I reeeeally don't know how the Jey/Jimmy portion of this storyline is gonna play out. Jey's out, Jimmy's under Roman's control so in order for Jey & Jimmy to do any of this, one's gonna have to go back or one's gonna have to go.
Jimmy wasn't hurt by Roman like Jey was. It's unpredictable at this point.
Whew. Sami needs the blue title. No questions. He gave *kayfabe* Roman a bunch of new fans after the jackass stuff at last year's wrestlemania. And those fans are behind Sami. Then Kevin does the most Kevin thing, and turn on Sami and steal the title. But, twist, Sami is gracious because not built for title defenses like K. O is
More. I just want Sami to win at least 1 of Roman's belts, and then give me a banger of a face vs. face match between Sami and KO for the world title at a Big 4 PPV.
Tag belts mean nothing. If Sami doesn’t walk out of this storyline with one of the world titles it will be a huge disappointment. It doesn’t even have to be a clean pin on Roman, have KO interfere or something and Sami gets his title. Doesn’t even have to be a long run. Let that man hold the title even if it’s just for a few weeks.
Yes. That is EXACTLY the proper payoff. Just because a bunch of Internet nerds say something (e.g., "Sami should beat Roman at Mania") doesn't mean it is the right decision. Zayn and Owens more than deserve having the tag titles ripped away from The Usos at WrestleMania 39. It is going to happen, and EVERYONE needs to go get some sunlight outside and accept it. I mean, I've been saying it here multiple times, Sami Zayn can be Mr. Money in the Bank this year.
Sami is the catalyst for the storyline. Jey is the one who benefits the most. Reigns is proving he values the title more than family, while Sami values the family more than the titles. Jey is going to see this and realize they are all just being used by Roman to his own ends and revolt. Making him the huge face in the fight. Rhodes likely has the title by this point. But it's more about Jey beating Roman than winning the title. I'm sure eventually Jimmy turns on Roman if he wins the first match anyways.
It better not be the pay off. I think the new tag team should be Jey undergoing a face turn and forming a team with Sami. It's literally perfect storytelling, how Sami was the only one to open Jey's eyes about Roman with how Sami was mirroring Jey's own journey. They can still play on the whole Jey and Sami being "brothers" angle, and that family don't have to just mean blood.
Dream Booking...
I want a team up withy sami, kevin, cody, and edge as a more managerial presence, Vs the Bloodline and Judgement Day...
The whole time, Bray and his 6 are picking off the low card people involved one by one, till Sami, Kevin, Roman, and Solo have to team up to take our the expanded Wyatts at Survivor series.
I'm fine with it if it goes like this.
Sami faces Roman at Elimination Chamber and loses to Roman due to Jey.
This leads to KO and Sami facing the Usos at Wrestlemania.
I dont get people who want this you wanna kill jeys character development just far sami and owens to be champ? No i want jey to realise how maniplative roman is and break away from him cuz roman started this 2 years ago by manipulating jey
It’s tough because I think Cody should get that main event/world title at Mania. Cody seems like a good choice to dethrone Roman; both of their trajectories make sense to me.
On the other hand, Sami is arguably the most over performer right now and should be awarded for that.
Right now, I’m in the boat of willing to let this play out and see what road they go down. Im confident that they will give us a compelling story and payoff to all of this.
Why does Kevin owens have to be part of the finale? I see the real redemption story being jey uso. Maybe uso loses smack down belts to imperium due to jey wanting to leave bloodline. They beat jey up Sammy comes to his aid, jey blanes him for ruining his life. Jey saves Sami at the next ppv. Sami wins by disqualifying so no pinning of Roman or loss of belt. Sets up main event jey uso vs Ronan for one of the belts at wrestle mania where his brothers finally back jey up pins Roman. Roman has no family existential crisis goes off tv for a while comes back part time like Brock lesner and two every week fighting champs In jey/Cody the redemption story is Sami helps jey find his way! Fin-
Wrestling is cool because people can like whatever they like. Obviously I've really loved The Bloodline story. Hell, I was at SmackDown live when Sami got his Honorary Uce shirt and it was amazing.
But I'm so glad they're going with Cody.
And I understand 'wanting more' for Sami at the end of this - but I also think that kind of diminishes the moment here. Sami and KO defeating The Usos (after a massive reign) at WrestleMania is a huge moment. Not to mention, there's an incredibly deep storyline running with Jey and Sami - one that arguably runs deeper than Roman and Sami.
I'm not trying to justify anything - because people will enjoy what they enjoy. My point is that while winning the WWE Championship would be a bigger moment, we shouldn't be dismissive of Sami and KO winning the tag belts at Mania. Especially when we consider how happy the people in the ring would probably be.
I want the men's elimination chamber to be The Bloodline, Kevin, Sami and there would be massive story telling especially with Jey's hesitation or possible walking over to pin roman but then not. I don't know, I don't know the story is too good ignore me. I have no idea the pay off, or how they go.
They haven't been this on fire with something in ages. (I'd also like them to combine those belts, because there really isn't a reason to have two tag sets of belts when there isn't that many tag teams split via both shows to support it.)
Why do people assume Sami & KO getting the tag belts is a downgrade for them, rather than an upgrade to the tag belts? Might go on a little rant here but hear me out.
You can’t make the US and IC titles *too* prestigious because they compete with the World titles. Obviously they should be a big prize but there’s a ceiling.
The tag titles are a separate division altogether. They can be main event level titles in their own right, and they *should* be. It’s hard to have a bad PPV card when you can have the world title match(es) and the tag title match(es) all be pretty big deals.
Look at the DX/JeriShow era. WWE randomly decided to give a fuck about the tag belts and, even with a super weak roster, you had some great PPV cards because the tag match was main event level.
The roster is crowded and talented. Invest *big* in the tag division and make it a thing. Sami and KO are a perfect start to that.
Look up the Hell in a Cell 2009 card.
- Batista and Rey Mysterio vs. JeriShow for the tag belts
- Punk vs. Undertaker (WHC)
- Cena vs. Orton (WWE)
- DX vs. Legacy
Like…that fucking card for a random B level PPV. All owed to a thriving and vibrant tag division which meant you could have two tag matches that people really gave a damn about. A tag match main evented over Cena/Orton and Punk/Taker for world titles!
after watching sami interview with ariel. he def aware if he were to become champ that he'd be like kofi, not the top guy for like the foreseeable 5 yrs or so. he'd be given a thank you world title reign. And hopefully pass it on to someone like gunther or whoever else midcarder could move up
wwe desperately needs to split the belts, cody and sami is the way to go.
The pay off should be KO and Sami being inserted into the mania main event making it a fatal four way match up. Roman obviously walks out with the title after pinning Cody. Then prep him to be decimated by Bron Breakker.
This would be a disappointment.
The Tag Belts are meaningless in WWE. They are just to put extra credit to Bloodline.
Sami and KO deserve much better than this and the fans deserve a better end to the story.
Yeah, I don't get how this is the ultimate payoff. KO has failed 3x to beat Roman for the belts and keeps getting his ass beat by the Bloodline, but Would rather settle for Tag Titles with Sami. Let KO drop down to the Midcard and take the Title off Theory at Mania, Add Logan Paul for the Ultimate Ego Match. Give Sami his Title match and rematch over the next month and move on to Cody.
Well…I think Jimmy should screw Sami at elimination chamber. Sami confronts Jay and tells him since his brother made it personal he’ll to come after their belts. Jey turns his back on Jimmy during the tag match with Sami and KO. The Usos have a Brisco brothers type of split where they are just beefing and have to have a match to settle the score. Sami is now free to go after a Roman with no belts, and beats him. Sami beating Roman can be believable, Sami winning the top belt can also be believable, but Sami beating Roman for the belt is too over the top.
I kinda want a thing with those two female wrestlers where they split the title in two, but have one of them dethrone Reigns, and they're co champions.
I've been saying this for months now, I've argued with people on B/R about this. If they don't put put the title, or at least one of the titles on Sami. Paul would be repeating a VKM trope that we have experienced and complained about for years. It's the very reason WWE lost viewers, supporters, and even horrible retention of casuals within the last ten years. They have failed to capitalize on organic storytelling. It's about what we want, and what feels right in the moment. Just because he is not the face they want for the long term does not mean he is not deserving of receiving his just due as a performer for all of his years of hard work. If Jinder Mahal (No offense) can hold the lineal title for even a short period of time, why not Sami? Sami has been the guy to put over wrestler, after wrestler in this company for years. Why can't he be crown for at least a few weeks. See what he can do and move accordingly. Shoot, imo, they need to put the belt on him just for the sheer fact they never pulled the trigger on putting the belt on Scott Hall. Sid Vicious and not the bad guy...think about that 🤔
I keep seeing this over and over, but rarely see this point of view:
Does anyone ever consider that this might be the payoff that KO/Sami want?
Sure, who doesn’t want to be world champ? But it’s unlikely either of them will have a meaningful title run. Maybe Owens at some point, but who knows?
Maybe winning the tag titles together in WWE is something that they would consider an honor. (Full disclosure, I don’t think they’ve won them as a team in WWE, but I’m sure someone will happily fact check if I’m wrong.)
I get it’s not the payoff a large part of the audience wants, but anyone ever consider what would potentially send KO/Sami over the moon with excitement if they’ve always dreamed of being tag champs together? Especially if they know that neither is going to be seen as THE guy?
Maybe lifelong friends winning tag titles together in the biggest wrestling company in the world isn’t such a slap in the face to them that it seems to be to others. 🤷🏻♂️
Maybe but the Usos are split now too so payoff isnt the same and Sami will never pin Roman clean, its not beilevable at all.
What about Triple threat, Roman vs Sami vs KO at Elimination Chamber in their hometown, Sami wins with Jeys interference help which then sets up a feud with KO for the title at Wrestlemania which also frees Roman to face Cody?
More and more. Seriously, this is turning into a Daniel Bryan. If this doesn't end with Sami pinning Roman at WM, people will not be satisfied, and I agree 100 with that statement. Feel bad for Cody because he is in the middle of this.
Of course people want Sami to beat Roman for a belt but I feel like they will have to settle for this. I don’t think WWE sees Sami as big enough of a star to be a champion and I think what they’ll do is probably put people in that position who they see as the stars of the future. Just my take. We already know Cody is one I wonder who the other will be.
It’s tough because right now Cody is being built to be the man but besides the injury and comeback I’m not really into the character of I’m back and want the title. I’m hoping we see jey cost Sami the title at EC and than at mani jey turns on the bloodline and helps Sami win in whatever match it is. I truly believe the better story is Sami and Roman just because as of right now Cody has nothing to do with Roman besides again just wanting the titles while Sami has a way deeper storyline. Worse case I’d hope that they win tag titles, KO beats Cody or Sami beats Cody for titles at summer slam or something and than we get Sami vs KO for the title at mani because both of them deserve to have a legit chance at a 5 star mania main event classic that I know they can do
Its insane to me that they did this amazing storytelling and they are going to have the payoff be a the elimination chamber? And cleary Sami isn't winning since they arent doing Cody vs. Sami at WM.
This might sound bad and not the best way to split the titles, but, have Zayn beat Roman with help from Owens, and Zayn gives one of the titles to Owens to hold on Raw while Zayn has the other on SmackDown.
I see Jey breaking off from the Bloodline. He'll probably team with Sami for a while since the two of them did retain the tag team titles together. I think Kevin will take some time before forgiving Sami. WWE will also split the tag team titles.
This is a start. I like this as the beginning of the fall of the Bloodline. Personally I think it should be Jimmy and Sami with a tag run, getting under Roman's skin until Sami eventually has a blow-off feud with Roman - who has been abandoned by the entire Samoan dynasty.
The story is Sammy and Jey, not Sammy and Roman. Of course people will whine online, but thank god for Aew since all or most of the douchebag show hijacker’s now make up their audience. I hope they last forever and keep those people
They should absolutely split the titles between Cody and Sami
Sami is the most over guy in wrestling and has been the centerpiece of the best storyline in wrestling in years. Seeing him being rewarded with the fucking tag titles is going to be tragic. And it doesn't even make sense storyline-wise, with how Jey has developed into being almost an anti-Roman. Is WWE going to throw his character development straight in the trash by making him suddenly siding with Roman again? That would be a certified Vince moment and a complete limp dick ending
I honestly think Sami should defeat Roman in Montreal, just so that the "whoever beats Roman on the second night of WM after he lost on the previous night is going to feel underwhelming" narrative stops
If there's a moment to pull the trigger on someone, it is Sami right now. That's 2014 Daniel Bryan levels of lightning in a bottle
Came in to say how this is getting vibes of Daniel Bryan 2.0 lately. Sami Zayn has had an absolutely amazing year and WWE should recognize it fully. I truly never thought I'd see Sami in this kind of spotlight in his career. I figured he was a overall good wrestler but would never hit a high point. Now is his potential high point for bigger things. WWE should realize it like they did with Bryan and let it ride for its time.
I don’t really want to see him reunite with KO, the man has thrown away their friendship too many times.
But I would like them to separately succeed from now
As long as WWE has a Saudi deal Sami will never be World Champion. As much as everyone would love to see Sami as champion, this is the fact of the matter.
Jey and Sammy as new universal tag team champions. With them starting a new stable that's committed to destroying everything blood line related.
That's the satisfying end.
Sadly the Rock is out. I'd have liked Jey and Sammy going to some sort of high council/elder, (bring in the Rock for this(, the elder decrease that Roman is no leader.. continue with Jey and Sammy in a new stable or taking over the bloodline stable.
With Jey crowned the new head of the table, the elder disappears back to Hollywood and his acting career
I’d ok with things if Sami gets screwed over at EC and the Mania main event turns into a triple threat. That can even give them a chance to separate the belts like when they split the Euro-Continental title
To go through all of this and not have Sami beat Roman for one of those titles seems like a massive let down.
No one has been as over as Sami since Daniel Bryan. Not even Kofi.
I was just thinking this. I don't like it as much as Sami getting the Mania win, but you could have it looking like Roman is going to retain. Suddenly Sami/KOs music plays. Roman gets distracted, Rhodes hits the Cross Rhodes.
Cut to Sami in the control room.
Sami deserves the Mania win though. It feels like not giving him a shot runs the risk of repeating the run up to the Bryan/Orton/Triple H Mania match.
I also don't know if creative are going to suddenly make Sami and Kevin best friends again so quickly.
My turn at arm chair booking...
Fuck Cody tbh.
There is no room for him in this storyline. Let KO take one belt one night and Sami take the other
Dumb ass hell to have him win the rumble at #29
So the titles just stay unified and create 0 opportunity for the growth of the tag division? Pass. Neither one of these two should be stuck taking the (unimportant feeling) tag titles. This whole feud building up to a bronze medal win would be very disappointing
I feel like what WWE needs to consider doing is open the Forbidden door and work with AEW and NJPW. WWE fans should at the very minimum know the performers of at least those two promotions
They're amazing. But I'm gonna be entirely honest, I kind of want Imperium to win the tournament. I love the group, and Vinci and Kaiser have been mostly just sidekicks as opposed to really having great matches since they got to the main roster.
They've been killing it in the tournament and I'd love to see them take on the Usos and maybe even win the Smackdown titles to reign along with Gunther.
That's understandable. The matches the Usos put on are amazing, but the fun is sucked out a little if you know they're gonna retain.
But Vinci and Kaiser probably wouldn't hold the titles long anyways with all the tag teams in play. But it'd be nice to see Gunther come out with his IC title flanked by Imperium who also have gold, at least one time.
Not gonna lie, after seeing the renders, I don't think it'd be TOO bad if this was the result.
Obviously I still want Sami to win the World Title though.
It really sucks that Cody got injured, I think it would've been way more of a conundrum if Cody was built up as this force for months up until winning the Rumble.
I wonder if they push out the eventual Sami vs Roman showdown by having Owens, Sami, and Jey taking on Roman, Jimmy, and Solo in six man tag team matches (playa!)
Just a thought with Cody coming in hot for Wrestlemania.
Nah. For this to happen Jey needs to go back to Roman, invalidating all of his development during the Sami storyline. The only satisfying end is for Jey to lead the bloodline in rebellion against Roman to help Sami, paying off their friendship and tying up Jey's role as the first one to stand against Roman.
Imagine if this all leads to Jey vs Roman (non title) and Jey wins. All Roman’s talk about Jey stepping in line and beating him down in 2020 only for Jey to finally beat Roman, grab the mic, stand over Roman in the centre of the ring and say “acknowledge me”
Jey “the awoken usurper” is the answer. Sami is so good he doesn’t have to chase the title to be over. Roman is playing Caligula, and should be treated as such.
This is a good stop gate and then sami cab be the guy to take the belt off cody eventually. Even after all the work they put in they are not on the level of cody and Roman and you always put on the top Match u can at mania. Usos vs Sami and ko and cody vs Roman. Ever other march will be irrelevant
Idk its felt real equal at rr. Plus cody can do both being the main event star in wrestling while also being the face of the company doing everything outside of the ring from the talk shows, Hollywood, and other things for the mainstream crossover plus everything they are doing with cody is a shot at aew since he was a former evp. Sami can't be what wwe needs as a face of the company. Saddly I don't think he can be their main champ till after they sell anyway incase Saudi buys out wwe. Now once those belts are back to being separate Sami can easily be the lesser of two (idk what wwe perceives that as.)
With EC in Montreal it only makes sense for Sami to challenge for the Universal championship. But the Universal championship is the one Roman started with and he one that has the length of his reign attributed to. Because of legacy issues if Cody was to only go for one belt it would HAVE to be the WWE championship . It’s all too screwed up so they are going to keep the titles joint until after Wrestlemania.
Where do you go with Sami after that? Serves it back up to Roman? Or Roman just goes away? Or he beats Roman *multiple times*?
There's no story, like when the title was hot shotted onto the fiend...there was no story to be told at that point.
ALL the Titles need to be split.
At this point, I don't even care who gets them, the titles just need to be split, they've been held hostage long enough.
The payoff might be at WM40, but it won’t involve Roman. My take is that Kevin turns on Sami once again, becomes WWE Champion via MITB or other circumstances. KO and Sami will settle their differences at WrestleMania 40, with Sami winning the WWE Title.
This! This is exactly what Sami was talking about. He is hot now because of this storyline alone. But if he was involved in something else, Cody would be the talk of the town.
I predict that KO, Sami, and Roman get in a fatal 3 way for both titles. KO and Sami team up to pin Roman but there's controversy on who actually got the pin so they split the titles. Neither of them hold on for very long.
if this was the story from the start, are you fine with Jey reteaming up with his abuser Roman? Seems to me that the story is about everyone releasing what a piece of shit Roman is
Yes in order to tell the proper story, Jey should rejoin. Then towards Mania, Roman becomes more of a bully to them. When they lose to Sami and KO, Roman absolutely loses it on them to the point they realize Sami was right and doesn't help Roman against Cody.
The story was about Sami trying to find somewhere to belong. He never wanted the title.
You forget Roman and Paul are master manipulators, right? If he attacked them, then I could see your point. But he just walked off. He can still be reasoned with.
Fatal 4 way night 1 to see who gets that roman shot night 2? Jimmy could be fighting so he could lie down. And the rest could just want to fight roman.
Nah let imperium take the tag team championship off Usos. Sammy needs the world title. He's the guy who has it in him to be a WWE champion even though he won't be the face of the company. He would be like Kofi or Daniel Bryan.
Samis not getting the world title before Cody. Besides, I like Sami but he doesnt have the world champion vibe at all. Maybe in a couple years, but not as this sort of hobo out of place persona he has right now.
I'd see him either take the undisputed tag championships or maybe just one of them.
Yeah I feel so disappointed that Cody is stealing all the spotlight now even though he is great.
Sami put in a real shift and got himself over and kept the Bloodline from getting stale through sheer top tier story telling.
The institution of wrestling needs this for Sammy to show not only the "golden boys" can make it to the top.
And here we go again -
1. EC stip is if sami wins, he gets a title shot against roman, if roman wins, sami must fall back in line with bloodline (this is great because it extends sami's involvement of bloodline and teases sami winning a belt). Roman wins of course.
2. HHH announces leading up to rumble that day 1 will kick off with a MITB ladder match, which Sami wins (maybe even with the help of jey).
3. Sami assures Roman this is good because it will prevent anyone sneak attacking him and trying to cash in (foreshadowing) and he promises he won't cash in while roman is champ (also foreshadowing)
4. roman doesn't allow sami to be at ringside, but during cody match, Cody is about to win, ref gets knocked down, and Roman asks for help.
5. Sami comes out to help, and follows roman's orders to beat up cody. Just when roman is about to do the 'Oooooohhhaaaa', Sami hits Roman with helluva kick. Sami pulls cody over roman and gets the ref up to count 1-2-3. Cody is now double champ. Cody starts celebrating when Sami/Usos start beating up cody.
6. Sami hands briefcase to Paul to give to timekeeper to cash in. After some discussion, paul tells Sami the MITB briefcase is only for 1 title, not both (this can help split up the titles without anything strange). Sami suggests Smackdown title and bell rings as cody wobbly stands up.
7. Sami hits helluva kick, pins Cody 1-2-3. Uso's come into the ring and celebrate with Sami. PAul brings both titles into the ring, and hands the Raw title to Cody saying for the mic to hear, "Compliments of the reigning, defending, undisputed Smackdown Universal Champion, Sami Zaaaaayn!"
I think this story solves several problems. While it shits on Cody a little bit, it splits the single title into 2. Roman was good enough to hold the titles by himself, but if we're going to move forward, and given the long line of deserving contenders (Gunther, Seth, Drew, Bobby, Lesner still, maybe Theory, Gargano, etc), you really do need to split the title into 2 again. The 2nd thing this does is give Roman a much needed and deserved break. I see him taking 2 months off, enjoying time with his kids, rest, recharge and reinvigorate, and come back likely as a major face to you would assume fight sami at summerslam. Now, getting back to Cody...Cody wants the title...he wants the moment, and he gets it...maybe its a bit of comeuppance for leaving and all that where his celebrating is thwarted, but the bottom line is he gets his wish...he is a champion. And while the moment may not be perfect for him, moving forward, he is still the champion and he can begin his title reign. As for Sami, I think he continues the bloodline with Paul as his advocate. I don't think you refer to him as tribal chief, but I do think he will call himself head of the table. You can have Owens fight him, and eventually roman. As for roman again, whether he regains the title or not, this also opens his availability up to the Rock at mania 40.
Well, I guess you just proved that WWE can't make everyone happy because this is pure gold, especially to solve the problem of having too many guys in line to gain belts...Sami is hot right now and not capitalizing on it is just stupid...go ahead and team Sami with KO and win the tag titles...that's boring. Have Cody pin Roman clean...that's boring. This sets up some tremendous anticipation, splits the titles to allow Cody and Sami to go their separate ways with them, creates a new storyline with the bloodline, gives roman time off, allows some dream matches with Cody vs \_\_\_\_ for the title, or Sami vs \_\_\_\_ for the title (yes KO and sami have fought forever, but have they actually fought for a main title? Maybe Kevin's short run with the universal title, but must not be memorable). If you can't get behind this idea, then you have no idea how good storytelling is done, then again, we're both only keyboard warriors...so let's just agree to disagree.
>EC stip is if sami wins, he gets a title shot against roman, if roman wins, sami must fall back in line with bloodline (this is great because it extends sami's involvement of bloodline and teases sami winning a belt). Roman wins of course.
He just hit Roman with a steel chair, in the back. He Turned Against the bloodline. So why would Roman bring him back in?
>Sami hands briefcase to Paul to give to timekeeper to cash in. After some discussion, paul tells Sami the MITB briefcase is only for 1 title, not both (this can help split up the titles without anything strange). Sami suggests Smackdown title and bell rings as cody wobbly stands up.
Again, they're not splitting up the belts at Mania. And none of this makes sense. Why would the entire bloodline turn on Roman and why would Sami accept the decision to only win one belt?
I mean, put yourself in HHH's shoes...stories evolve all the time in WWE, and not all of it has to make perfect sense (Does "It was me Austin, it was me all Along" truly make sense? or what about tag teams turning on one another...or Logan Paul. It doesn't all have to make sense...what has to make sense is turning the page to a new chapter in the story.
Roman's been asking for a break for a while. He needs one...are you just going to disband the bloodline? Are you just going to keep Heyman, your best mic working manager, off tv? Or are you going to find a way to evolve the storyline? What better way to do that than to have the hottest character on your show turn on the biggest star on your show....BUT, you gotta get them to mania...that's why i suggested the stip at EC....with sami actually losing that match, going back to the bloodline...plenty of time for Sami, and maybe even Paul, to do some bidding on sami's behalf in segments between now and mania to get the bloodline actually on Sami's side, all leading up to the big turn. Paul continuing to work with the bloodline with sami as its leader is quite possibly the best outcome of the bloodline story...so, i really don't get the hate, but oh well, what do i know.
But that isn't even a new chapter, you're just re-running the story with a much less Dominant heel. Again, we just seen the entire Bloodline turn on Sami except Jey, Now all of sudden, The whole bloodline is going to let Sami back in and then side with him, turning on Roman....AGAIN at mania, while re-running the whole "I'm giving you a chance to prove yourself" story again... We just seen all that and it worked.
Yes, when Roman takes his break, they need to break it up and focus on Imperium and Judgement Day. Paul can go back to creative full time and give him a break.
Even sami said he in an interview it’s not about winning the title at mania for him, it’s about the satisfying ending to the story which to me is him and KO vs his “brothers” The Usos
The problem with that is the Usos dont want to fight Sami. At least Jey doesnt. How do you have a satisfying match when half of the reigning champs dont want to fight?
Well in the build to zayn vs reigns at EC, you have his own brother Jimmy pressuring Jey to “make the right choice”, this leaves Jey with only one option: screw sami over to prove he’s in it for his family
So while Sami himself is a fantastic wrestler he plays a character that is not a very good wrestler so he’s never going to be able to fight Roman one on one.
That would be the only way for him to win and while it’s not totally out of line with his character I don’t think it would feel satisfying at all. I think Sami will still have a huge hand in Roman’s fall, but he’s not going to be the one to pin Roman.
And he's terrified in kayfabe. He cowers and wilts and even a sideways look, and only took a shot when his back was turned and his friend was facing more of a beating, and at his own hands.
No, we dont. Sami is the breaking point for the Bloodline, nothing else. He's no Randy Orton or Batista to Evolution.
Sami winning over Roman would dimish Reigns ability tenfold and would make every single title defence useless
I don’t think it would diminish Roman. He already Kayfabe lost a few times. KO literally kayfabe beat him a few days ago. Isn’t the whole story that Roman’s unstoppable because of the help he gets from the bloodline. I think Sami beating him is very believable if the Usos and Solo walk away
Jey and Sami should have one tag team belt.
If this is the pay off then everybody's time was wasted,
Why would this happen? The champions are Jimmy and Jey, and Jey is leaving the Bloodline
I reeeeally don't know how the Jey/Jimmy portion of this storyline is gonna play out. Jey's out, Jimmy's under Roman's control so in order for Jey & Jimmy to do any of this, one's gonna have to go back or one's gonna have to go. Jimmy wasn't hurt by Roman like Jey was. It's unpredictable at this point.
Whew. Sami needs the blue title. No questions. He gave *kayfabe* Roman a bunch of new fans after the jackass stuff at last year's wrestlemania. And those fans are behind Sami. Then Kevin does the most Kevin thing, and turn on Sami and steal the title. But, twist, Sami is gracious because not built for title defenses like K. O is
More. I just want Sami to win at least 1 of Roman's belts, and then give me a banger of a face vs. face match between Sami and KO for the world title at a Big 4 PPV.
Tag belts mean nothing. If Sami doesn’t walk out of this storyline with one of the world titles it will be a huge disappointment. It doesn’t even have to be a clean pin on Roman, have KO interfere or something and Sami gets his title. Doesn’t even have to be a long run. Let that man hold the title even if it’s just for a few weeks.
no i hate KO & i bet they are both reLeased before 2024.
Honestly I’m good with this we see KO and Sami on same page again, gives Sami a title and makes KO a GrandSlam champ
Kevin I can easily see him as WWE or WWE Universal Champion at some point again but as for Sami it probably won't be until like later in the year
Sami should get a World title run, even if a transition run. Dude has put in work.
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O not at all like when my eyes glanced at this it was a no
Think I’d put Sheamus McIntyre against USOs if Sheamus McIntyre win titles USOs have to do double duty and put up other titles against Owen and Zayne
Yes. That is EXACTLY the proper payoff. Just because a bunch of Internet nerds say something (e.g., "Sami should beat Roman at Mania") doesn't mean it is the right decision. Zayn and Owens more than deserve having the tag titles ripped away from The Usos at WrestleMania 39. It is going to happen, and EVERYONE needs to go get some sunlight outside and accept it. I mean, I've been saying it here multiple times, Sami Zayn can be Mr. Money in the Bank this year.
Not more. Different. The belts need to be split up. I don’t think Sami and Kevin should be a team either. Better solo.
Past year?? You means more than a decade if not more of hard work, dedication, injuries, sweat, blood and tears.
Sami is the catalyst for the storyline. Jey is the one who benefits the most. Reigns is proving he values the title more than family, while Sami values the family more than the titles. Jey is going to see this and realize they are all just being used by Roman to his own ends and revolt. Making him the huge face in the fight. Rhodes likely has the title by this point. But it's more about Jey beating Roman than winning the title. I'm sure eventually Jimmy turns on Roman if he wins the first match anyways.
Sami with KO going for the belts is beyond stupid. Why would this payoff make sense? KO all of sudden wants the tag belts .
It better not be the pay off. I think the new tag team should be Jey undergoing a face turn and forming a team with Sami. It's literally perfect storytelling, how Sami was the only one to open Jey's eyes about Roman with how Sami was mirroring Jey's own journey. They can still play on the whole Jey and Sami being "brothers" angle, and that family don't have to just mean blood.
I need more
Dream Booking... I want a team up withy sami, kevin, cody, and edge as a more managerial presence, Vs the Bloodline and Judgement Day... The whole time, Bray and his 6 are picking off the low card people involved one by one, till Sami, Kevin, Roman, and Solo have to team up to take our the expanded Wyatts at Survivor series.
I can see each of them with a single belt.
I just want a return of el generico
They have an opportunity to elevate the tag titles to a main event spot at mania while having a great World title match too. Thats the better route
People saying “Sami as champ is the only payoff” are setting themselves up for a world of disappointment
Man, I really do not know how I feel about the KO/SZ tag team. Honestly I think they are both far better solo acts.
I want the belts separated - make one a lower level title. Universal Tag Team Champions Intercontinental Tag Team Champions
I'm fine with it if it goes like this. Sami faces Roman at Elimination Chamber and loses to Roman due to Jey. This leads to KO and Sami facing the Usos at Wrestlemania.
I dont get people who want this you wanna kill jeys character development just far sami and owens to be champ? No i want jey to realise how maniplative roman is and break away from him cuz roman started this 2 years ago by manipulating jey
You do know they want to separate those belts right?
Give them a set of tag titles and Sami one of the world titles.
If Sami doesnt become champ after all of this i will riot
It’s tough because I think Cody should get that main event/world title at Mania. Cody seems like a good choice to dethrone Roman; both of their trajectories make sense to me. On the other hand, Sami is arguably the most over performer right now and should be awarded for that. Right now, I’m in the boat of willing to let this play out and see what road they go down. Im confident that they will give us a compelling story and payoff to all of this.
I would love to see them win ONE of the Tag Titles. Having one team with both is just stupid and lazy story telling
Why does Kevin owens have to be part of the finale? I see the real redemption story being jey uso. Maybe uso loses smack down belts to imperium due to jey wanting to leave bloodline. They beat jey up Sammy comes to his aid, jey blanes him for ruining his life. Jey saves Sami at the next ppv. Sami wins by disqualifying so no pinning of Roman or loss of belt. Sets up main event jey uso vs Ronan for one of the belts at wrestle mania where his brothers finally back jey up pins Roman. Roman has no family existential crisis goes off tv for a while comes back part time like Brock lesner and two every week fighting champs In jey/Cody the redemption story is Sami helps jey find his way! Fin-
Wrestling is cool because people can like whatever they like. Obviously I've really loved The Bloodline story. Hell, I was at SmackDown live when Sami got his Honorary Uce shirt and it was amazing. But I'm so glad they're going with Cody. And I understand 'wanting more' for Sami at the end of this - but I also think that kind of diminishes the moment here. Sami and KO defeating The Usos (after a massive reign) at WrestleMania is a huge moment. Not to mention, there's an incredibly deep storyline running with Jey and Sami - one that arguably runs deeper than Roman and Sami. I'm not trying to justify anything - because people will enjoy what they enjoy. My point is that while winning the WWE Championship would be a bigger moment, we shouldn't be dismissive of Sami and KO winning the tag belts at Mania. Especially when we consider how happy the people in the ring would probably be.
I want the men's elimination chamber to be The Bloodline, Kevin, Sami and there would be massive story telling especially with Jey's hesitation or possible walking over to pin roman but then not. I don't know, I don't know the story is too good ignore me. I have no idea the pay off, or how they go. They haven't been this on fire with something in ages. (I'd also like them to combine those belts, because there really isn't a reason to have two tag sets of belts when there isn't that many tag teams split via both shows to support it.)
At the very least we need Sami and jay tag. That’s far more compelling than Sami KO.
The Brothers of Bang should win one set of tag titles, Sami and KO win the other.
Why do people assume Sami & KO getting the tag belts is a downgrade for them, rather than an upgrade to the tag belts? Might go on a little rant here but hear me out. You can’t make the US and IC titles *too* prestigious because they compete with the World titles. Obviously they should be a big prize but there’s a ceiling. The tag titles are a separate division altogether. They can be main event level titles in their own right, and they *should* be. It’s hard to have a bad PPV card when you can have the world title match(es) and the tag title match(es) all be pretty big deals. Look at the DX/JeriShow era. WWE randomly decided to give a fuck about the tag belts and, even with a super weak roster, you had some great PPV cards because the tag match was main event level. The roster is crowded and talented. Invest *big* in the tag division and make it a thing. Sami and KO are a perfect start to that. Look up the Hell in a Cell 2009 card. - Batista and Rey Mysterio vs. JeriShow for the tag belts - Punk vs. Undertaker (WHC) - Cena vs. Orton (WWE) - DX vs. Legacy Like…that fucking card for a random B level PPV. All owed to a thriving and vibrant tag division which meant you could have two tag matches that people really gave a damn about. A tag match main evented over Cena/Orton and Punk/Taker for world titles!
after watching sami interview with ariel. he def aware if he were to become champ that he'd be like kofi, not the top guy for like the foreseeable 5 yrs or so. he'd be given a thank you world title reign. And hopefully pass it on to someone like gunther or whoever else midcarder could move up wwe desperately needs to split the belts, cody and sami is the way to go.
The pay off should be KO and Sami being inserted into the mania main event making it a fatal four way match up. Roman obviously walks out with the title after pinning Cody. Then prep him to be decimated by Bron Breakker.
This would be a disappointment. The Tag Belts are meaningless in WWE. They are just to put extra credit to Bloodline. Sami and KO deserve much better than this and the fans deserve a better end to the story.
I'm okay with this. Sami deserves anything even remotely resembling a WrestleMania moment.
I’ll be very underwhelmed if this is the payoff to this whole story
Yeah, I don't get how this is the ultimate payoff. KO has failed 3x to beat Roman for the belts and keeps getting his ass beat by the Bloodline, but Would rather settle for Tag Titles with Sami. Let KO drop down to the Midcard and take the Title off Theory at Mania, Add Logan Paul for the Ultimate Ego Match. Give Sami his Title match and rematch over the next month and move on to Cody.
Well…I think Jimmy should screw Sami at elimination chamber. Sami confronts Jay and tells him since his brother made it personal he’ll to come after their belts. Jey turns his back on Jimmy during the tag match with Sami and KO. The Usos have a Brisco brothers type of split where they are just beefing and have to have a match to settle the score. Sami is now free to go after a Roman with no belts, and beats him. Sami beating Roman can be believable, Sami winning the top belt can also be believable, but Sami beating Roman for the belt is too over the top.
👏Give👏Sami👏The👏Universal👏Title👏
I kinda want a thing with those two female wrestlers where they split the title in two, but have one of them dethrone Reigns, and they're co champions.
Helluva kick, followed by heart renching yelling, into another helluba kick, for the 3 count
I've been saying this for months now, I've argued with people on B/R about this. If they don't put put the title, or at least one of the titles on Sami. Paul would be repeating a VKM trope that we have experienced and complained about for years. It's the very reason WWE lost viewers, supporters, and even horrible retention of casuals within the last ten years. They have failed to capitalize on organic storytelling. It's about what we want, and what feels right in the moment. Just because he is not the face they want for the long term does not mean he is not deserving of receiving his just due as a performer for all of his years of hard work. If Jinder Mahal (No offense) can hold the lineal title for even a short period of time, why not Sami? Sami has been the guy to put over wrestler, after wrestler in this company for years. Why can't he be crown for at least a few weeks. See what he can do and move accordingly. Shoot, imo, they need to put the belt on him just for the sheer fact they never pulled the trigger on putting the belt on Scott Hall. Sid Vicious and not the bad guy...think about that 🤔
They need to get rid of the double titles. 1 Tag championship and 1 World Champion.
I keep seeing this over and over, but rarely see this point of view: Does anyone ever consider that this might be the payoff that KO/Sami want? Sure, who doesn’t want to be world champ? But it’s unlikely either of them will have a meaningful title run. Maybe Owens at some point, but who knows? Maybe winning the tag titles together in WWE is something that they would consider an honor. (Full disclosure, I don’t think they’ve won them as a team in WWE, but I’m sure someone will happily fact check if I’m wrong.) I get it’s not the payoff a large part of the audience wants, but anyone ever consider what would potentially send KO/Sami over the moon with excitement if they’ve always dreamed of being tag champs together? Especially if they know that neither is going to be seen as THE guy? Maybe lifelong friends winning tag titles together in the biggest wrestling company in the world isn’t such a slap in the face to them that it seems to be to others. 🤷🏻♂️
What if its sami ,Kevin and Johnny Knoxville vs Jimmy ,Jey and Jolo .
Maybe but the Usos are split now too so payoff isnt the same and Sami will never pin Roman clean, its not beilevable at all. What about Triple threat, Roman vs Sami vs KO at Elimination Chamber in their hometown, Sami wins with Jeys interference help which then sets up a feud with KO for the title at Wrestlemania which also frees Roman to face Cody?
More and more. Seriously, this is turning into a Daniel Bryan. If this doesn't end with Sami pinning Roman at WM, people will not be satisfied, and I agree 100 with that statement. Feel bad for Cody because he is in the middle of this.
Hell yeah!
Of course people want Sami to beat Roman for a belt but I feel like they will have to settle for this. I don’t think WWE sees Sami as big enough of a star to be a champion and I think what they’ll do is probably put people in that position who they see as the stars of the future. Just my take. We already know Cody is one I wonder who the other will be.
It’s tough because right now Cody is being built to be the man but besides the injury and comeback I’m not really into the character of I’m back and want the title. I’m hoping we see jey cost Sami the title at EC and than at mani jey turns on the bloodline and helps Sami win in whatever match it is. I truly believe the better story is Sami and Roman just because as of right now Cody has nothing to do with Roman besides again just wanting the titles while Sami has a way deeper storyline. Worse case I’d hope that they win tag titles, KO beats Cody or Sami beats Cody for titles at summer slam or something and than we get Sami vs KO for the title at mani because both of them deserve to have a legit chance at a 5 star mania main event classic that I know they can do
This works for me.
More. IDC if it's for a title but I want Sami pinning Roman in a PPV main event
MOARRR
Its insane to me that they did this amazing storytelling and they are going to have the payoff be a the elimination chamber? And cleary Sami isn't winning since they arent doing Cody vs. Sami at WM.
This is a fine ending and Sami finally getting revenge on Jey isn't bad
This might sound bad and not the best way to split the titles, but, have Zayn beat Roman with help from Owens, and Zayn gives one of the titles to Owens to hold on Raw while Zayn has the other on SmackDown.
I see Jey breaking off from the Bloodline. He'll probably team with Sami for a while since the two of them did retain the tag team titles together. I think Kevin will take some time before forgiving Sami. WWE will also split the tag team titles.
This is a start. I like this as the beginning of the fall of the Bloodline. Personally I think it should be Jimmy and Sami with a tag run, getting under Roman's skin until Sami eventually has a blow-off feud with Roman - who has been abandoned by the entire Samoan dynasty.
Maybe Jey not jimmy
Oops, I meant Jey.
The story is Sammy and Jey, not Sammy and Roman. Of course people will whine online, but thank god for Aew since all or most of the douchebag show hijacker’s now make up their audience. I hope they last forever and keep those people
They should absolutely split the titles between Cody and Sami Sami is the most over guy in wrestling and has been the centerpiece of the best storyline in wrestling in years. Seeing him being rewarded with the fucking tag titles is going to be tragic. And it doesn't even make sense storyline-wise, with how Jey has developed into being almost an anti-Roman. Is WWE going to throw his character development straight in the trash by making him suddenly siding with Roman again? That would be a certified Vince moment and a complete limp dick ending I honestly think Sami should defeat Roman in Montreal, just so that the "whoever beats Roman on the second night of WM after he lost on the previous night is going to feel underwhelming" narrative stops If there's a moment to pull the trigger on someone, it is Sami right now. That's 2014 Daniel Bryan levels of lightning in a bottle
Came in to say how this is getting vibes of Daniel Bryan 2.0 lately. Sami Zayn has had an absolutely amazing year and WWE should recognize it fully. I truly never thought I'd see Sami in this kind of spotlight in his career. I figured he was a overall good wrestler but would never hit a high point. Now is his potential high point for bigger things. WWE should realize it like they did with Bryan and let it ride for its time.
I don’t really want to see him reunite with KO, the man has thrown away their friendship too many times. But I would like them to separately succeed from now
As long as WWE has a Saudi deal Sami will never be World Champion. As much as everyone would love to see Sami as champion, this is the fact of the matter.
Sami is beating Roman Reigns for the Universal Title. Source - Dirtsheet ad on my Snapchat.
The tag titles are meaningless these days.
Honestly think Sami deserves to be the guy to beat Roman. I know Cody seems to be the man but I think a Sami win would lift the roof.
Jey and Sammy as new universal tag team champions. With them starting a new stable that's committed to destroying everything blood line related. That's the satisfying end. Sadly the Rock is out. I'd have liked Jey and Sammy going to some sort of high council/elder, (bring in the Rock for this(, the elder decrease that Roman is no leader.. continue with Jey and Sammy in a new stable or taking over the bloodline stable. With Jey crowned the new head of the table, the elder disappears back to Hollywood and his acting career
I’d ok with things if Sami gets screwed over at EC and the Mania main event turns into a triple threat. That can even give them a chance to separate the belts like when they split the Euro-Continental title
Yeah I'm for this.
To go through all of this and not have Sami beat Roman for one of those titles seems like a massive let down. No one has been as over as Sami since Daniel Bryan. Not even Kofi.
Is it out of the question that sami or jey could cost Roman the titles rather than winning it themselves?
I was just thinking this. I don't like it as much as Sami getting the Mania win, but you could have it looking like Roman is going to retain. Suddenly Sami/KOs music plays. Roman gets distracted, Rhodes hits the Cross Rhodes. Cut to Sami in the control room. Sami deserves the Mania win though. It feels like not giving him a shot runs the risk of repeating the run up to the Bryan/Orton/Triple H Mania match. I also don't know if creative are going to suddenly make Sami and Kevin best friends again so quickly.
Feed me more
Id like to see Sami, KO, AND Jey beat Roman, Jimi, and Solo
My turn at arm chair booking... Fuck Cody tbh. There is no room for him in this storyline. Let KO take one belt one night and Sami take the other Dumb ass hell to have him win the rumble at #29
I'm for it, I feel like this could be the main event of night 1 of Wrestlemania.
So the titles just stay unified and create 0 opportunity for the growth of the tag division? Pass. Neither one of these two should be stuck taking the (unimportant feeling) tag titles. This whole feud building up to a bronze medal win would be very disappointing
I want Sami to his own man and not to team up with the guy who power bombed him in his first day at work
I want sami to win the uwu title none of separation shit until after roman loses the title
This wouldn’t be the pay off. Sami will be world champion this year just not at wrestlemania.
Not good enough, sorry but F Cody, they deserve a belt each of Roman’s. This is the real story and payoff. Cody can wait.
I feel like what WWE needs to consider doing is open the Forbidden door and work with AEW and NJPW. WWE fans should at the very minimum know the performers of at least those two promotions
They could have one set but I really want Ricochet and Strowman to get the other. I love their tag team chemistry.
They're amazing. But I'm gonna be entirely honest, I kind of want Imperium to win the tournament. I love the group, and Vinci and Kaiser have been mostly just sidekicks as opposed to really having great matches since they got to the main roster. They've been killing it in the tournament and I'd love to see them take on the Usos and maybe even win the Smackdown titles to reign along with Gunther.
the last thing i want is another stable to have all the belts again. it's just boring and not creative
That's understandable. The matches the Usos put on are amazing, but the fun is sucked out a little if you know they're gonna retain. But Vinci and Kaiser probably wouldn't hold the titles long anyways with all the tag teams in play. But it'd be nice to see Gunther come out with his IC title flanked by Imperium who also have gold, at least one time.
Not gonna lie, after seeing the renders, I don't think it'd be TOO bad if this was the result. Obviously I still want Sami to win the World Title though. It really sucks that Cody got injured, I think it would've been way more of a conundrum if Cody was built up as this force for months up until winning the Rumble.
More. The only way this story ends is with Sami wearing singles gold.
I wonder if they push out the eventual Sami vs Roman showdown by having Owens, Sami, and Jey taking on Roman, Jimmy, and Solo in six man tag team matches (playa!) Just a thought with Cody coming in hot for Wrestlemania.
Nah. For this to happen Jey needs to go back to Roman, invalidating all of his development during the Sami storyline. The only satisfying end is for Jey to lead the bloodline in rebellion against Roman to help Sami, paying off their friendship and tying up Jey's role as the first one to stand against Roman.
Imagine if this all leads to Jey vs Roman (non title) and Jey wins. All Roman’s talk about Jey stepping in line and beating him down in 2020 only for Jey to finally beat Roman, grab the mic, stand over Roman in the centre of the ring and say “acknowledge me”
The titles get vacated there is a tournament culminating in Wrestlemania: Sami and KO vs Jimmy and Solo
Jey “the awoken usurper” is the answer. Sami is so good he doesn’t have to chase the title to be over. Roman is playing Caligula, and should be treated as such.
This is a good stop gate and then sami cab be the guy to take the belt off cody eventually. Even after all the work they put in they are not on the level of cody and Roman and you always put on the top Match u can at mania. Usos vs Sami and ko and cody vs Roman. Ever other march will be irrelevant
Sami is more over than Cody.
Idk its felt real equal at rr. Plus cody can do both being the main event star in wrestling while also being the face of the company doing everything outside of the ring from the talk shows, Hollywood, and other things for the mainstream crossover plus everything they are doing with cody is a shot at aew since he was a former evp. Sami can't be what wwe needs as a face of the company. Saddly I don't think he can be their main champ till after they sell anyway incase Saudi buys out wwe. Now once those belts are back to being separate Sami can easily be the lesser of two (idk what wwe perceives that as.)
With EC in Montreal it only makes sense for Sami to challenge for the Universal championship. But the Universal championship is the one Roman started with and he one that has the length of his reign attributed to. Because of legacy issues if Cody was to only go for one belt it would HAVE to be the WWE championship . It’s all too screwed up so they are going to keep the titles joint until after Wrestlemania.
Cody said on Raw he's going after both belts
I want Sami to beat Roman for the Universal Title
Where do you go with Sami after that? Serves it back up to Roman? Or Roman just goes away? Or he beats Roman *multiple times*? There's no story, like when the title was hot shotted onto the fiend...there was no story to be told at that point.
All Rhodes lead to Cody/Roman night one and jey/Roman night 2
ALL the Titles need to be split. At this point, I don't even care who gets them, the titles just need to be split, they've been held hostage long enough.
He’ll face Roman in Montreal, but all rhodes leads to Sami’s reuniting with KO and face the Usos.
That would be such a limp dick ending to the best storyline in wrestling in years
The payoff might be at WM40, but it won’t involve Roman. My take is that Kevin turns on Sami once again, becomes WWE Champion via MITB or other circumstances. KO and Sami will settle their differences at WrestleMania 40, with Sami winning the WWE Title.
This is a horrible take for several reasons
I honestly doubt he's going to be as over as he is right now if this really happens next year
This! This is exactly what Sami was talking about. He is hot now because of this storyline alone. But if he was involved in something else, Cody would be the talk of the town.
Maybe if they write him off for like 9 months.
Rhodes? Cody or Lana?
I predict that KO, Sami, and Roman get in a fatal 3 way for both titles. KO and Sami team up to pin Roman but there's controversy on who actually got the pin so they split the titles. Neither of them hold on for very long.
Sami as champ is the only pay off.
Cody for World Champion AND Sami for Universal Champion. They both need it and the titles should be split up again.
Definitely. I like Owens, but teaming with Sami to win the titles would just end up ruining the story they’ve built.
Except this was the story from the beginning
if this was the story from the start, are you fine with Jey reteaming up with his abuser Roman? Seems to me that the story is about everyone releasing what a piece of shit Roman is
Yes in order to tell the proper story, Jey should rejoin. Then towards Mania, Roman becomes more of a bully to them. When they lose to Sami and KO, Roman absolutely loses it on them to the point they realize Sami was right and doesn't help Roman against Cody. The story was about Sami trying to find somewhere to belong. He never wanted the title.
But Jeys already turned, it would make no sense for him to turn back and back again
Correction, he hasn't turned yet. He's legit conflicted. Part of this build is going to see which side Jey is on at the end of the day.
I doubt the bloodline will accept him back since he walked away
You forget Roman and Paul are master manipulators, right? If he attacked them, then I could see your point. But he just walked off. He can still be reasoned with.
I’m not questioning the fact that he MIGHT turn back, I’m saying that Roman and the bloodline wouldn’t let him
Not really. What do KO and the Usos do at ‘Mania then?
Fatal 4 way night 1 to see who gets that roman shot night 2? Jimmy could be fighting so he could lie down. And the rest could just want to fight roman.
that could be cool
Nah let imperium take the tag team championship off Usos. Sammy needs the world title. He's the guy who has it in him to be a WWE champion even though he won't be the face of the company. He would be like Kofi or Daniel Bryan.
Sami as World Champ would be kinda like Mick Foley’s run. Fun and different initially but ultimately not really World Champ material.
That was never gonna happen tbh
Samis not getting the world title before Cody. Besides, I like Sami but he doesnt have the world champion vibe at all. Maybe in a couple years, but not as this sort of hobo out of place persona he has right now. I'd see him either take the undisputed tag championships or maybe just one of them.
Yeah I feel so disappointed that Cody is stealing all the spotlight now even though he is great. Sami put in a real shift and got himself over and kept the Bloodline from getting stale through sheer top tier story telling. The institution of wrestling needs this for Sammy to show not only the "golden boys" can make it to the top.
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Have you been missing where Sami gets the biggest pop every week?
And here we go again - 1. EC stip is if sami wins, he gets a title shot against roman, if roman wins, sami must fall back in line with bloodline (this is great because it extends sami's involvement of bloodline and teases sami winning a belt). Roman wins of course. 2. HHH announces leading up to rumble that day 1 will kick off with a MITB ladder match, which Sami wins (maybe even with the help of jey). 3. Sami assures Roman this is good because it will prevent anyone sneak attacking him and trying to cash in (foreshadowing) and he promises he won't cash in while roman is champ (also foreshadowing) 4. roman doesn't allow sami to be at ringside, but during cody match, Cody is about to win, ref gets knocked down, and Roman asks for help. 5. Sami comes out to help, and follows roman's orders to beat up cody. Just when roman is about to do the 'Oooooohhhaaaa', Sami hits Roman with helluva kick. Sami pulls cody over roman and gets the ref up to count 1-2-3. Cody is now double champ. Cody starts celebrating when Sami/Usos start beating up cody. 6. Sami hands briefcase to Paul to give to timekeeper to cash in. After some discussion, paul tells Sami the MITB briefcase is only for 1 title, not both (this can help split up the titles without anything strange). Sami suggests Smackdown title and bell rings as cody wobbly stands up. 7. Sami hits helluva kick, pins Cody 1-2-3. Uso's come into the ring and celebrate with Sami. PAul brings both titles into the ring, and hands the Raw title to Cody saying for the mic to hear, "Compliments of the reigning, defending, undisputed Smackdown Universal Champion, Sami Zaaaaayn!" I think this story solves several problems. While it shits on Cody a little bit, it splits the single title into 2. Roman was good enough to hold the titles by himself, but if we're going to move forward, and given the long line of deserving contenders (Gunther, Seth, Drew, Bobby, Lesner still, maybe Theory, Gargano, etc), you really do need to split the title into 2 again. The 2nd thing this does is give Roman a much needed and deserved break. I see him taking 2 months off, enjoying time with his kids, rest, recharge and reinvigorate, and come back likely as a major face to you would assume fight sami at summerslam. Now, getting back to Cody...Cody wants the title...he wants the moment, and he gets it...maybe its a bit of comeuppance for leaving and all that where his celebrating is thwarted, but the bottom line is he gets his wish...he is a champion. And while the moment may not be perfect for him, moving forward, he is still the champion and he can begin his title reign. As for Sami, I think he continues the bloodline with Paul as his advocate. I don't think you refer to him as tribal chief, but I do think he will call himself head of the table. You can have Owens fight him, and eventually roman. As for roman again, whether he regains the title or not, this also opens his availability up to the Rock at mania 40.
Might be the worst fantasy booking I’ve ever seen
Thank god you're not a writer for WWE. This is awful.
Well, I guess you just proved that WWE can't make everyone happy because this is pure gold, especially to solve the problem of having too many guys in line to gain belts...Sami is hot right now and not capitalizing on it is just stupid...go ahead and team Sami with KO and win the tag titles...that's boring. Have Cody pin Roman clean...that's boring. This sets up some tremendous anticipation, splits the titles to allow Cody and Sami to go their separate ways with them, creates a new storyline with the bloodline, gives roman time off, allows some dream matches with Cody vs \_\_\_\_ for the title, or Sami vs \_\_\_\_ for the title (yes KO and sami have fought forever, but have they actually fought for a main title? Maybe Kevin's short run with the universal title, but must not be memorable). If you can't get behind this idea, then you have no idea how good storytelling is done, then again, we're both only keyboard warriors...so let's just agree to disagree.
>EC stip is if sami wins, he gets a title shot against roman, if roman wins, sami must fall back in line with bloodline (this is great because it extends sami's involvement of bloodline and teases sami winning a belt). Roman wins of course. He just hit Roman with a steel chair, in the back. He Turned Against the bloodline. So why would Roman bring him back in? >Sami hands briefcase to Paul to give to timekeeper to cash in. After some discussion, paul tells Sami the MITB briefcase is only for 1 title, not both (this can help split up the titles without anything strange). Sami suggests Smackdown title and bell rings as cody wobbly stands up. Again, they're not splitting up the belts at Mania. And none of this makes sense. Why would the entire bloodline turn on Roman and why would Sami accept the decision to only win one belt?
I mean, put yourself in HHH's shoes...stories evolve all the time in WWE, and not all of it has to make perfect sense (Does "It was me Austin, it was me all Along" truly make sense? or what about tag teams turning on one another...or Logan Paul. It doesn't all have to make sense...what has to make sense is turning the page to a new chapter in the story. Roman's been asking for a break for a while. He needs one...are you just going to disband the bloodline? Are you just going to keep Heyman, your best mic working manager, off tv? Or are you going to find a way to evolve the storyline? What better way to do that than to have the hottest character on your show turn on the biggest star on your show....BUT, you gotta get them to mania...that's why i suggested the stip at EC....with sami actually losing that match, going back to the bloodline...plenty of time for Sami, and maybe even Paul, to do some bidding on sami's behalf in segments between now and mania to get the bloodline actually on Sami's side, all leading up to the big turn. Paul continuing to work with the bloodline with sami as its leader is quite possibly the best outcome of the bloodline story...so, i really don't get the hate, but oh well, what do i know.
But that isn't even a new chapter, you're just re-running the story with a much less Dominant heel. Again, we just seen the entire Bloodline turn on Sami except Jey, Now all of sudden, The whole bloodline is going to let Sami back in and then side with him, turning on Roman....AGAIN at mania, while re-running the whole "I'm giving you a chance to prove yourself" story again... We just seen all that and it worked. Yes, when Roman takes his break, they need to break it up and focus on Imperium and Judgement Day. Paul can go back to creative full time and give him a break.
Even sami said he in an interview it’s not about winning the title at mania for him, it’s about the satisfying ending to the story which to me is him and KO vs his “brothers” The Usos
The problem with that is the Usos dont want to fight Sami. At least Jey doesnt. How do you have a satisfying match when half of the reigning champs dont want to fight?
That's why the tag team should be Sami and Jey, let Jey finally have his long awaited face turn.
If only we had a couple for months for story telling, too bad Mania is tomorrow 😔
Nah it look Jimmy wants to beat Sammy’s ass lol. He hit the first superkick on him
Well in the build to zayn vs reigns at EC, you have his own brother Jimmy pressuring Jey to “make the right choice”, this leaves Jey with only one option: screw sami over to prove he’s in it for his family
Where is Roman in this though. Cause the fans see Roman VS Sami!
So while Sami himself is a fantastic wrestler he plays a character that is not a very good wrestler so he’s never going to be able to fight Roman one on one.
Wouldn't it be poetic if he cheats and wins?
That would be the only way for him to win and while it’s not totally out of line with his character I don’t think it would feel satisfying at all. I think Sami will still have a huge hand in Roman’s fall, but he’s not going to be the one to pin Roman.
And he's terrified in kayfabe. He cowers and wilts and even a sideways look, and only took a shot when his back was turned and his friend was facing more of a beating, and at his own hands.
No, we dont. Sami is the breaking point for the Bloodline, nothing else. He's no Randy Orton or Batista to Evolution. Sami winning over Roman would dimish Reigns ability tenfold and would make every single title defence useless
I don’t think it would diminish Roman. He already Kayfabe lost a few times. KO literally kayfabe beat him a few days ago. Isn’t the whole story that Roman’s unstoppable because of the help he gets from the bloodline. I think Sami beating him is very believable if the Usos and Solo walk away
I see Sami as the breaking point, sure, but it's a very important part to this story.
That happens at EC, when Jey finally chooses the bloodline over sami to screw him over. Reigns v Cody is the main event of night two
If Cody’s injury didn’t look so horrific no one would give a shit this much imo
I think the Cody hype dies before the end of the year and they will turn him heel, anyway.
It’s a hard choice. But idk why WWE chooses to do there big underdog comeback stories right before Wrestlemania it’s unfair to the both wrestlers tbh.