Today we’ll be going over a handful of stories involving Mandy Rose’s issue, Naomi’s
potential bloodline story, Sasha’s surprises, and much more
Let’s start things off with Sasha Banks’ few surprises
The first surprise from Sasha Banks was her the national championship game appearance
Sasha made a special surprise appearance at the start of the College Football championship
game
They aired a little video that featured narration and an actual appearance by Sasha Banks
It was a pretty big deal because it was quite the big platform that had a lot of eyes on
it
To put it into better perspective, WWE’s shows nowadays hang right around 2 million
viewers, this championship game pulled in 22.6 million viewers
So Sasha was on the screens of 20 million more people than usual, quite the big deal
there
And who knows what other opportunities sasha may get in the near future, she’s one of
the few WWE superstars with the biggest crossover star potential, so we’ll definitely be seeing
her in more roles and projects like this
But let’s get back to WWE talk for Sasha Banks
The injury that everyone was fearing about from that live event show for Sasha Banks
turned out to be true
WWE released this full statement on the injury:
“Sasha Banks suffered a foot injury Sunday evening at a WWE Live event in Fayetteville,
NC.
After seeking emergency medical attention, it was determined nothing was broken.
Sasha underwent an MRI and it was discovered she has a bruised calcaneus bone.
She is at home recovering and undergoing physical therapy.
She is expected to be out of action for 6-8 weeks.”
So it was a big scare, everyone assumed the worst, but thankfully it was just a bone bruise
in the foot and not any structural damage
Counting from the day of that announcement, 6 weeks would be mid February, right around
the 19th
So mid February is Sasha’s return at the best case scenario, but there are some fans
out there speculating about a surprise appearance from Sasha Banks at the Royal Rumble
Since Sasha is out of action, a Royal Rumble appearance from her would technically be an
unexpected surprise
Only issue with that whole idea being that the Royal Rumble is on January 29th and even
by that time, Sasha would only be on week 3 of the recommended 6 to 8 week recovery
time frame
So that’s another fact that sort of debunks that Royal Rumble idea, but if Sasha does
make some miracle speedy recovery than maybe that could still be in play
But the important part here is that it wasn’t anything major, she may miss Royal Rumble,
but she’ll definitely be healthy in time for Wrestlemania
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Now let’s get into Mandy Rose’s story and why she may be in trouble with her new
challenger, Kay Lee Ray
Mandy Rose has definitely been talking a lot lately.
She’s NXT women’s champion, so she does have that right to brag about her championship
status
But another trait about this new Mandy Rose character, she not only feels like she’s
the best in the ring, but she also talks about being NXT’s best looking superstar
So Mandy is constantly having all these photoshoots taking place all day long from poolside to
even backstage at NXT
And with all these recent photoshoots, it’s taking away from Mandy Rose’s time in the
ring to defend that title against some hungry contenders, which Kay Lee Ray is one of.
Kay was backstage looking for Mandy Rose when she came across one of Mandy’s photoshoot
sets
Kay proceeded to destroy the set with a baseball bat to catch Mandy’s attention and put her
on notice for a title match
Mandy and Kay did exchange some words on twitter
Mandy responded to the attack by saying:
“Maybe she should put the bat down for once and start taking notes on how to look like
a REAL superstar.
This is why I’m here”
Kay responded to Mandy’s tweet with her own picture from a photoshoot, saying that
she only wants Mandy’s title
Mandy responded by saying that the title isn’t going anywhere
Mandy Rose has been champion since October so she’s definitely on her way of having
a real nice title reign
So Kay Lee Ray definitely seems like she’s up next for Mandy, so we’ll see how that
unfolds
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Ever since Naomi first came over to Smackdown and started this entire story with Sonya Deville,
one of the most popular fan theories that everyone has heard by now is of course the
idea of Naomi eventually joining The Bloodline
Maybe it was due to do the Sonya situation or maybe it happened in a different matter,
but majority of fans just felt like it was only a matter of time before Roman reached
out to Naomi, influenced her, and placed her on the proper direction for championship gold
Naomi isnt directly related to Roman, they’re technically related through marriage, but
that’s another thing as well.
Naomi’s actual husband is in this group with Roman and 7 months later, they still
haven’t helped her in any fashion?
And it’s not a situation like Charlotte and Andrade where everyone knew they were
a real life couple, but WWE never acknowledged their relationship on-screen so it made sense
for them to not really cross paths in WWE
But with Naomi and Jimmy, this is a real life relationship that WWE has fully displayed
for many years now
They were partners during the mixed match challenge and they both had that entire story
of Mandy Rose trying to get in the way of their marriage
Even other couples like Bianca Belair and Montez Ford cross paths every here and there
So that’s why fans just find it so weird that Naomi and Jimmy have never been seen
even talking to each other on Smackdown over these last few months
Even if we can’t hear what they’re saying, just seeing them talking to each other would
generate a lot of buzz and get everyone wondering about what they could be talking about
So why hasn’t this been allowed to happen?
Most likely because it would be against the narrative that they have going on between
Naomi and Sonya right now
It’s sort of like a ‘Steve Austin and Vince McMahon’ sort of story, the mean authority
figure doing everything they can to hold down a fan favorite babyface character
So Naomi is supposed to be this strong independent babyface character that’s getting wrongfully
screwed over by an evil authority figure
If Naomi was to run for help from her heel husband, heel brother-in-law, and heel universal
champion Roman Reigns, it won’t technically be a good look for Naomi’s character within
this story
Naomi fighting Sonya’s antics off by herself and seeing her struggle on her own against
Sonya is part of what makes Naomi so honorable and like-able
And if Naomi just looks for help from a heel faction, it sort of takes that honorability
away from the character
If Naomi runs to Roman, Roman actually pulls strings to get rid of Sonya, you have no story,
the story would obviously end at that point
So as popular of a theory it is and how badly everyone wants to see this heel monster version
of Naomi join the Bloodline and take the women’s title, all that just seems very impossible
in this current moment of this story
But that’s not to say that the possibility is out of the question forever
Once this Sonya Deville storyline concludes, maybe there is a new desperate time that Naomi
goes through and then it would make sense for her to turn to Roman at that point
as of right now, just doesn’t make sense, unfortunately, for Naomi to look for help
from the bloodline
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories?
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