Edge’s character is headed for an entire new direction on Raw, so we’ll see what’s
going on there.
We’ll also see what new challenges are on the way for Roman Reigns, and much more
Roman Reigns hasn’t defended his title since Wrestlemania and hasn’t been around much
at all in recent weeks
We’ve been discussing how it’s a well deserved break for Roman, but how his absence
does obviously affect the quality of Raw and Smackdown
Roman has been hanging around for two months without a new challenger or storyline, but
it looks Roman’s storylines and feuds are slowly coming back into play on WWE television
Drew McIntyre has been very vocal in recent interviews about wanting to face Roman Reigns
at Clash at the Castle in September, everyone knows that Drew really wants that
But what is even more interesting is that Drew McIntyre did mention challenging Roman
Reigns at that event during a recent edition of Smackdown
So it is a bit early for someone for to be lying out a challenge for Roman Reigns to
a match that takes place four mouths from now, but it’s a good sign that Drew McIntyre
versus Roman Reigns will be the main event for that show
Fans figured that was the case when the official graphic for Clash at the Castle featured two
large renders of McIntyre and Reigns right in the front of the poster
So to hear Drew McIntyre bring up that challenge to Roman on WWE television is a very good
sign that we may be headed in that direction for the main event of Clash at the Castle
after all
But that’s several months from now, so what about some opponents for Roman Reigns in the
immediate future over the summer?
Well roman has another superstar calling him out at the same time and that’s Riddle
Riddle came out on Raw to challenge Roman Reigns himself and talked about how he’ll
be the next undisputed champion after defeating roman reigns
Riddle does have a good case to go up against Roman Reigns because Riddle has been tangled
up in issues with The Bloodline since April
It originally started off as a tag team feud between RK Bro and The Usos, but you gotta
remember that Roman Reigns was the one who cheated and assisted The Usos in winning the
Raw tag team titles from RK Bro
Not only did Roman Reigns screw RK Bro out of their tag team titles, Roman also took
out Randy Orton and Orton hasn’t been seen since
So from Riddle’s perspective, Roman took away his tag team titles and took out his
tag team partner Randy Orton, so Riddle has a lot of good reasoning for wanting to come
after Roman Reigns
It’s currently unknown if Roman will appear at Money In The Bank or not, but assuming
he does, that may set up his next three challengers right there
Roman faces Riddle at Money In The Bank, maybe followed up by Randy Orton returning during
that feud with Riddle, which could lead to Roman Reigns versus Randy Orton at Summerslam
And after Roman is done with both Riddle and Randy Orton, that’s probably when the story
with Drew McIntyre will begin in time for Clash at the Castle
So nothing is set in stone as of this very moment but it sure does look like Riddle,
Randy Orton, and Drew McIntyre may be Roman’s next three opponents all in that exact order
Would you be excited for these three title defenses from Roman Reigns?
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So like we’ve been discussing over the last few days, Edge was brutally attacked and betrayed
by The Judgment Day, a group he started barely two months ago
Now you can’t really think too hard about the betrayal because it doesn’t make much
sense story wise at all, Edge didn’t really give Damian and Rhea any real reason to do
that to him
But then again, maybe that’s the point, maybe that’s why this was considered a face
turn moment for Edge because it was in fact a brutal beatdown for no good reason
It turns out that what fans were speculating about was in fact true, Edge’s sudden removal
from Judgment Day was to reinforce Raw’s babyface roster that took a massive hit with
the loss of Cody Rhodes
So that entire moment was meant to likely begin the journey of getting Edge back to
where he was at as a top babyface on Raw before the heel turn
So if Cody never got hurt, chances are that Edge still would’ve been the leader of Judgment
Day for a while longer with that big betrayal moment coming way later on
But the next big challenge for WWE will be turning Edge back into a full babyface
They’re probably gonna act like it never happened, but Edge did spend the last 60 days
insulting all the fans as this ruthless heel leader of Judgment Day
So just because his own people attacked him… we’re supposed to just automatically get
behind Edge and root for him again?
That’s not how traditional storytelling goes.
If the big bad guy gets overthrown from his position and tossed out, that doesn’t instantly
make them a sympathetic figure.
No, not at all, they’re still that same bad individual that said and did all those
bad things
So same thing with Edge, him getting attacked by his own people shouldn’t really be considered
a babyface turn, he was literally insulting the fans 20 seconds before he got attacked
A good example of this exact same situation done right was with Bayley and Sasha Banks
in 2020
That story was beautifully fleshed out for nearly the entire year
Although Sasha Banks was a heel with Bayley, the story showed that Bayley was more of the
self centered heel that didn’t really care about Sasha Banks
but on the other hand, despite being heel, Sasha was a very caring friend that would
do anything for Bayley
That story kept going until Bayley randomly attacked Sasha Banks on Smackdown with a brutal
beatdown
And even though Bayley’s attack also came out of no where, it made perfect sense because
of the entire fleshed out story leading up to that moment
Bayley attacking Sasha Banks was a babyface turn for Sasha because of how deep that story
was
But that’s just not really the case in Judgment Day’s situation with Edge
If The Judgment Day’s story was more fleshed out and showed that Edge was losing that ruthlessness
and becoming more softer as a leader over time, then it makes perfect sense for the
rest of the group to look at Edge as the weak link that’s in the way and get him out of
there
So it was a great shocking moment, but it would’ve even better if it was backed by
some strong story, which it unfortunately wasn’t
So what’s next for Edge?
Well like we’ve been talking about, the character has to redeem himself to the fans
and to the rest of the babyface roster
Maybe he apologizes, realizes that Judgment Day was a mistake, and explains himself some
more because that babyface turn won’t be completed until the character basically apologizes
for everything he’s done since the heel turn
Obviously, Edge isn’t dealing with the new Judgment Day trio all by himself, he’s gonna
need some help
Edge will likely need one male superstar and one female superstar to help him out here
with his former group
The female superstar is quite easy, what if you got Beth Phoenix back involved?
Beth was never too crazy about Edge’s creation of The Judgment Day, so this would give her
an opportunity to help take down that creation from Edge that she was never a fan of
Maybe the male superstar will be AJ Styles.
Now again, Edge just can’t go up and ask AJ Styles to join him, he’ll have to apologize
to AJ for everything he’s put him through since March
And if Edge is able to get his own new trio together then maybe he’ll have a shot at
taking down his evil creation of The Judgment Day
maybe that big Summerslam match will be both leaders facing off again each other, Edge
versus Finn Balor, that’ll be a nice matchup as well
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories Roman Reigns and The Judgment Day?
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