I really don’t like writing about the same topic in back-to-back weeks, so I try my best not to do that.
When that topic is merely an updated version of something I’ve also written about in the relatively recent past, I try even harder not to make it happen.
Originally, I was going to write about Chris Jericho this week. When I post this column, it will be two days short of the 24th anniversary of Jericho’s legendary WWF debut. In the column, I would look at various points in his career where I’ve been wrong about him, and other parts in his career where I’ve been right about him.
Unfortunately, the talking points coming out of SummerSlam are too important right now, and to write about something else would seem like I was burying my head in the sand and purposely ignoring what’s going on.
By now, I’m sure you’ve all heard the news… Roman Reigns retained his Undisputed WWE Universal Title in the main event of SummerSlam, defeating Jey Uso in Tribal Combat. No matter who you wanted to win the match, I think we can all agree that Roman winning wasn’t exactly a shocking moment, as he was the heavy favorite to walk out of SummerSlam as the champion.
What was a little more surprising, though, was the fact that he won because Jimmy Uso returned and turned heel, attacking his twin brother, leading to the finish of the match.
For right now, let’s forget about how the match ended, and let’s focus on the match result itself. Roman Reigns won, continuing his all-time great title reign, hitting 1,072 days as champion as of the day this column gets posted. It was the expected outcome, as I said, but it puts WWE in a very unfortunate situation.
There aren’t exactly a ton of options for Roman anymore.
The prevailing thought was always going to be that Roman would reach WrestleMania with the title. Then again, that was the thought for this year, and we all saw how that turned out. Let’s just say that the plan really is for Roman to reach WrestleMania 40 with the title still in his possession. That’s eight months from now, which can be an entire lifetime in the world of professional wrestling. While the final number could change, there are currently five scheduled or heavily rumored pay-per-view events on WWE’s calendar between now and WrestleMania 40.
Payback on September 2nd.
Fastlane on October 7th.
Crown Jewel, rumored to be on November 4th.
Survivor Series on November 25th.
Royal Rumble, rumored to be on January 27th, 2024.
Yes, that leaves a two-month gap between Survivor Series and Royal Rumble, but that’s what we got this time around, with the 2022 Survivor Series happening 63 days before the 2023 Royal Rumble. Could we get another event added? It’s certainly possible, but for now, it looks like we’ve seen the final schedule leading up to WrestleMania.
That’s five shows for Reign to perform at in hopes of remaining the champion. While he doesn’t exactly work a full-time schedule anymore, the odds are strong that he performs on pay-per-view. So far in 2023, Backlash is the only pay-per-view that didn’t feature Reigns on the card somewhere. What makes his 2023 schedule look weird is that he missed Backlash, then spent two consecutive pay-per-views (Night Of Champions & Money In The Bank) wrestling in tag team matches, and therefore, not defending his title. For a modern day World Champion of any kind to go from WrestleMania to SummerSlam between pay-per-view title defenses is bordering on insane.
What does Roman do between now and WrestleMania 40 if he’s going to remain champion that long?
If you look at the Smackdown roster, the pickings are slim as far as title contenders go. Obviously, Jey Uso still has issues with Roman, but does WWE go to that well AGAIN? In a normal situation, you could just say that Jey wants Roman inside Hell In A Cell or something, to prevent interference from Solo Sikoa, Jimmy Uso, Paul Heyman, or anyone else even vaguely associated with The Bloodline. However, this isn’t a normal situation, because we’ve already seen Roman vs Jey inside of a Cell, and Roman won that, too.
It isn’t unprecedented to have two competitors face off in a one-on-one match inside Hell In A Cell on two occasions. The Undertaker and Brock Lesnar faced each other at No Mercy 2002 and then again at Hell In A Cell 2015. So, could we get Roman and Jey squaring off in the Cell again? Of course it’s possible. However, what’s different here is that Jey is now 0-3 in singles competition against Roman during the Tribal Chief’s title reign. As popular as Jey is with the WWE Universe, it is a harder and harder sell to push someone as a legitimate title contender if they keep losing to the champion. I know, I know… Money In The Bank saw Jey pin Roman in a tag match, but at this point, that looks like receiving a participation trophy instead of a winner’s trophy.
So, if Roman isn’t going to defend against Jey, who is next up?
How about Sheamus?
He’s always someone that the company can move to a main event spot, and the live crowds will accept it, but he’s also someone who doesn’t have any momentum at all right now. He hasn’t won a televised match since April 7th, and that was in a six-man tag. The last time he won a televised match that didn’t see him have any tag partners was… August 19th of last year, when he was victorious in a Five-Way Match that also included Sami Zayn, Ricochet, Happy Corbin, and Madcap Moss. That was one of only four televised singles matches he won in 2022. From a 100% kayfabe point-of-view when it comes to wins and losses, that means almost anybody on the WWE roster deserves a shot at Roman Reigns more than Sheamus does.
How about LA Knight?
Obviously, he is one of the most popular wrestlers in the business right now, and the roof would be blown smooth off of an arena if he were to interrupt a Roman Reigns in-ring promo. While some would argue that he isn’t on the same level as most of the main event players in WWE when it comes to his in-ring work, I don’t doubt he could “hang” with Roman for one of Roman’s methodical title defenses. What’s more likely to happen… the WWE Universe gets behind Knight even more after he rises to the main event and is unsuccessful, or the WWE Universe starts to find another person to cheer for after Knight rises to the main event and is unsuccessful? That’s always the line that a company needs to find in a situation like this, especially if there is no plan for the new main eventer to win anything at that level. WWE could… could… do damage to LA Knight by propelling him to the top that fast, having him lose to Roman Reigns, and then moving him back down so that another challenger can have a shot.
How about AJ Styles?
Perhaps his best WWE days are behind him, but he has proven to be a popular choice for the company as a “filler” spot in the main event scene. Need a good opponent for Seth Rollins to defeat to become the World Heavyweight Champion? Call AJ. Need someone who can take up one of the spots inside the Elimination Chamber for the WWE Title? Call AJ two years in a row. However, he remains one of the better workers in the company, and is still very popular. Oh, and whether you like them or not, he has Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows backing him up to even the odds with The Bloodline, and Mia Yim could beat Paul Heyman up, so there’s that. Unlike LA Knight, I don’t think you can hurt AJ Styles by having him lose to Roman, unless, of course, it’s a squash that ends in a couple minutes.
How about Bobby Lashley?
He’s someone who has been consistently presented as a big deal since he returned to WWE in 2018. He can also be an intriguing option, especially with some creative writing to cover things up, as he and Reigns have not faced each other in singles competition during the “Tribal Chief” era. Yes, Reigns pinned Lashley in a Triple Threat (also involving Big E) during an episode of Raw in September 2021, but that’s where the creative writing comes in, as that doesn’t have to be mentioned. Lashley is someone who won’t be physically intimidated by Reigns, and it goes a long way with the presentation of feuds to have Reigns not be physically larger than an opponent every now and then. Like AJ Styles, Lashley also has backup in the newly repackaged Street Profits, which will make for some fun tag and six-man tag matches, should the company decide to go in that direction.
Let’s just stop right there and see what we have. Let’s make some matches for Roman in no particular order of probability, to see if we can get any sort of stretch run to WrestleMania 40, shall we?
If Kevin Owens is able to return from his rib injury before Payback, it would make sense if we got something like Jey Uso, Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa & Jimmy Uso. Yes, that’s going to upset the “Roman doesn’t defend the title enough” crowd, but WWE clearly doesn’t care about that. There’s obviously still the connections between The Bloodline and the current Undisputed Tag Team Champions, so that isn’t going to go away.
At Fastlane, you could have Roman Reigns vs LA Knight. Again, WWE would be running the risk of hurting the way that live crowds react to LA Knight by “rushing” him to the top, having him lose, and then “rushing” him back down the card, but there aren’t a ton of options.
Crown Jewel would be a good time for Roman Reigns vs AJ Styles, in my opinion. The Saudi crowd wants to see big stars, and Styles remains in that category. It makes for an easy enough sell.
Survivor Series has a couple options, although one of the best ones is probably off the table. If we’re getting War Games at the event again, it would be tough to get Roman involved in that match unless The Bloodline adds a fourth member, and possibly a fifth member, between now and late-November. In the entire history of War Games, there have been two instances (WCW’s Fall Brawl 1998 and NXT’s Takeover: WarGames 2017) that changed up the usual 4 vs 4 or 5 vs 5 format, and instead, went with a 3 vs 3 vs 3 format. If WWE wanted to do that again, that would open the door for Roman, Jimmy, and Solo to face two other teams. I’ve even seen someone say The Bloodline vs The O.C. vs Lashley & The Street Profits should be a War Games match. While I could see that happening, it doesn’t fit the current timeline that I’m randomly setting up here, so I won’t go with it. If someone other than Seth Rollins is the World Heavyweight Champion when Survivor Series rolls around, it would be logical for WWE to go with the Champion vs Champion idea that they love using at this particular event. It has to be someone other than Rollins, though. Rollins and the World Heavyweight Title are already viewed by many as being a rung or two below Reigns and the Undisputed Universal Title, so unless you’re going to give Reigns another loss via pin here, having Rollins fail to defeat Roman isn’t going to do him any favors. Oh, and they already went with the “Rollins defeats Reigns by disqualification” idea at the 2022 Royal Rumble, so it would be terribly lazy to do it again here. For now, though, let’s just go with Roman Reigns vs World Heavyweight Champion, but put a proverbial asterisk next to it.
That leaves the Royal Rumble. The biggest problem WWE has with this event is that a title defense for Roman is almost void of any suspense whatsoever. If he makes it this close to WrestleMania as the champion, there isn’t a soul alive who thinks there’s a chance of him losing ahead of Philadelphia. Does that mean a tag match is the way to go here? Would The Bloodline vs Lashley & The Street Profits work here? This event, unlike most on the pay-per-view calendar, doesn’t require the biggest possible World Title matches, as the Rumbles matches themselves are what really sell the show. That means WWE can get away with just about whatever they want here. Just for poops and chuckles, let’s go with the aforementioned pick of Roman Reigns, Jimmy Uso & Solo Sikoa vs Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits.
As you can see, it can be done. WWE can get Roman from here to WrestleMania 40 without having to try too, too hard. That doesn’t mean it’s an ideal situation, though. They’ve built Roman up to mythical levels, having him steamroll through just about everyone on the roster, and although the storytelling that gets us from match to match has been incredible far more often than not, the matches themselves can suffer from that lack of suspense that true main event matches and feuds should have. Roman is a very different character, and in a very different time, then, say, when Ric Flair was the NWA World Champion. Back then, Flair was winning all the time, but fans believed he was always on the verge of losing. Whenever Flair showed up in your territory to defend against the top face contender, you were SURE Flair was going to lose, and for 90% of the match, that’s exactly what it looked like was going to happen until he pulled out the victory at the very end. Imagine if that’s what we had for Roman these days, and you truly and honestly believed he could lose any match he was in. In the nearly three full calendar years that he’s been champion, how many times have you really thought he was in danger of losing? Once? Twice? A small handful of times?
That brings me to what went down at SummerSlam this past weekend.
I wrote that WWE should capitalize on momentum and the opportunity to make an all-time great moment by having Jey Uso win, but I also said that my jaw would’ve hit the floor in shock if it happened. It goes without saying, but if Jey Uso became the new Undisputed Universal Champion at SummerSlam, the build to WrestleMania 40, at least in the short-term, would’ve been dramatically different. If Jey won, would he have been the champion all the way up until April 2024? No, and he probably shouldn’t have, anyway. However, it would’ve presented opportunities to shake things up, and to present new wrinkles in a storyline that has gone on for a lot longer than wrestling stories usually last, and therefore, has already had people calling it “stale” and saying that it needs to end sooner than later.
Think about how angry, ruthless, determined, and menacing Roman Reigns would’ve become if he lost the title, and his role of Tribal Chief, to his younger cousin. Putting him in “chase mode” would’ve been a new side that we haven’t seen from this character at all. He took some time off at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, made his return as a heel four months later, and has pretty much won everything ever since. We’ve seen cracks in his mental state here and there as people like Sami Zayn and Jey Uso have gotten into his head, but to see a newly desperate Roman trying to get back to the top of the mountain could’ve been fun. At the very least, it could’ve been something different, and he could’ve eventually been able to pull out all the stops to get his title back.
Unfortunately, we won’t know, because Roman won. Again. For what? The laziest, swerving-for-the-sake-of-swerving, Vince Russo bullshit possible. Look… I don’t give a Kentucky Fried Fuck about a “jealousy” angle, with Jimmy not wanting Jey to become the Tribal Chief, so he took it upon himself to make sure that didn’t happen. In almost any other situation, you could make an argument for that chapter, but this? This shit here? This shit right here? Jimmy is the reason Jey left The Bloodline in the first place. He’s the one who was at his brother’s side. Jimmy was Jey’s tag partner at Money In The Bank, and Jimmy was the one who shed tears in the corner when Jey pinned Roman that night. Now, just like that, Jimmy is right back in line, potentially taking orders and being abused and gaslit by Roman again? Adding to that, it looks like we might be betting some drama between Roman and Solo now, so instead of Jimmy getting in between his cousin and his brother, he’ll be getting in between his cousin and his other brother, and we’re just going to go around in circles all over again.
Why?
Why?!?
A bunch of people are praising the heel turn for Jimmy, with the idea that a WrestleMania match that sees Jey and Jimmy facing each other, one-on-one, should be an absolute banger of a match. Okay, well, I’m sure the match could/would/should be tremendous, but… WrestleMania? As we’ve discussed, that’s eight whole months away. How in the fucking hell are you keeping those two apart for eight months, short of a trade that sends Jey to Raw, or Jey taking a bunch of time off because he is completely heartbroken over his brother’s betrayal? I mean a bunch of time, too, not just missing an episode or two of Smackdown. He’d have to be gone until the Royal Rumble or so, and that would be a blow to the overall product, as Jey is one of the most popular performers on the roster. If Jey remains active, and if he remains on Smackdown, there isn’t a chance in hell that we go eight months before seeing him face his brother.
Could Jimmy be upset that he was in a local medical facility and didn’t receive so much as a phone call from Jey? It would be far from the first turn in wrestling history that happened because of something along those lines. However, I want you all to be honest with yourselves… what have we seen from this entire storyline that would lead you to believe, even in the magical world of kayfabe, that Jey didn’t care about his brother’s health and wellbeing? Nothing. Not a single thing. Even with Jey being focused on dethroning Roman, winning the Undisputed Universal Title, and becoming the new Tribal Chief of the Anoa’i family, there is no logical reason to believe he would spend that focus at the detriment of the relationship with his twin. Think back to what I mentioned about the end of Money In The Bank. We saw Jimmy in the corner, emotional, as he watched Jey score the pin. That’s the amount of pride he had in his brother doing what he did, and that’s exactly the way the entire storyline has been written. It’s the kind of emotional response that would have Jimmy GLAD to see Jey focused on doing what he needed to do at SummerSlam.
“Oh, but Jimmy was upset because he wanted to be the Tribal Chief instead.”
Well, now neither of them are the Tribal Chief, and we’re back to square one, so… good job?
“Don’t worry, because this is going to lead to The Bloodline finally falling apart and leading to an eventual Roman vs Jey vs Jimmy vs Solo match.”
I’ve seen that line of thinking a lot, too. Usually, those people have that match taking place at WrestleMania. That’s a pretty big match, so it would belong on a big stage, but let’s say it does happen, and let’s say it does happen at WrestleMania eight months from now. If so… what the fuck is the point of anything we’ve been seeing with Cody Rhodes over the last seven months? Cody made his triumphant return from one of the nastiest looking injuries we’ve ever seen, won the Royal Rumble, earned his shot at Roman Reigns, talked about how winning at WrestleMania was going to “finish his story” and achieve the dream he’s had since he was a kid… then he lost at WrestleMania, but vowed to finish that story nonetheless, which led to what many felt was a pointless heel turn by Brock Lesnar the night after Mania, and a handful of matches against Brock, only to finally defeat “The Beast Incarnate” and earn his respect… so he can continue his story… only to not win the title again at WrestleMania 40? What?!?
The ending of Tribal Combat really isn’t sitting well with me. Over the last three years, I’ve been accused by several people of being too positive and overly biased towards anything involving The Bloodline. I will be the first to admit that I’ve enjoyed every moment of the story, and truly feel it’s the best story that professional wrestling has ever seen. With that said, how bad do I have to think this new twist is to spend this much time being negative about it?
Do I think this is going to be where the entire Bloodline storyline travels into “bad writing” territory, and where none of it is going to be any good now? No, of course not. Am I overreacting to things, simply based on not getting the result I wanted? No, of course not. Am I overreacting to things because I know the potential that was there, only to watch things get swept away by an avalanche of nonsensical clusterfuckery? Yes, of course.
Now, we’re right back to where we were before, with no end in sight, and I’m worried that the aforementioned greatest story in pro wrestling history is going to stumble and bumble to the finish line instead of completing the race in the same fashion as it has from the start.
Darn you, Jimmy. Darn you to heck.
Weekly Power Rankings
Seth Rollins vs Finn Balor: Two of the best in the world were clearly motivated to put on a show, and that’s what they did here. The only thing that would’ve made this better is if there was any doubt over the outcome. Even with that, it planted more seeds for the eventual Judgment Day split, so it served a purpose, anyway.
Ricochet vs Logan Paul: I’ve said it again and again, and I’ll say it again here… WWE needs to have a conversation with Logan about what it would take to get him to be more of a full-time performer for the company. He has picked up the sport quicker, and better, than almost anyone we’ve ever seen come in, and could easily be a World Champion with more experience.
Cody Rhodes vs Brock Lesnar: We didn’t know we were getting a Last Man Standing Match here, but that’s pretty much what we got. Brock got to look like the monster he is, and Cody got to look like the toughest bastard around, never quitting and continuing to fight. The unscripted show of respect that Brock paid to Cody after the match says a ton.
Swerve Strickland & AR Fox: Their attack of Nick Wayne was wonderfully simple, but just as effective. They beat the shit out of that “kid” and it was such an old school heat-getting segment.
Gunther vs Drew McIntyre: While perhaps not up there with some of Gunther’s other title defenses during his near record-breaking reign, it was still a ton of fun. It really does make you wonder about Drew’s future with the company, though, as he is pretty much just spinning his wheels, and has been for a long time.
Aussie Open vs El Hijo Del Vikingo & Komander: I think it’s beyond time for Vikingo to get some sort of actual storyline instead of simply being placed in random match after random match. He might be the most exciting in-ring performer on the planet right now, and he’s just floating around from one thing to another in AEW. Fix that, TK.
CM Punk vs Ricky Starks: I still say I would rather see Starks as a face, but hey, at least he’s still putting on good matches. Collision is such an enjoyable show to watch, week in and week out. So far, there haven’t been any “down” episodes like every other wrestling show has. Yes, it’s still early, but they’re off to a great start on Saturday nights.
Roman Reigns vs Jey Uso: *sigh*
All In(nit): MJF vs Adam Cole? Samoa Joe vs CM Punk? FTR vs The Young Bucks? We’re finally getting and/or being teased matches for AEW’s biggest show ever, and the card looks like it will be stacked.
Cody Rhodes: I got to check out his new documentary on Peacock, and it was every bit as good as the early reviews said it was. Phenomenal work by everyone involved in putting that together.
Christian Cage: In a truly funny moment that had me genuinely laughing, Christian kicked his nine-year-old daughter out of an interview, and then had her removed from the building because she wasn’t credentialed to be there. Incredible.
Video Packages For Shayna Baszler & Ronda Rousey: Pretty simple concept, kayfabe or not. Have both women sit down and tell their story about why they dislike one another. They were able to get emotional about what they have, and haven’t, been getting out of their years-long friendship. Really good stuff. It’s just too bad that the match it led to, and the rushed turn that happened before it, couldn’t be good, too.
Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor vs Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli: Because they aren’t necessarily handcuffed by needing to be “family friendly” like WWE can be, AEW really does matches like this well. Whether there’s a ton of blood or not, their brawls feel a lot more violent and “real” than what you usually get with WWE, and this match was no different. However, the Best Friends still seem a bit out of place with some of the top talents in AEW, and that’s coming from a fan of theirs.
Penta El Zero Miedo vs Jon Moxley vs Trent Beretta: Another match where one of the Best Friends seems out of place, but the match was still good, and that’s what matters.
MJF & Adam Cole: Everyone was waiting for the inevitable “turn” by MJF, where he reveals that it has all been a ruse and that he isn’t Cole’s buddy after all. However, the longer this goes on, and the more that happens, doesn’t it seem like it’s becoming more likely that Cole is going to turn on MJF and reveal that he used Max to get what he wants? That could be a lot of fun, actually.
Toni Storm vs Hikaru Shida: The match didn’t quite meet my lofty expectations, but it was still really good, and as much as I have enjoyed Storm’s in-ring work (just not the character work with her stupid ass stable), the title switch was warranted. Shida should be able to do great things as the AEW Women’s Champion once again.
Iyo Sky: She was the seventh woman to win Money In The Bank, and she becomes the seventh woman to successfully become a champion because of it (six cash-ins and Asuka becoming the Raw Women’s Champion when Becky Lynch went on maternity leave). Pretty good odds. Iyo is deserving, and I look forward to seeing what she can do as the brand new WWE Women’s Champion.
FTR vs Big Bill & Brian Cage: It really doesn’t matter who you put FTR in the ring with these days. If you see them in a tag match on Collision, just know that it’s going to be a blast.
Carmelo Hayes & Wes Lee vs Noam Dar & Oro Mensah: While I still don’t exactly see a high ceiling for the group, I will freely admit that Dar’s Meta-Four stable has been a lot more entertaining than I originally expected them to be. Dar especially has been so over-the-top that it has been rather funny. Maybe there’s a future there somewhere.
The Street Profits: After a bit of teasing, we finally got to see a newly tweaked Street Profits officially align themselves with Bobby Lashley. They appear to have traded in their basketball outfits for sharp suits, just like Lashley, at least for their “debut” appearance. People have said it was a heel turn for the Profits, and while their sneak attack was certainly heel-like behavior, they got a huge face pop for doing so, and Lashley got an even bigger face pop when he showed up. That’s a good thing for WWE, as it allows their creative team a lot of wiggle room with what they can do with the trio.
Sammy Guevara & Daniel Garcia vs Chris Jericho & Konosuke Takeshita: *does the Daniel Garcia dance*
Chad Gable vs Gunther: As much fun as people are having with the teaming of Chad Gable and Otis, I think there’s even more people who are waiting on Gable to have a serious singles push of some sort. Gable putting on performances like this only adds fuel to that fire. He looked incredible against Gunther, but more importantly, he looked like he belonged in there against Gunther. WWE is doing a great job in finding the right mix of having Gunther look dominant and also having Gunther look vulnerable, but without making him look weak in the slightest. He sold his ass off for Gable, but not once have I seen anyone complain about how he came out of the match looking. I’m not saying Gable should be the one to end Gunther’s title reign, but I am saying that the person who ends the reign should be someone who could really use the star-making rub that could come with that role, so… maybe Gable should be the one to end Gunther’s title reign.
Kairi Sane: After leaving WWE at the end of 2021, she returned to Japan and has been successful in Stardom and in New Japan, but the rumor and innuendo is that she is set to make her WWE return in November after taking some time off when her final commitments in Japan are through. She’s still one of the best in the business, so adding her to WWE’s stacked women’s division should make for some really fun times.
Jey Uso vs Solo Sikoa: A match within the Bloodline story that lands in my weekly Power Rankings. Shocking, I know.
Rob Van Dam: He showed up in AEW to confront Jack Perry, and that’s cool and all, but he did so by coming out to his old ECW theme song, “Walk” by Pantera. That was awesome. I do have some concerns, though. For one, RVD is almost 53 years old, but hey, he would only be the eighth-oldest wrestler in AEW, so that isn’t my issue. My problem is that he admitted to having CTE after suffering “hundreds” of concussions during his in-ring career. I would sincerely hope that RVD, AEW, and whatever doctors are involved here aren’t just sweeping that under the rug. Even if he’s back for just one match against Perry, it might be a scenario where he really, really doesn’t need to be doing this.
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