Ric Flair recently explained his theory for what he thinks WWE could be up to with Roman Reigns,
so we’ll see what he had to say. We’ll also check out MVP’s teaser, and much more
Let’s start things off with Ric Flair’s explanation for the result of Roman Reigns
vs Drew McIntyre At Clash At The Castle
Drew McIntyre was the first opponent in a long time that seemed to
actually have a legitimate shot against Roman Reigns
And there were a lot of bogus rumors and reports before the show
on how Drew McIntyre would be walking out of Clash At The Castle with the titles
So everyone had basically talked themselves into believing there was no shot Roman was retaining
So when Roman eventually won and retained the titles,
it made the result even more shocking because fans genuinely believed Drew McIntyre was winning
Some fans were upset with the result of the Clash At The Castle main event,
but like we talked about right after that event, Roman’s title reign is historic and they probably
don’t want it to end because there are even bigger plans for the title reign on the horizon
Drew McIntyre winning the titles in Wales would’ve been huge,
but the potential to keep doing big things with Roman Reigns is even larger
Ric Flair recently explained this same sort of idea and had this to
say about Clash At The Castle during his ‘To Be The Man’ podcast, quote:
“It’s not that Drew didn’t deserve to win, but if that’s the plan, which we all hope it is and
I’m sure the company hopes it is. I’m assuming the company, never hopes or assume anything,
but if the plan is The Rock and Roman I just think the words ‘Heavyweight Championship’ are very
important in that match. And I think taking the belt off Roman and taking nothing away from Drew,
Drew could very easily carry it and be a good champion as well.
But the big match for the company, maybe one of the biggest of all time,
obviously is Rock, if he elects to do that and Roman. So the way they did it didn’t
hurt Drew at all. And Drew, you know, he’s always gonna be great.” End quote
So Ric Flair brings up several great points
Drew McIntyre wasn’t completely destroyed and dominated by Roman Reigns in this match
Drew was actually once again protected by WWE
Drew McIntyre actually had the match won, but it was due to the
outside interference with Solo Sikoa that he loss
So it wasn’t like he was just fed to Roman Reigns,
Roman still needed a lot of outside interference to beat Drew McIntyre
So Drew’s presentation and character doesn’t take much of a hit at all
And at this point in Roman’s title reign, there’s no shame in losing to him either
When he’s been champion for this long, he’s gonna be the favorite to win in
every matchup, it’s not like the challenger is expected to win
So losing to Roman right now does no harm to you, especially if he has to cheat to beat you.
It actually makes you look really strong because Roman couldn’t handle you by himself,
which was the case with Drew McIntyre at Clash At The Castle
Ric Flair went onto say that WWE most likely kept the titles on Roman Reigns
because that Wrestlemania 39 match with the Rock could be in play
And like Ric Flair said, it’s not that Drew McIntyre didn’t deserve it,
but Roman Reigns versus The Rock with The Rock competing in his first full Wrestlemania match
in over 11 years to try to end the dominant near 1000 day plus title reign of his own cousin
has a much better ring and story to it than just Drew McIntyre versus The Rock or whoever else
It’s this highly anticipated matchup that fans have been talking about for years
and it finally looks like the pieces could be coming together for it
And sure, WWE calls the main event of Wrestlemania
every year the “biggest Wrestlemania main event of all time”, they throw that around
very loosely and even used that label on the Roman and Brock match at Wrestlemania 38
But a Wrestlemania 39 matchup between The Rock and Roman Reigns has a fair shot of
legitimately being one of the biggest Wrestlemania main events of all time
It just has so much real life and storyline elements to it that just takes it over the top
The Rock hasn’t competed in a Wrestlemania main event since
2013 during his title match with John Cena
But excluding his 10 second Wrestlemania match with Erick Rowan a few years after that,
The Rock really hasn’t competed in Wrestlemania in what would be 11 years
Then over on Roman’s side, he’s been having the run of his career and having
the greatest title run the company has seen in decades upon decades
But the family issue with what Roman is doing is that he’s pulling in and corrupting
all of his family members like The Usos and now Solo Sikoa
All these family members that are being brainwashed to follow behind Roman Reigns
and help him cheat to win, and this has been going on for almost three years in 2023
So maybe that’s what finally catches The Rock’s eyes
Maybe he thinks this abuse over the WWE locker-room
and corruption of his own family has gone on long enough and he wants to put an end to it
Sure, The Rock would have to go up against all of his family members in The Bloodline
during this Wrestlemania program, but he’s the legendary babyface, he’s the hero here
that would be trying to save the fans and save his own family from Roman Reigns’ tyrant ways
So when you look at it like that with that background story on top of it being the
Wrestlemania main event and having the universal heavyweight title on the line, everything just
points to it being one of, if not, the greatest Wrestlemania main event stories we’ve ever seen
Three years of buildup with Roman’s current title reign, but
his time with The Rock in WWE goes even more back
Roman Reigns power-bombed the rock during his early days in the shield
and The Rock even helped Roman win the Royal Rumble back in 2015
just so much story elements and history would be involved with this
legendary potential matchup between The Rock and Roman Reigns
So that was Ric Flair’s theory. He thinks the fact that WWE had Roman Reigns defeat Drew McIntyre
is a good sign that they’re saving Roman’s title reign for something huge
down the line, including the possibility of The Rock
making his Wrestlemania main event return for the first time in 11 years
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Speaking of potential teasers for big things, that brings us to MVP’s little teaser
During the pandemic era and even into 2021, MVP, along with Bobby Lashley,
co-created the faction of The Hurt Business
MVP took Bobby Lashley, Cedric Alexander, and Shelton Benjamin… three superstars who
weren’t doing much of anything in WWE at the time, he put them together, made them all
champions, and became one of those most accomplished factions in WWE history
Cedric and Shelton won the tag titles during their time in The Hurt Business,
and Bobby Lashley really thrived during his time in the group
with multiple WWE world title reigns and United States title reigns
The group was randomly brought back together in late 2021 Lashley’s feud
with Big-E, but it went no where and they disbanded again a few weeks after that
But the idea of The Hurt Business coming back together
is something that Lashley and MVP haven’t stopped talking about
MVP took to Instagram this week to post a video with Omos,
but MVP mentioned a line of always having his mind
on “business” and he pointed the camera over to Shelton Benjamin who was also there with them
So yet again, another big tease for the return of The Hurt Business
Omos and MVP haven’t been seen much in recent months. Vince McMahon didn’t seem to have much
of a plan for them and it’s still unsure if Triple H has a direction for them or not
But it will be interesting to see if MVP does try to revive The Hurt Business once again
Bobby Lashley did have that bad split with MVP and feud with Omos earlier in the year,
but it’ll be interesting if MVP tries to even recruit the old leader and get
him back with this potential new era of The Hurt Business
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories with Roman Reigns and The Hurt Business?
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