Solo Sikoa just made his Smackdown debut, so we’ll see what’s going on there.
We’ll also check in on Paul Heyman’s return, what Roman is allegedly refusing, and much
more
Let’s start things off with Solo Sikoa
Solo made his main roster debut in the biggest fashion of saving both Roman Reigns’ title
reign and legacy
A lot of fans were hoping to see that interaction between Roman and Solo and how that would
play out
But it unfortunately looks like we’ll have to wait a few weeks to see Roman and Solo
Sikoa together
Roman isn’t rumored to appear on Smackdown until late September, so it may be a few weeks
for that
But the remaining members of The Bloodline still fully introduced Solo Sikoa
Sami Zayn and The Usos came out to speak a few words and then bring out Solo Sikoa
Solo spoke on joining The Bloodline before he was interrupted by Drew McIntyre
Drew approached all four Bloodline members with a chair in hand and everyone cleared
the ring except Solo Sikoa
This was a quick storytelling detail that you probably might’ve missed upon first
glance, but it really does tell a lot about Solo’s character and persona
But Drew comes into the ring and you can go back and notice how fast The Usos and Sami
Zayn scramble out of the ring
But it was Solo Sikoa who stood still in the middle of the ring, just waiting for Drew
McIntyre to come in
So it tells us a lot about how different Solo Sikoa is even compared to his older brothers
They run out of the ring, while he doesn’t move a foot and stays firmly planted for a
fight
Now eventually Solo Sikoa did retreat after a while, but that little moment of not being
afraid of Drew McIntyre and then instantly accepting Drew’s challenge does let us know
that Solo Sikoa is gonna be a fighter that doesn’t back down easily
And during that entire brawl between Solo Sikoa and Drew McIntyre, Sami Zayn did push
Solo out of the way and ate a chair shot for him
So that was another small detail that went a long way within the story as well
Solo Sikoa was giving Sami Zayn a bit of the cold shoulder at first, but once Solo saw
Sami actually sacrifice himself for him, he warmed up to Sami Zayn and said that everyone
Roman said about him was true
So Roman, Jimmy, and now Solo all seem to be on good terms with Sami Zayn, but it’s
Jey Uso who’s still the most hostile towards Sami Zayn
So the inevitable payoff just has to be a Bloodline beatdown on Sami Zayn, but it’ll
be interesting to see who initiates the beatdown on Sami since he’s on great terms with a
majority of the faction
Jey Uso really seems like the only option right now for when it comes to someone who
can lead that attack on Sami Zayn, but maybe Solo will have a say in it as well
But it’ll be interesting to see how The Bloodline continues to function with Roman
and Heyman no longer being around all the time
It’ll be up to the Usos and Solo Sikoa to make decision for the family and for their
sake, they better hope that Roman Reigns approves of all those decisions
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Speaking of The Bloodline, there is an update on Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman’s last WWE programming appearance was at Summerslam 2022
After taking an F5 from Brock Lesnar through a table, Heyman hasn’t been seen since
But it’s not like Heyman is on a hiatus or a vacation, repots claim that Heyman has
been backstage in recent weeks
However, he’s not expected to make just any random return any week now, the reports
claim that Heyman will be brought back in a majorly dynamic way
And that’s all they had to say about Paul Heyman’s return
So it’s sounds like what they’re saying is that Heyman’s return won’t be him just
walking out with Roman Reigns one random week on Smackdown
It sounds like Heyman will actually have a big return doing something that’s crucial
to the plot and storyline
So that’s the latest on Paul Heyman’s return, expect him to return with some heavy
impact to the story right away
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Speaking of Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman’s there’s been some new rumors about the face
turn for Roman Reigns
Like we went over a few days back, Vince McMahon’s plan for Roman Reigns was for him to carry
the Universal Title into Wrestlemania 39, successfully defend against hopefully The
Rock, drop the title shortly after that, and turn his act into a babyface persona
But according to these new reports, Roman and Heyman allegedly don’t agree with the
tribal chief character working as a babyface
The report claims that Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman want his current act solely as a heel
act and they’re not fully on board with the idea of taking that version of the character
and turning it babyface after Wrestlemania 39
They allegedly feel like the character works best as a heel and that’s the point that
they’re trying to get across to the rest of the personnel backstage
If Roman turns babyface and this report is true, then it sounds like face Roman Reigns
won’t be the same Head Of The Table, Tribal Chief act that we’ve been seeing since 2020
It may something new, some fans even said that they wouldn’t mind seeing a reimagined
version of the big dog version of Roman Reigns
Although the big dog version of Roman Reigns was never able to get all of the fans behind
him, there’s still no denying how impactful and successful that era was for Roman’s
character
And it’s something that fans have joked about as well.
Current day heel Roman Reigns will struggle with the weakest of opponents and need someone
to bail him out, but big dog Roman Reigns used to walk through guys like John Cena,
Brock Lesnar, Triple H, and The Undertaker without breaking a sweat
So there’s a big comparison and difference there between those two eras of Roman Reigns’
career, but it’s understandable
The babyface is gonna look dominant and courageous most of the time, while the heel usually cheats
to win, it’s just pro wrestling tradition, so that’s why both versions of Roman Reigns
are so different
But it’ll be interesting to see what Roman Reigns will look like during this rumored
2023 babyface turn
As everyone knows, characters in WWE constantly evolve and change throughout their careers
depending on what happens to them
We usually don’t see a superstar revert back to a previous era.
Sure, there are some exceptions of superstars that did go back to a previous era like Edge
and The Undertaker
But a majority of the time, superstars evolve to new and different eras
So 2023 will mark nearly three years for Roman Reigns’ tribal chief character, so it’ll
be up to WWE to figure out a way to evolve Roman’s character into something new for
that babyface turn, or evolve into something different if they do decide to keep him as
a heel
But that seems to be the Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman’s argument.
Maybe WWE thinks that after Wrestlemania 39, they’ll just keep Roman Reigns’ tribal
chief character around and just turn it babyface, but looks like it’s Roman and Heyman that
are calling it off and saying that it won’t work
There’s no rush though, this rumored babyface turn for Roman Reigns is still nearly 8 months
away, so there’s more than enough time for them to continue brainstorming ideas for what
direction to take his new babyface persona in
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories with The Bloodline members?
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