Sami Zayn recently revealed more about his original plans for working with Roman Reigns,
so we’ll see what he had to say.
We’ll also check out the latest with Mandy Rose, The Usos, and more
Let’s start things off with a brief Mandy Rose update
Mandy recently surpassed one full year as NXT women’s champion and has been continuing
to do her thing in NXT
But some discussion from the fans started to go around after Mandy wore a red and black
attire along with the toxic attraction red and black SnapBack hat
The look of a red and black attire with a backwards SnapBack became a signature look
for Nikki Bella late in her career
So when the fans laid their eyes on Mandy Rose’s look from the November 15th edition
of NXT, a lot of them were wondering if Mandy was paying any homage to Nikki Bella or if
there was any relation there at all
Nikki Bella even reposted Mandy Rose’s look on Twitter
Then Cora Jade, who’s also known to heavily wear a snapback hat, also quoted Mandy’s
look and called it a Cora Jade cosplay
Mandy Rose responded to all of the Cora and all of the other fan discussion by sending
out this message on Twitter, quote:
“Damn, y’all can’t even let a girl wear her own merch hat” end quote
So that was confirmation right there from Mandy that it wasn’t supposed to cosplay
of anyone and how she was trying to wear her own merchandise
As far as things go with Mandy Rose in the ring, she’s now approaching 400 days as
NXT women’s champion
Fans have been spending the last few weeks trying to figure out who will be the superstar
to dethrone Mandy Rose
It’s the longest reign that the NXT women’s championship has seen in a handful of years,
so that big dethroning moment should be huge and should instantly establish whoever gets
the job done of knocking Mandy Rose off the top
And once Mandy Rose loses the NXT women’s title, everyone fully expects to see a main
roster call up for the Toxic Attraction faction
Mandy Rose has been on the main roster before, and Jacy and Gigi did get a small run on the
main roster during the women’s tag team tournament, but we’ve never seen all three
Toxic Attraction members on the main roster together at the same time
So that’s something to look forward to there
It’ll be great to have another women’s faction on the main roster.
Maybe we could even see a fair fight between Toxic Attraction and Damage Control
And with Mandy coming off of a 400 day long title reign, it also makes sense for Mandy
Rose to be looked at as a big threat to the women’s championships as well
So regardless if they all land on Raw or Smackdown, Mandy Rose could find herself in the main
title scene pretty fast since she’ll be riding off that NXT momentum
So big things are still on the way for Mandy Rose and Toxic Attraction
You can only assume that they wanna get to the main roster and repeat what they did in
NXT of having all three members holding championship gold at the same time
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Everyone knows about the big role that Sami Zayn currently has with Roman Reigns and The
Bloodline
But obviously, what we see today from Sami and The Bloodline was no where even near the
original plans
Sami Zayn recently revealed that he had first started brainstorming and pitching the idea
for interacting with Roman Reigns way back during the time of Survivor Series 2021
According to Sami, that’s when the discussions started happening about putting Sami and The
Bloodline together on screen in little ways
Sami Zayn had this to say about his original plans while making an appearance on the Cheap
Heat Podcast, quote:
“I won't pull the curtain back too much, but the idea was kicked around about a year
ago, a good six months before the seeds were even planted on screen.
The first time I think there was any interaction between myself and the Bloodline was just
after WrestleMania.
In actuality, the idea was first discussed going into Survivor Series of last year.
I was doing this whole thing on SmackDown where I was the longest-tenured member as
the locker room leader.
I thought it'd be something interesting with the locker room leader and Head of the Table.
The premise being, the Head of the Table isn't in the locker room anymore.
I wasn't originally envisioning being a full member of the Bloodline or anything like that,
just something to where Roman and I can occasionally get on screen together in a light-hearted
way and I'm giving him these reports of what's going on and what he needs to be careful for.
Every once in a while, I get things kicked my way too.
That was sort of the idea
It was talked about with Roman as well.
We were sitting at catering one day, and I heard an interview that he did with Ariel
Helwani where he was very kind towards me and saying nice things about me as an on-screen
character and that he'd like to do something down the road with me one day.
We got to talking and I don't remember exactly how it went, but it was a mutual thing."
End quote
So that’s how the idea first started and obviously we all see what it evolved into
Originally, it sounded like Sami Zayn just wanted to be a very distant ally to The Bloodline
Since the Roman Reigns character was often distant from the rest of the locker room and
very to himself, Sami Zayn would’ve basically been serving as Roman’s eyes and ears in
the men’s locker room
Sami would go back to Roman with these constant reports of what’s happening, what people
are saying, and who Roman should keep an eye on to protect his title
That’s how Sami’s original Bloodline role was supposed to look like, and that’s basically
how it did start, but due to it picking up so much stream, Sami’s role in The Bloodline
quickly evolved into something much larger
And what Sami Zayn said about the old Roman Reigns interview was true as well
Roman was praising Sami Zayn’s character work in that interview and said that WWE needs
to put Sami Zayn on television more often
fast forward just a few months after those comments and Roman and Sami were working together
on screen
So it is pretty amazing to see what the original idea was and what it has turned into over
the last few months
Hopefully the story continues to grow and evolve into much bigger things in the coming
months
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Let’s get into some more Bloodline related topics
The Usos were recently announced as PWI’s number one ranked tag team in all of pro wrestling
for 2022
Some fans were happy with the rankings, while some fans and other tag teams in the world
of pro wrestling weren’t
The Usos responded to the little uproar of backlash from these other tag teams by calling
them all salty and saying how they’re the ones
The Usos did recently make history by surpassing The New Day for the longest tag team title
reign in all of WWE history
So that itself is quite the accomplishment and could be something that no other team
will ever surpass in the future
In other Bloodline related news, the family has just gained another new member into the
wrestling scene
Zilla Fatu, the son of the late, great Umaga, has just joined the wrestling training school
of Reality of Wrestling
Reality Of Wrestling is a wrestling school that was founded by no other than all time
great, Booker T
It’s also the same school where Zilla’s father, Umaga, trained at as well
So Zilla is quite literally following in his father footsteps for a career in pro wrestling
At just 22 years old, Zilla has all the time in the world to take his training very seriously
and then become the latest breakout member of the family down the line in a couple of
years
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