There’s lot of fan conversation going on with Montez Ford and Bianca Belair, so we’ll
see what’s going on there.
We’ll also check out some things going on with Rikishi and The Bloodline as well
Let’s start things off with the growing conversation with Bianca Belair and Montez
Ford because fans have been throwing around some ideas and making the conversation very
interesting
So in order to get this conversation going, we have to revisit the June 2nd edition of
Friday Night Smackdown
This edition of Smackdown featured a Money In The Bank qualifier match between LA Knight
and Montez Ford
Now in terms of WWE’s presentation of these two characters, Montez Ford was the babyface
and LA Knight was the heel for this matchup
But as everyone is starting to become aware of, LA Knight’s popularity is skyrocketing
across the country with every single arena that he walks into
The fans are just really gravitating towards LA Knight, he’s continuing to get massive
ovations everywhere he goes
However, he’s still technically a heel in WWE’s eyes, so LA Knight naturally gets
paired up in matches with actual babyfaces
Only issue is that since the crowds love LA Knight, that babyface superstar usually ends
up getting treated like a heel and gets booed
And that’s exactly what happened here during this match between LA Knight and Montez Ford
Despite being the unquestioned baby face, Montez Ford was booed out of the building
by the Smackdown crowd that was completely behind LA Knight
And to make matters worse and make it sting even more, LA Knight cheated to win the Money
In The Bank qualifier by pulling on the tights and holding the ropes, and he still got cheered
after the win
So despite literally cheating and not playing by the rules, LA Knight still gets a big reception
and positive reaction form the crowd
And on the flip side… despite doing everything by the book and playing by the rules, Montez
Ford got booed out of the building and treated like the real villain
And just a few weeks ago, there was that big report about how a heel turn could be on it’s
way for Bianca Belair, Montez Ford, and Angelo Dawkins
So taking that report into consideration and to see how Montez Ford was treated by the
June 2nd Smackdown crowd, the fans were discussing the possibility of how this moment here from
June 2nd could maybe come up again down the line if Montez does in fact turn heel
If Montez does turn later on in the year, this could be a date that he remembers and
could eventually throw in everyone’s face
It may be a bit cliché, but it would work if this match and moment here was the starting
point for Montez Ford’s heel era
However, it’s not like Montez Ford is getting booed by every crowd, it was just the LA Knight
effect… if you go up against LA Knight right now, considering how over he is, you will
be booed, that’s just a fact right now
But if it does become a more regular, reoccurring thing that Montez and Angelo are getting booed
by more and more crowds, that really would make perfect sense for WWE to capitalize off
that with the heel turn for The Street Profits
Same thing goes for Bianca Belair
Bianca was listed in that same report for possibly going through a heel turn later in
2023
But when we talked about that report several weeks ago, the circumstances were much different…
Bianca Belair was still champion and we discussed how her rumored heel turn could come due to
how she could’ve been corrupted and became mad with power due to letting her long title
reign get too much to her head
But now that her title is gone and is no longer around her waist after 420 days, maybe that’s
what pushes Bianca closer to that breaking point as well
Bianca did everything by the books, tried pleasing the fans, and it all ended with her
losing her title
Bianca can possibly even look at Aus-ka as an example for more motivation to turn heel
Aus-ka wasn’t really going anywhere as a laid back babyface, but the second she turns
heel, gets edgier, and starts cheating in matches…
Aus-ka ends up winning the Raw women’s title
So maybe that’s something that Bianca Belair can sit back and pay attention to and possibly
think to herself that if she starts pulling off those types of stunts, maybe she gets
her title back
And maybe that could be the role too, Bianca wouldn’t care what the fans think, she just
wants to do whatever it takes to get her title back in her possession
So it leads her down this path of turning heel and using all these cheating tactics
to help her reach that goal
She probably figures that if it worked for Aus-ka, it can work for her too
So it’s definitely an interesting conversation that’s picking up momentum because you had
that initial report that said the heel turns were coming for Bianca Belair and The Street
Profits in late 2023, and now we see somethings that are developing that could potentially
take them down that heel route
So it’s definitely something to keep an eye on…
Bianca suffered the big loss of her title…
Montez lost the huge qualifier match and had the fans turn on him… so will this all be
little things that send them down that heel path later this year?
That’s what we’ll have to keep an eye on
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The Roman Reigns and Bloodline story has been by far WWE’s hottest storyline over the
last few years and continues to be the hottest storyline in current day
A lot of fans were critical of the storyline especially in the weeks that immediately followed
Wrestlemania 39
Roman wasn’t around that much, things were getting a bit repetitive between Kevin, Sami,
and The Usos, and some fans were still upset that Cody Rhodes didn’t win the title at
Wrestlemania
But once Roman Reigns came back and now we’re starting to see the split in the bloodline,
those negative fans are starting to come back around and enjoying the story again
But there are some fans that were discussing how the story could’ve unfolded if Roman
did lose his titles at Wrestlemania
So the community is a bit split on that conversation, but having this bloodline tension take place
with Roman still being the champion appears to be the right move
Some even compare the situation with Roman Reigns to Game Of Throne’s Mad King character
The Mad King went more and more insane because of the high position he was in and all the
power he had, and how it continued to just eat him up until he no self awareness or control
at all
Well similar idea for Roman Reigns
It’s clear that Roman Reigns is becoming more and more insane and mad with power the
longer his title reign goes on
So if he lost the title before the issues with The Usos came up, sure, he still wouldn’t
been angry and frustrated, but keeping the title on him and having him be so blinded
by the title and his own madness during the bloodline’s breakup makes it even more intense
And in other Bloodline related news, Rikishi, father of The Usos, appears to teasing a potential
return to WWE television to get involved with the Bloodline’s story
After The Usos and Roman’s recent issues really got out of hand, Rikishi took to Twitter
to tweet out the word ‘enough’.
He also posted a gif form The Godfather film with the classic quote of ‘I'm gonna make
him an offer he can't refuse’
And that was all he posted in regards to the recent events of The Bloodline
But it’s still a bit cryptic… is Rikishi comparing Roman Reigns to The Godfather?
Is Rikishi implying that he’ll be the one to try to squash The Bloodline’s tension
with each other?
It’s definitely cryptic and unclear, but the fans have been really diving into his
tweets, wondering if he will play a role in this story at some point
The Bloodline was supposed to have a family reunion back at Raw 30, but that segment was
changed into the tribal court segment
So maybe they’ll revisit that original idea down the line and have some of The Bloodline’s
family member’s return for a little visit
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