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WWE’s Problem with Roman Reigns

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Despite months of building The Bloodline storyline and making Sami Zayn a popular babyface with fans, WWE have decided his match with Roman Reigns for the title will be at (what has increasingly become) a throwaway Premium Live Event before Reigns turns his attention to his “real” challenger in Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes (who I’d only give a 50/50 chance at beating him). Leaving him, or Rhodes if successful, no one else of main event caliber to feud with on the entire roster following Wrestlemania. How did we get here?

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WWE Royal Rumble 2022

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  • Title: Royal Rumble (2022)
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Continuing its stumble towards WrestleMania, the 2022 Royal Rumble offered few surprises, a number of older faces, a glut of mid-card talent,  the absence of several big names, and a smattering of “celebrity” appearances.

Brock Lesnar, after being cheated out of the title in a match earlier in the evening, entered the lackluster main event Men’s Royal Rumble Match securing his spot against Roman Reigns (who successfully defended his title earlier in the evening against Seth Rollins) in the main event at WrestleMania. The Woman’s Rumble wasn’t much more interesting, nor was the winner any shock to fans, but did feature a number of former WWE Superstars returning including Melina, Kelly Kelly, Mickie James, and Sarah Logan.

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WWE Day 1 (2022)

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  • Title: WWE Day 1 (2022)
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One of the better WWE “premium live events” in recent memory, WWE Day 1 offered a major shake-up to the card with news breaking that morning that Roman Reigns (who was the sole wrestler on the original promotional poster for the event) had tested positive for COVID. This caused the cancelling the scheduled main event and adding challenger Brock Lesnar to fatal four-way match making it a fatal five-way as WWE seemed determined to get a major title on Lesnar no matter what.

The unexpected shake-up of the card helped wake WWE from it’s sleepwalking booking style of the last six months (although sadly the practice would resume once Roman Reigns returned from his short hiatus). The result was some genuine surprise over a WWE show which fans have seen damn little of recently.

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News and Notes

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EA has announced three new Star Wars games including a new entry in the Star Wars Jedi series, a new first-person shooter, and a strategy game.

Bleacher Report, picking up on a story from David Meltzer, is reporting that not only might Ronda Rousey return to the WWE as part of this weekend’s Royal Rumble but possible plans for her may include a rematch for her against Becky Lynch at Wrestlemania.

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