Bloodline 2.0 Thread: WARGAMES vs. Bloodline 1.0

[lionheart21]

Aug 3, 2024 23:55:23 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Aug 3, 2024 23:50:39 GMT -5 Nosnorb said:

Nothing Solo has said or done since 'mania has convinced me that he is a main event level talent, he just doesn't have it. If he did, he wouldn't have been put into this storyline which is telling us that he is nothing more than a bargain bin Tribal Chief and a Summerslam main event which was all about the return of Roman.

It felt telling tonight that the crowd started out chanting "F*** you Solo!" and within five minutes was basically dead silent.

Which is like the absolute last thing that you want to hear, especially for someone you are trying to push as a main-eventer

[hashtagdaley/JudasDay]

Hopefully they just stay within their bloodline bubble now. I cannot wait for this to finally be over. 😴

[Nosnorb]

Aug 3, 2024 22:38:15 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

I’m not sure they can do this big epic feud without Jacob, honestly. Solo sucks, Tama is good, but Tanga is worse than Solo. They may want to consider making this a three month thing. Get through Survivor Series and move on.

It feels like one of the reasons why Solo was given the role of usurper is because he isn't all that good, dude has none of the swag of Roman and the narrative has been that he's a Temu Tribal Chief.

Without Jacob, the New Bloodline looks pretty thin.

[ChitownKnight]

Not gonna lie, seeing Roman spear Solo felt pretty surreal. It seemed like those two were the only ones on the same page for the last 2 years

[Nosnorb]

Aug 4, 2024 10:35:50 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

Not gonna lie, seeing Roman spear Solo felt pretty surreal. It seemed like those two were the only ones on the same page for the last 2 years

Solo wasn't part of The Bloodline because Roman asked him to be, the elders sent him to serve as the enforcer. Reigns was shown to be scared of Solo and the two did nearly come to blows on a few occasions in ring. Also Solo no doubt felt huge resentment that a year after he was thrown out onto the streets, Roman got signed to WWE. Solo was always just biding his time and it arrived when he was left in charge of The Bloodline when Roman left after his loss to Cody.

Given just how different Solo is in personality to his older brothers and his cousin, it felt normal that Roman would come back and deck Sikoa.

[67 more]

Adore Loa somehow managing to miss the corner. I'll give benefit of the doubt because he's wearing an eyepatch but still.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Not going to beat these NWO 2000 allegations... made by me.

[Nosnorb]

Jacob Fatu now has his own Bio on the WWE website.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Aug 4, 2024 10:23:12 GMT -5 Nosnorb said:

Aug 3, 2024 22:38:15 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

I’m not sure they can do this big epic feud without Jacob, honestly. Solo sucks, Tama is good, but Tanga is worse than Solo. They may want to consider making this a three month thing. Get through Survivor Series and move on.

It feels like one of the reasons why Solo was given the role of usurper is because he isn't all that good, dude has none of the swag of Roman and the narrative has been that he's a Temu Tribal Chief.

Without Jacob, the New Bloodline looks pretty thin.

"boo him because he's terrible" is not really a great character for a main eventer...

[Tom Turkey]

Aug 4, 2024 10:35:50 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

Not gonna lie, seeing Roman spear Solo felt pretty surreal. It seemed like those two were the only ones on the same page for the last 2 years

And doing so as the apparent babyface, when it was always assumed Solo would be beat up as a heel punishment by Roman.

[Nosnorb]

Anyone else, after watching Solo for the past few months, have the feeling that Rikishi maybe was right to give up on and abandon him?

[King Devitt: What Plants Crave]

Aug 5, 2024 17:29:42 GMT -5 Nosnorb said:

Anyone else, after watching Solo for the past few months, have the feeling that Rikishi maybe was right to give up on and abandon him?

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[Cranjis McBasketball]

Aug 5, 2024 17:29:42 GMT -5 Nosnorb said:

Anyone else, after watching Solo for the past few months, have the feeling that Rikishi maybe was right to give up on and abandon him?

Him not being a 100% convincing heel leader of a faction is reason enough to abandon your child.

One day my dad is going to come back with those cigarettes and I’ll wave them in mom’s face!!!

[BorneAgain]

Given that WWE has been paying greater attention to continuity, it would probably help Bloodline 2.0 to effectively use their numbers game on Roman for a while and the latter having little aid because most the babyfaces want nothing to do with him. If/when Jimmy comes back, him outright being cold towards Reigns and only helping him because he simply hates Solo more would be a solid start to the Roman having to slowly gain the trust of former allies.

[Jindrak Mark]

Aug 5, 2024 20:03:52 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

Given that WWE has been paying greater attention to continuity, it would probably help Bloodline 2.0 to effectively use their numbers game on Roman for a while and the latter having little aid because most the babyfaces want nothing to do with him. If/when Jimmy comes back, him outright being cold towards Reigns and only helping him because he simply hates Solo more would be a solid start to the Roman having to slowly gain the trust of former allies.

Logically that's what has to happen. Survivor Series and the expected war games match is still 3 months away so Roman (and maybe Jimmy too) needs to take a beating or two in the next month or two and fall to the numbers game before they get to him reconciling with Jey and Sami who should be hesitant at first.

Hell, just re-do the Rollins/Ambrose thing from 2017. Have Roman try to apologize to them and they want nothing to do with it at first then over the weeks Roman saves them from beatings and stuff and closer to the PPV they finally embrace to the big pop.

[BRV]

It sure feels like we're trending toward The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes and Solo Sikoa vs. Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 41, and that's not an idea I agree with.

First, The Rock is 52 years old and has wrestled one legitimate match in the last decade. Do we really think his body will hold up to get to a hypothetical Rock-Reigns match in 2026?

Second, I don't see how Solo Sikoa can last the next eight months as a legitimate challenger for Roman Reigns. All it took was one Superman punch and one spear to render him back to what he was before WrestleMania XL.

Third, if there should be any OG Bloodline vs. New Bloodline match at WrestleMania in Las Vegas, it should be Roman vs. Jacob Fatu. He's only been around for like a month and Jacob Fatu already has the aura and presence of a legitimate star, and he overshadows Solo Sikoa whenever they share the same space.

[Tom Turkey]

I think Solo vs. Roman happens before WM, as will Rock vs. Cody.

[Jindrak Mark]

Aug 5, 2024 23:05:21 GMT -5 Tom Turkey said:

I think Solo vs. Roman happens before WM, as will Rock vs. Cody.

I'm hoping for Cody/Rock either at the Rumble or maybe slim chance of the Raw Netflix debut if they want that to be huge. Cody wins when Roman stops Bloodline interference and you get the first face Roman v heel Rock face-off leading to their Mania match.

Now maybe that won't be possible. If Rock's filming a movie in January and only available for Mania then obviously that scenario can't happen but I'd really rather Roman/Rock and Cody/Orton (or maybe Cody/Punk?) at Mania than Cody/Rock and Roman/Solo.

I think Roman will be done with Solo before Mania season though. I can see a singles match in September or October then war games at Survivor Series. Even if Rock faces Cody at Mania and Roman faces a Bloodline guy I think it would be Jacob by that point, not Solo.

[Tom Turkey]

Aug 6, 2024 12:13:09 GMT -5 Jindrak Mark said:

Aug 5, 2024 23:05:21 GMT -5 Tom Turkey said:

I think Solo vs. Roman happens before WM, as will Rock vs. Cody.

I'm hoping for Cody/Rock either at the Rumble or maybe slim chance of the Raw Netflix debut if they want that to be huge. Cody wins when Roman stops Bloodline interference and you get the first face Roman v heel Rock face-off leading to their Mania match.

Now maybe that won't be possible. If Rock's filming a movie in January and only available for Mania then obviously that scenario can't happen but I'd really rather Roman/Rock and Cody/Orton (or maybe Cody/Punk?) at Mania than Cody/Rock and Roman/Solo.

I think Roman will be done with Solo before Mania season though. I can see a singles match in September or October then war games at Survivor Series. Even if Rock faces Cody at Mania and Roman faces a Bloodline guy I think it would be Jacob by that point, not Solo.

Rock/Cody at Mania with Roman facing Jacob Fatu could work. I'd go as far as even letting Jacob the the win over Roman. Would give him a big marquee moment.

[Renslayer]

I have a sneaking feeling that rock is gonna screw roman over if he enters the royal rumble