There’s a lot going on right now with damage control,
so we’ll see what’s new there.
We’ll also check out what’s going on with Roman Reigns, Bobby Lashley, and more
Let’s start things off with the latest updates regarding Damage Control members: Bayley and
Iyo Sky
So right around Wrestlemania time, Damage Control appeared to be going through a storyline
that would ultimately break them apart
The once dominant faction that captured the women’s tag team titles multiple times were
no longer clicking and were all on separate pages
And that’s how the story started to unfold
In the past, Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky didn’t really speak up much and just went right along
with whatever Bayley wanted them to do
But once the disconnection started happening, we saw Dakota and Iyo start to speak up more
and question some of the things were Bayley was talking about
Like after Wrestlemania where Bayley failed to get Dakota and Iyo a rematch for the tag
titles, but somehow managed to get herself a number one contender’s match for the women’s
title
That’s when Dakota and Iyo confronted Bayley, insisting that the number contender’s match
should go to one of them instead of her
And ever since that confrontation and moment right there, it’s been down hill ever since
Iyo had her title match at Backlash but lost it due to Bayley getting involved and costing
her the match
And it was just big loss after big loss for Damage Control after that and it created this
interesting dynamic of waiting to see how the group will finally just implode
But as we all know, Dakota Kai unfortunately tore her ACL during a match and right in the
heart of this damage control breakup story
So after Dakota went down, no one really knew if WWE will keep the same story going or call
an audible to change the story around following Dakota’s injury
We talked about how they can basically go one of two ways… have Bayley and Iyo come
closer than ever before and resolve their issues to honor Dakota Kai
Or continue the breakup storyline strictly between Bayley and Iyo, and it appears that
WWE has revealed what route they’re going in for when it comes to the remaining members
of damage control
It seems that they’re still going through with the breakup story, despite Dakota’s
injury
So let’s take a look at the June 16th edition of Smackdown, where things once again got
heated for Bayley and Iyo
Bayley comes out to the ring with Iyo sky, like she normally does, but it doesn’t take
long to see the miscommunication come back into play
Iyo Sky had Zelina Vega rolled up but there was no count by the referee since the ref
was busy dealing with Bayley was on the ring apron
Iyo went in-between the ropes to yell about it back and forth with Bayley, but Zelina
Vega came right in with a six-one-nine to defeat Iyo and win the match
Iyo was very upset about the loss, while Bayley was trying to calm her down a bit
And it didn’t stop there, we then saw Bayley and Iyo continuing their conversation backstage
until they got interrupted by Shotzi
Shotzi was upset that Bayley had costed her a spot in the Money In The Bank ladder match,
Bayley says that Shotzi didn’t deserve to be in the match
Shotzi challenges Bayley to face her and put her Money In The Bank spot on the line
Bayley hesitates, but Iyo speaks for Bayley and says that Bayley accepts and will put
her own Money In The Bank spot on the line against Shotzi
And Shotzi says she’ll go tell Adam Pearce to make it official
Bayley obviously wasn’t happy with that move by Iyo and questions her about it, but
Iyo says she was just trying to help
Was Iyo really trying to help Bayley?
Of course not, this was a sneaky way for iyo to try and get back at Bayley for what happened
earlier in the night during the match with Zelina Vega
So as you can see, Damage Control isn’t working together and is instead trying to
actively screw each other over
even with the big loss of Dakota Kai, they still can’t come together and settle their
differences
So Bayley will now have to put her Money In The Bank spot on the line against Shotzi in
a match that she didn’t even accept herself
And considering Bayley and Damage Control strain of bad luck continuing, there’s a
high chance that Bayley may actually lose her spot to Shotzi after all
Maybe it’s Iyo accidentally getting involved or maybe it’s Iyo legitimately making sure
Bayley loses the match, but something along those lines has a really strong chance of
happening
And if Bayley does lose her spot at Money In The Bank, this could be what gets Bayley
to her own breaking point
Maybe Bayley become extremely frustrated and jealous of the fact that Iyo is still in the
ladder match and she’s not
Maybe that’s what leads to Bayley finally turning on her last remaining Damage Control
member
It’s possible that this could even be a moment that they save for the Money In The
Bank women’s ladder match itself
The ring could be clear, Iyo sky could be the only one left standing just moments away
from grabbing the contract, maybe it seems like Bayley is out there to help her, but
that’s when Bayley strikes and costs Iyo the contract
Something along those lines definitely seems like something Bayley’s character would
do, especially after the recent few months of frustration she’s been having with Damage
Control
And when they do eventually split up, it seems that Bayley will be remaining as the heel,
while iyo sky turns babyface following damage control’s breakup
Damage Control’s demise has been a moment they’ve been teasing since right around
April, so if that moment was to happen at Money In The Bank, in a crucial spot like
that of Bayley preventing Iyo from winning the contract that would change iyo’s career,
it sets up the perfect foundation for a feud between iyo and Bayley
So its obviously extremely unfortunate that Dakota is not around right now because it
would’ve been extremely interesting to see what her role would’ve been within the breakup
arc
But it looks like things will be going forward with Bayley and Iyo in a major way, so be
on the lookout for that to continue
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Roman Reigns has his hands pretty full right now with the entire collapse of The Bloodline
But it looks like Roman could already be having another huge issue coming up on the horizon,
and that’s Bobby Lashley
When Bobby Lashley was first drafted to Smackdown earlier this year, all the fans instantly
thought the same thing… that Bobby Lashley would be a great new opponent for Roman Reigns
Roman hasn’t faced Bobby Lashley at all during his current universal title reign
They had little crossover moments, such as Roman Reigns assisting Lashley in winning
the WWE title from Brock Lesnar back at Royal Rumble 2022, but never faced off one-on-one
over the last three years
So he would be one of the rare and fresh opponents for Roman to face this deep into his title
reign
Well after a brief hiatus from WWE, Bobby Lashley made his return during a recent WWE
live event
And he’s not wasting any time at all
Bobby Lashley was seen in the WWE’s Instagram comment section for the post about Jey leaving
the Bloodline, and Lashley posted one single emoji of a red phone
Since it was a post that just had one emoji and no words, it’s pretty much open to interpretation
for what Lashley was trying to say
A lot of understood it as Bobby Lashley calling Roman Reigns out and giving him a little warning
signal that he was coming for him
So if that’s the case then things could get very interesting there for Bobby Lashley
Previously, reports said that if Bray Wyatt was to return in time for Summerslam, that
he and Lashley would resume their feud from earlier this year
But if Bray isn’t back in time, could WWE turn to Bobby Lashley versus Roman Reigns
at Summerslam?
It’s definitely possible, but given what’s going on right now within the bloodline civil
war, fans are curious if either Jimmy or Jey will end up facing Roman at Summerslam
So that’s the latest there from Bobby Lashley.
maybe we are getting close to a meeting between Reigns and Lashley after all
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