We knew that WWE had something big planned for SmackDown at Madison Square Garden coming off of a red-hot show in Chicago.
This took it to another level as it was the new version of The Bloodline, led by Solo Sikoa, taking out Paul Heyman and putting him through the announce table.
Yes, Paul Heyman does a stretcher job at MSG.
What a perfect way to end what was a really good SmackDown, and one that the atmosphere and the reaction when paul heyman said the words “I acknowledge that you are not my Tribal Chief,” it changed everything for The Bloodline.
Everything has now changed with the Paul Heyman attack and beatdown because we have reached the point of no return with this Bloodline story, and now we know that all the pieces are exactly sort of where they need to be to to get this in the direction that we’ve all thought would happen at some point down the road:
The Roman Reigns return, and the reuniting of The Original Bloodline, which could involve not only The Usos, but perhaps Sami Zayn as well, and then take us into a new stratosphere when it comes to the heat surrounding this particular feud right now.
We did the video looking at all the potential scenarios regarding what could they do here.
We knew they were going to do something huge, and we knew it had to be a meaningful step in the direction of getting you closer to that Roman Reigns return.
All you do is take out The Wiseman and that changes the game, and that’s what they did here. They raise the stakes, and that’s what you have to do to get it now to that point to where this is a molten hot sort of situation.
We’re all waiting to see what is going to be the reaction of the true Tribal Chief Roman Reigns, and how does he respond to The Wiseman – his confidant, the person who has been by his side throughout this entire run – how is he going to react now that they went that far to put Paul Heyman through a table?
He was stretchered out, put in the ambulance, and sent to the hospital.
Some people would say that is cinema, right?
And the execution of it, I think, was the most important part because you had kind of that tension there. Solo was getting the acknowledgment from everyone in the group to where you’ve got Tama Tonga stepping up and acknowledging him. You’ve got Tonga Loa stepping up and acknowledging him. Jacob Fatu steps up and acknowledges him.
And by the way, Jacob Fatu’s presence on screen: I know you guys saw this, but like it is incredible because he’s back there where he’s just waiting. He wants to sink his teeth in someone. Like he is pacing around back and forth and you’re like, this is the kind of guy that this group really needed to take it to the next level.
He was the perfect choice to make this group feel authentic. Jacob Fatu is the game-changer. We mentioned it, Triple H mentioned it. It’s kind of the phrase used for him.
And so, and then you had Heyman being the one that had to acknowledge Solo and then that line was just tremendous. And so, you establish what you need to establish.
As we said, going in, Solo has his group just the same way that Roman had his group. Solo is the Roman. You have Jacob Fatu in the Solo role. You’ve got Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa in The Usos role. And so it all sets up perfectly.
They didn’t need Paul Heyman anymore. They didn’t need their wise man. You know, Solo’s the wise man. He didn’t need Paul Heyman. This was the final breaking point. Solo was going to put himself in the role of Roman Reigns, and that was too far for Paul Heyman.
He could not let it get to that point. He could not acknowledge another Tribal Chief.
He could only acknowledge his, and that is the Head of the Table, Roman Reigns.
Watch the video below for my FULL thoughts on The Bloodline’s attack on Paul Heyman and what it means for Roman Reigns’ potential return at WWE SummerSlam.