So today we’ll be taking a look at a few stories involving Roman Reigns, Naomi, and
more
This week was another loaded week for Roman Reigns and Smackdown
This weeks show opens up with Roman Reigns and The Bloodline
They go over some of the recent situations with Finn Balor and Brock Lesnar
Paul Heyman grabs the mic and starts running his mouth on Brock Lesnar
Heyman says that he saw something in Brock Lesnar’s eyes that he never saw before and
that thing was fear.
Heyman believes that Lesnar fears Reigns
Heyman gets interrupted by the new WWE champion Big E and he has a quick stare-down with The
Bloodline, a small moment meant to foreshadow Roman Reigns vs Big E at survivor series,
which could happen if Roman can survive the demon and Brock Lesnar
That segment was followed up by a backstage conversation between Roman Reigns and Paul
Heyman
We see Roman Reigns question Paul Heyman again and it’s clear that Roman still doesn’t
know how to feel about Heyman’s loyalty
Roman continues to ask Heyman several times if there’s anything he should know
Heyman finally addressed the question that Roman was asking, saying that he didn’t
know about Brock Lesnar’s Summerslam return, and that Brock is creating this false narrative
that Heyman was in on it just to use it as a mask for his fear of Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns then asked Heyman if Brock Lesnar would be a Extreme Rules and Heyman very suspiciously
answered with a quick and certain “no”
Which made Roman ask Heyman how does he know that
Heyman said that he’s just assuming, which made Roman respond by saying that he pays
Heyman to know things well in advance
That’s where that conversation left off at between Heyman and Reigns, so definitely
some growing tension there between Roman and Heyman
Paul Heyman is keeping that innocent act going, while Roman is staring to get more and more
suspicious about Paul Heyman’s true intentions
We then got another interaction between Paul Heyman and Kayla Braxton
Kayla tells Heyman that she has some insiders that claim that Brock Lesnar is heading to
raw during next week’s WWE draft
Paul Heyman absolutely explodes on Kayla Braxton for how she keeps trying to get Brock Lesnar
information out of him
He tells her that he’s no longer his advocate and screams at her to leave him alone
So heyman and Kayla have been having a lot of funny interactions with each other over
the last few weeks and this was another great interaction between the two
Kayla is playing the sneaky journalist that’s trying to catch Heyman slipping to get some
information from him and he just wasn’t having it
Heyman’s explosion on Kayla was also most likely a result of everything he’s going
through right now
Heyman clearly has a lot on his plate right now and he took it all out on Kayla Braxton,
it’ll be interesting to see if Kayla continues to pursue Heyman after that outrage from him
Heyman then ran into Big E in the hallway.
Big E teased the survivor series world champion vs world champion match.
He talked about how he would take out either of Heyman’s guys that are universal champion
come survivor series, Roman Reigns or Brock Lesnar
The Bloodline then appears out of no where and takes out Big E backstage
Then WWE announced the big news that The Bloodline will be coming over to Raw to face The New
Day
It’s been advertised for a few weeks now that The Bloodline was skipping Smackdown’s
U.K. tour for the September 20th edition of Raw, but no one knew if they would appear
on Raw or just a dark match
Well Smackdown gave us the reason and explanation for The Bloodline’s upcoming appearance
on Raw
They will be on raw to continue this new feud with Big E
This Raw matchup may also be the early seeds for Roman Reigns vs Big E at survivor series
as well
It’s hard to tell where this bloodline and new day story is gonna lead to considering
both factions are on separate brands, that does make things a bit difficult and hard
to predict
Maybe it’s just a one-off Raw appearance for Roman and the bloodline or maybe it’s
a story that’ll be around for a few weeks here
The WWE Draft is coming up this week and that’s when there’s a bit more freedom for superstars
to appear on other shows, so maybe this bloodline vs new day story could continue over the new
few weeks here during the draft and maybe pick back up in November for survivor series
You have to give The Bloodline credit, it’s just unbelievable when you think of how much
active storylines and feuds they have going on all at once
You have the tension with Roman and Heyman, Roman vs Finn, Roman vs Brock, Usos vs Street
Profits, and now Bloodline vs The New Day
It’s truly something special to see them just be a part of so much stories all at the
same time
And now you have them coming over to Raw, that’s absolutely amazing, gives viewers
even more of a reason to tune into Raw now
Everything will feel refreshed a bit with a new WWE champion, and Roman Reigns coming
to Raw is a big help as well, USA Network has to be thrilled about that face for sure
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Let’s get into Naomi’s storyline
It was another brief segment and the same sort of theme as the previous segments, but
this one definitely was the most interesting out of them all and gave us more to discuss
We’ve been seeing Naomi come up to Sonya Deville for a handful of weeks now, asking
for a match
And you can really see the shift in Naomi’s attitude and Persona if you watch all the
segments back
Naomi first appeared on Smackdown, kind and bubbly, and just overall excited to be on
Smackdown
But as Sonya kept denying her with the same sorry excuse week after week, you can see
the patience quickly starting to fade in Naomi
Which led us up to her segment with Sonya Deville this week
There’s no more waiting for Sonya to get off the phone, Naomi went up to Sonya and
demanded her to get off the phone immediately and got up and close in Sonya’s face about
how she’s going to get a match on Smackdown no matter what
Michael Cole then announced on commentary that Naomi was fined by WWE for insubordination
during that confrontation with Sonya Deville
Of course, not an actual real life fine, but a storyline related fine
Naomi is getting edgy, she’s getting frustrated, she’s getting desperate to make something
happen for herself on Smackdown
So what could this story be leading to?
Well there’s some theories out there that wonder if this could all be leading to a big
in-ring return from Sonya Deville herself
During Naomi’s rant to Sonya Deville, she threw in some hints and references there to
Sonya’s career inside the ring, saying that she’s been around longer than Sonya and
accomplished more than she did in the ring
So is that some clever story hints hidden in Naomi’s words?
Could this be leading to Sonya’s return to the ring?
Maybe when Sonya reveals that there’s no opponents for Naomi to face, maybe Naomi will
eventually suggest to wrestle Sonya Deville
Sonya has been the reason why Naomi has been missing from Smackdown and it’s getting
to the point where Naomi feels like this is a personal issue with Sonya
So what better way for naomi to get Sonya back than requesting to wrestle her in the
ring
So that is a possibility here for sure
Sonya had a few interviews over the summer where she talked about she does have a desire
to return to the ring and come for the women’s championship
So her in-ring career will continue eventually and this story with naomi could potentially
open up a route for Sonya to come back to the ring
Or we can see something similar to what Sonya did to Mandy Rose on Raw
It seemed like Sonya was still holding that grudge towards Mandy Rose and booked Mandy
to face some pretty tough opponents that just embarrassed her
So maybe same thing happens here, Sonya finally gives naomi a match, but it’s against a
really tough opponent that Sonya hopes will embarrass naomi
Lots of possibilities here with Naomi’s story, it could lead to a character change
for naomi, Sonya’s return, a debut, maybe a crossover with the bloodline, endless possibilities
here with this one
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories from Smackdown?
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