It was another week of Smackdown and another big week for The Bloodline’s storyline,
so let’s take a look at everything that happened on the June 16th edition of Smackdown
and where it could all be heading to next
So as expected, the closing days of May and the entire month of June has been dedicated
to the absolute collapse of The Bloodline and the empire that Roman Reigns has built
with his family members
Roman was a strict and ruthless leader ever since the early days of the Bloodline, that
element of his character has always been there since 2020
It was clear as day all the manipulation and mind games he was placing on his family members
just so they can stay loyal to him and help keep him on top
Roman always advertised The Bloodline as being a family operation and how they were all fighting
together to keep their family name on top of WWE
But as you look deeper between the lines and past Roman’s manipulative ways, you can
see that in actuality, The Bloodline was more about keeping Roman Reigns, himself, on top
of WWE by using his family members and brainwashing them
Now to the audience, that’s been clear pretty much since the very start, it was obvious
what Roman was doing
But to his family members and the characters within the storyline, they didn’t really
pick up on what was happening for a while
Especially when The Usos had their titles, Solo Sikoa had his title…
everything just seemed perfect to them and they weren’t really thinking much of it
because everyone had gold, everyone seemed to be succeeding, everything seemed equal
so it was as if the titles were a bandaid to the bigger issues that were going on within
The Bloodline
And once that bandaid was ripped off and The Usos lost their undisputed tag team titles,
that’s basically when the civil war arc started and when the Usos slowly started to
come aware about what was happening and wake up to the truth
Roman didn’t wanna even see their faces after they lost at Wrestlemania
And despite everything they accomplished together over the last few years and everything that
the Usos helped Roman with, he was still keeping them on a very short leash after Wrestlemania
39
And like we saw several times during the immediate weeks that followed Wrestlemania 39, Roman
was making secret plans with Heyman and Solo to attack the Usos if they don’t get certain
tasks done
And it all goes back to Roman truly being just mad and insane with power
And like we discussed before, it appears that the longer Roman Reigns stays champion, the
more insane and driven with power he becomes
So Roman isn’t even the same person he was back in 2020 and 2021… this current version
of Roman Reigns is more mad and crazy than ever before
So it’s basically this same greed and insanity that made Roman Reigns lose Jimmy and Jey
from The Bloodline
Despite everything that was going on between Roman and the Usos, Jimmy and Jey still came
out at Night Of Champions with good intensions of helping Roman and Solo win the tag team
titles
But Roman still wasn’t appreciative and started pushing and shoving Jimmy and Jey
around, which led to Jimmy finally having enough and turning on Roman Reigns
A lot of fans are bringing up how Roman was betrayed by those close to him now four times
in his career
Seth Rollins, Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso, and most recently Jey Uso
And three out of those four betrayals because was caused by Roman himself, so it’s hard
to feel bad for the character because he brought it on to himself when you look at the bigger
picture
But Roman may spin the narrative over the next few weeks to be the victim and talk about
how he can’t even trust his own family members
So let’s get back to the June 16th edition of Smackdown that was focused around Jey’s
decision
We see Roman and Heyman talking backstage and Roman sends him to go talk to Jey
Heyman tries his best to convince Jey to pick The Bloodline’s side, but Jey repeats what
he’s been saying over the last few weeks… he says that the only way he’s staying is
if Paul Heyman leaves first
Jey then comes across Sami Zayn backstage and they didn’t even speak a word to each
other mostly because they didn’t have to
Sami Zayn has been offering Jey Uso advice on how to handle the situation with Roman
Reigns for months now, so Sami knew everything was already in Jey’s head, that’s why
he just gave him that slight nod just as a little reminder to remember everything he
told him over the last few months, just one last way to try and get Jey to do the right
thing
We then get to the segment and Jey opens up by once again offering the same proposal,
Jey tells Roman that he gotta pick between him and Paul Heyman
Roman says that Paul Heyman isn’t going anywhere because that’s his special counsel
Roman said that went Jey is the tribal chief, he can remove Heyman and get his own special
counsel, but how Heyman wasn’t going anywhere in current day
Roman then turns on his manipulation switch and talks about the past three years have
been all about grooming Jey Uso to be the next tribal chief, which everyone knows is
a big lie
Roman points out the fan reaction for the Usos and says that the fans weren’t chanting
for them like this ten years ago
He also points out how it even took the Usos ten years to even make it onto Wrestlemania
And how ever since they have been with him, The Usos have been highly featured and main
eventing Wrestlemania
Roman and Heyman then turn to their last resort option to recruit Jey back to their side
They mention that when Roman made Jey his right hand man, it was Jimmy who spoke out
first and was against it
They used this tactic in attempt to get Jey to turn on his brother for doubting him like
that, Jimmy even admits that it was true
And Jey goes along with it for a while, makes it seem like he bought what Roman and Heyman
were selling, but at the very last second of his promo, Jey says that he’s out too
and kicks Roman Reigns
The Usos finally reunite, kick Solo Sikoa and then give Roman Reigns a second kick to
close the show
The crowd was even chanting “you deserve it” at Roman Reigns after Smackdown went
off air
And everyone’s speculation is confirmed, it’ll be The Usos versus Roman and Solo
at Money In The Bank
WWE is even officially labeling it as “The Bloodline Civil War”
It is the third premium live event in a row where Roman Reigns doesn’t defend his undisputed
title, so some fans are a bit bothered by that, but Summerslam appears to be the date
and time for Roman’s next premium live event title defense
But Obviously, The Bloodline Civil War tag team match is probably the biggest non-title
tag team match that WWE has seen in quite sometime
It’s a tag team match that’s three years in the making, and even though there’s no
titles on the line, it still feels like there’s heavy stakes in this match
If Roman and Solo win, do they try and beatdown either Jimmy or Jey and try to get them to
fall back in line by force?
That’s a possibility
But if The Usos win, what exactly will be Roman’s reaction and how we handle that?
Roman already went through three betrayals from Bloodline members in 2023 alone, so taking
that fact into consideration, Roman has every right to be extremely paranoid with the last
remaining Bloodline member, Solo Sikoa
Outside of taking his brother’s side for a few moments on Smackdown a few weeks ago,
Solo Sikoa has been nothing but loyal to Roman Reigns
But due to the recent events of getting unexpectedly attacked by Sami, Jimmy, and Jey… it does
make you wonder if Roman will always be highly suspicious now of Solo Sikoa, even if Solo
is truly innocent and not up to anything
Will Roman just always be paranoid now because of the kind of year he had so far of everyone
leaving him?
Will Roman even try to break that cycle by striking first on Solo Sikoa prematurely when
he really lets his paranoia get to his head?
That’s a route to go in too
The way Roman’s character has been written and this trajectory and arc that he’s on
right now, it seems like the only real ending for him is for Roman to just end up all alone
in the end
A man that once had it all, one of the most dominant factions in history, a legendary
special counsel, all the titles in the world….
All the way down to losing everything and having no one by his side
That’s why Solo Sikoa may be by Roman’s side right now, but telling by the flow of
the story, Solo Sikoa will also be gone from Roman’s side sometime in the future
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