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Today we’ll obviously be talking about the
big return of Roman Reigns
WWE was really running with the caption “You’ll
never see it coming” for this years Summerslam
event and it was hard to really break that
down and know what they meant by that
But now that we’ve seen Summerslam, it’s
obvious what they were hinting too
The Summerslam catchphrase of “You’ll
never see it coming” was in reference to
Roman Reigns’ Return, meaning that we won’t
see it coming and to be honest, I was really
surprised with Roman’s return and didn’t
see it coming in this specific moment
There’s been a lot of reports in recent
weeks about Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar
returning to the WWE because of the move to
the ThunderDome
Everyone was taking about that report and
it obviously seems like it was true.
If we just got Roman’s return, it’s safe
to assume that Brock Lesnar’s return could
be around the corner as well
But let’s focus on Roman’s return because
there’s a lot to touch on there
This is as Roman’s first time in the ring
since this entire situation started back in
March
Roman’s Summerslam appearance was a real
surprise to me because I thought he was no
where near returning at all.
especially after WWE had a little performance
center outbreak a few months back
WWE just aired their documentary on the WWE
Network about the backstage production of
Wrestlemania 36
It was a great WWE network special itself,
but one thing that stood out to be was the
structure backstage
They probably had dozens of people in the
performance center, all on top of each other
and obviously by the Wrestlemania network
special, we can see that there were barely
any face coverings or anything like that being
worn backstage
Mind you that all this was being filmed in
that first week of April, during one of the
peaks, and just looking at the network special,
it really didn’t look like safest place
to be in the world especially in April
The special did show that WWE was doing questionnaires
and temperature checks, but I don’t know...it
just looked a bit hectic and too busy in there
This is also around the same time that Roman
Reigns left the WWE, so maybe he had a quick
look around the performance center that week
and made his decision to sit out
Braun Strowman talked about Roman’s decision
during the network special and said that Roman’s
a great man and made the right decision.
Strowman also gave thanks to Roman because
that decision obviously allowed strowman to
accomplish his dream
But Roman Reigns is now fully back.
Roman’s return also let’s me know that
things must really be more secure backstage
with the protection of the talent and the
whole procedure
Roman clearly stated that he wouldn’t be
back until that threat was gone, so Roman
coming back gives me that feeling that things
must be really safe Backstage compared to
how it was a few months ago, so that’s a
great thing for all the talent backstage
Roman’s return just gives me that sort of
security that everything is safe Backstage
right now
So let’s talk about Roman’s return and
his overall storyline direction
Reports are claiming that this was one of
the most top secret surprises WWE has pulled
off in quite sometime
Obviously they were hinting at something big
with the “you’ll never see it coming”
tag line for Summerslam, but still no one
was aware of what it actually was
Not even a majority of the people backstage.
WWE creative members were in complete shock
when they saw Roman because Roman was being
held in a secret place right until the main
event was about to end, so there was no time
for any rumors to start circulating online
Roman Reigns and Vince McMahon were basically
the only ones aware of what was going to happen
Which is a great thing because if other people
saw him backstage then they would’ve started
spreading it like crazy
So no one knew about this it all.
If there’s any insider, reporter, wrestling
news site, or anything like that who claims
they knew all along, but was keeping it a
secret...chances are they’re seriously lying.
If they knew, they would’ve spoiled it and
broke the story
Unless your source was Vince McMahon or Roman
Reigns, no one knew about this until the last
few moments of the main event
Roman’s new t-shirt was also kept off the
radars
Usually, WWE would advertise and promote new
t-shirts early on, but in this unique case,
the shirt design was not seen at all or put
on the shop until after the Summerslam main
event
Let’s take a look at the shirt and how the
return played out
Roman comes out from where the crowd would
be, right behind the commentators
That’s a nice touch, sort of like a small
shield reference with him running in from
the outside to take out Bray Wyatt and Braun
Strowman
Roman heads into the ring to spear the new
universal champion The Fiend and he takes
out Braun Strowman as well
Roman stands over Braun and says "I made you,
you ain't a monster unless I'm here”
Roman then goes to the fiend and says “This
has always been mine, you're just a freak
in a mask.
You can't handle this responsibility”
Absolutely loved those lines there by Roman.
These are two huge monster superstars that
he’s targeting yet he’s telling them off
like if they’re no one
Saying that Braun isn’t a monster and that
the fiend is just a freak in a mask
I loved those lines there by Roman and it
was great to see him back, but the only tricky
part is figuring out what he is
Obviously it seemed like The Fiend was turning
babyface and Braun Strowman was the heel here
in this specific match
Roman Reigns attacked the both of them, so
what does that really make him out to be?
Is he the heel for attacking Bray Wyatt or
is he the face for taking out Braun Strowman?
I see everyone online screaming about this
being a heel turn, but I didn’t really see
it being that at all
I think Roman reigns is one of those characters
that will never fully turn heel.
Maybe he’ll get more edgy, but I don’t
think he’ll be a full blown heel
If anything, that’s what my thoughts are
on Roman Reigns.
I think he’s still basically his babyface
self, but a more edgy version
Sort of like a neutral character.
Like what Charlotte Flair was after this year’s
Wrestlemania.
Charlotte wrestled as a babyface one week,
but would act heel the following week
I think that’s the sort of character that
we can expect to see from this version of
Roman reigns
He doesn’t care if you’re a good guy or
a bad guy, if you’re in his way and stopping
him from reaching his goal, he’s gonna take
you out
That’s how I read his character just from
his Summerslam appearance alone
Let’s talk about his shirt and another fan
theory
Roman’s shirt says “wreck everyone and
leave”
Does that quote remind you of anyone?
Fans seem to relate Roman’s shirt quote
with the group retribution
Retribution is all about wrecking everything
and leaving.
So this new fan theory claims Roman Reigns
to be the leader of retribution, so let’s
get into that right now
I honestly this this theory and idea is a
bit of a reach, but I could understand why
it’s popular
Retribution continues to grow its number of
members.
Just look at Smackdown, there was so much
members at Smackdown and the number has really
grown a lot since we saw the original 5 members
We still don’t know what retribution wants.
This is something I touched on before, it’ll
be nice to maybe have a leader or spokesperson
for the group that can explain why they’re
doing all this
But the fan theory is for Roman to be that
leader
Roman obviously didn’t walk down the ramp
with his music playing, he ran in from the
outside similar to retribution and he just
tore everything apart
So I can see the similarities and the comparisons,
but I honestly think this theory is too much
of reach, but I do like it.
It would be interesting to see something like
that where Roman or another big star is revealed
to be the leader and then we get the explanation
for retribution’s actions
But it looks like Roman Reigns will really
be focusing his attention on getting that
universal title, so I’ll be interesting
to see Bray Wyatt vs Roman Reigns for the
universal title
This was originally going to be the main event
of Wrestlemania 36 before Goldberg got involved,
but we finally get a chance to see how that
story will play out and how Bray will respond
to Roman
What are your thoughts on the big surprising
return of Roman Reigns?
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