman’s undisputed title was imminent
It was reported that USA Network was allegedly fed up and wanted a world title back on their
show
They were under the impression that Roman would make regular appearances on Raw after
Wrestlemania 38, but that hasn’t been exactly happening
So that’s when it was reported that a title split could be coming
Some fans even thought that what happened to Solo Sikoa was some seeds and foreshadowing
being planted for Roman’s fate
Solo was stripped of the North American title because he was no longer a full time superstar
on NXT
So taking that same mindset into consideration, fans thought that maybe Triple H would eventually
come out and strip Roman Reigns of the WWE title since he hasn’t been fully featured
on Raw in recent months
But that sort of scenario hasn’t happen so far
The reports back during late summer said that the undisputed title issue would be resolved
near Survivor Series time, which is the time period we’re in right now, so we’ll have
to see if anything happens there
WrestleVotes recently revealed that there were some scrapped plans to address the undisputed
title split back around Clash At The Castle
They claim that the main idea was to use Austin Theory’s Money In The Bank contract to help
split the title back up
Austin Theory would make it verbally clear that he was cashing in for only one title
Theory would cash it in during the Clash At The Castle main event, turning the one on
one match for the Undisputed Universal Title into a triple threat match for only the WWE
title
Tyson Fury would still get involved and Drew McIntyre would’ve pinned Austin Theory to
win only the WWE championship
So under this idea, you take care of the undisputed title problem by Roman Reigns losing one of
his titles due to the triple threat rules
Drew McIntyre would take the WWE title back to Raw and Roman would remain on Smackdown
as the Universal Champion
But apparently not everyone was on board with this idea and you can sort of see why they’re
weren’t fully sold on the idea
The first issue with the idea was Theory only wanting to cash in on one title
In reality, we obviously know why Theory would cash in for one title, but in the storyline
world, why would Austin Theory pass up on the opportunity to have two world titles and
just take one title instead?
That doesn’t make sense and it’s not a logical decision at all for the character
And the second big issue with this cancelled idea was how Austin Theory’s cash in would’ve
fully changed what was at stake with the match
They go from two titles being on the line, to a triple threat match where only one title
is on the line all because the Money In The Bank contract holder said so?
So you can really see why WWE eventually scrapped the idea
Although this definitely would’ve resolved their undisputed world title issue, there
was just way too many plot holes with this sort of scenario going down
If Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman were able to pull strings behind the scenes and sort
of nerf the power of the Money In The Bank contract down to only being redeemable for
one title, then maybe that could’ve been a good storyline explanation for Theory only
cashing in for one title
But for Theory to actually have the option to go for two titles and he still only goes
for one… the audience was just gonna seriously question the character’s decision making
right there
It sort of like what we’re seeing right now with the real actual cash in for Austin
Theory
He cashed in on the United States title when the option to cash in on the Undisputed World
Title was still available
And that was the first thing fans pointed out, like why didn’t he try his luck and
just cash in on Roman Reigns.
Why settle for less?
And that same thing would’ve been the issue with this cancelled cash in at Clash At The
Castle, why would Austin Theory settle for less and only go for one title?
So the numerous story flaws is most likely why WWE scrapped this title split from happening
at Crown Jewel
But still, if the story made sense and clicked in all of the right places, it would’ve
been nice to see Drew McIntyre at least win the WWE title at Clash At The Castle
Drew gets to have the Wrestlemania 36 moment that was robbed from him, and Roman Reigns
leaves the match completely unharmed because he wasn’t pinned and still has the universal
title
So it would’ve been a fun outcome that would’ve got a world title back to Raw, but it looks
like the titles still aren’t being split for the time being
Maybe they’ll be a situation where Roman will start defending them one at a time, and
if that’s the case then that does open up the door a bit more for the possibility to
split up the world titles again
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There was another big development in The Miz and Dexter Lumis’ story
So it was Johnny Gargano who made the big reveal that The Miz was staging everything
with Dexter Lumis
But of course it was still a bit hard to just take Johnny’s word for it and assume that
he’s telling the truth
So he came back with some more solid evidence about everything he was claiming about The
Miz
He hired a private investigator to look into the situation and get information out of The
Miz over a conversation
The Miz opened up the conversation by saying that Johnny Gargano was lying about everything
be staged
But after the investigator slowly persuaded The Miz into telling the truth, he secretly
came clean and wanted to speak off the books
The Miz said that everything Johnny said was true, he was staging everything and paying
Dexter Lumis off on the side
The Miz said that he only stopped because the heat was getting too intense
WWE corporate and the police were asking too much questions and getting too involved, so
The Miz decided to pull the plug on the entire act
However, Dexter Lumis felt like he was still owed payments after Miz stopped paying, so
that created the new legitimate conflict
Dexter Lumis still isn’t signed to a WWE contract yet within the storyline, so he’s
still in a rough place and still needs those promised payments from The Miz
So the last few weeks have provided a huge plot twist to everything we previously knew
about the story between Dexter Lumis and The Miz
Johnny Gargano gave The Miz several weeks to come clean and tell the truth, but after
The Miz didn’t do anything, Johnny took it into his own hands
He revealed the entire situation himself and was able to get The Miz to admit to everything
on a hidden camera
So now that the truth is out and it’s confirmed to be true, it’ll be interesting to see
where this story goes next
The big reveal of the secret has definitely sparked new life and new possibilities into
this storyline, so we’ll see what it all leads to
Hopefully it doesn’t get as dragged out as the first part of this storyline did
Hopefully it stays flowing and stays consistent, maybe we’ll see some big payoff at the end
such as Dexter Lumis getting a WWE contract to stay on Raw as a full time competitor
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories with the cancelled plans for Roman Reigns
and The Miz’s storyline?
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