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Post by The Rick Jericho on Apr 14, 2024 20:14:53 GMT -5
There's been a ton, which one was your favorite arc?
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Post by fw91 on Apr 14, 2024 20:43:27 GMT -5
This might sound weird, but this could have been remembered as a beautiful GOAT long term linear story if either the Uso's stayed together or if Jimmy just said he was jealous of Jey. Now it's just a great story with ups and downs.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Apr 15, 2024 5:04:46 GMT -5
This might sound weird, but this could have been remembered as a beautiful GOAT long term linear story if either the Uso's stayed together or if Jimmy just said he was jealous of Jey. Now it's just a great story with ups and downs. My favorite was the Sami Zayn trial, but I do give Roman and Heyman credit for not overstuffing Bloodline with too many members a la the nWo, so as dominant as they were it never came off as if they had a complete stranglehold on Smackdown. Like, a Bloodline PPV would have been even worse received than the first Souled Out. |
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Post by sportatorium on Apr 15, 2024 7:30:37 GMT -5
Sami's arc by a mile. Culminating with the title match in Montreal.
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Post by john84 on Apr 15, 2024 7:32:24 GMT -5
Sami Zayn arc. Sami is my favourite part of the whole Bloodline arc tbh.
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Post by bob on Apr 15, 2024 7:34:40 GMT -5
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Apr 15, 2024 7:35:08 GMT -5
This might sound weird, but this could have been remembered as a beautiful GOAT long term linear story if either the Uso's stayed together or if Jimmy just said he was jealous of Jey. Now it's just a great story with ups and downs. My favorite was the Sami Zayn trial, but I do give Roman and Heyman credit for not overstuffing Bloodline with too many members a la the nWo, so as dominant as they were it never came off as if they had a complete stranglehold on Smackdown. Like, a Bloodline PPV would have been even worse received than the first Souled Out. While this never crossed my mind, but say they did have one at Elimination Chamber: Bloodline. Solo vs. Jimmy vs. Jey vs. Rock vs. Roman vs. Men's Chamber Women's Chamber They could at least fill the card out. |
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Post by BRV on Apr 15, 2024 9:11:14 GMT -5
The life that Sami Zayn injected into The Bloodline cannot be overstated. Look at where that stable was prior to his entrance in spring of 2022 - the Usos were opening WrestleMania against the Mike's Hard Lemonade version of Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs and having meaningless six-minute tag title matches, and Roman Reigns was double champion but had just come off an absolutely heatless feud with Brock Lesnar.
If not for Sami Zayn, I really wonder how much The Bloodline would've had left going into the post-Vince era of fall/winter 2022. He CARRIED that group on his back during a time when wrestling is usually at its least interesting (October through January), and the two months or so that led up to his turning his back on them at Royal Rumble 2023 was about as perfect wrestling has ever been booked.
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Post by clc on Apr 15, 2024 9:36:51 GMT -5
Sami by far, though I still feel they dropped the ball there. Sami working his way up to Roman and losing is fine. The problem was after he loses to Roman then decides, "Well I'm not good enough for that so I guess I'll go after Roman's hired help". Which would still have been fine if it lead to Sami getting another crack at Roman.
Once Cody gets into the picture, the story becomes a meandering mess. I know everyone loves Cody, but his "story" boils down to "Do you know who my father is". Props to him as to how he could convince everyone that they should side with his dream of unfulfilled nepo babydom. Is he a star? Heck yes. Did everyone love it when he finally won? Absolutely. Even won me over. Was his story good on paper? No. After it all fell apart they managed to stitch together a good final act for the fall of Roman Reigns.
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Post by BRV on Apr 15, 2024 11:12:54 GMT -5
Sami by far, though I still feel they dropped the ball there. Sami working his way up to Roman and losing is fine. The problem was after he loses to Roman then decides, "Well I'm not good enough for that so I guess I'll go after Roman's hired help". Which would still have been fine if it lead to Sami getting another crack at Roman. Once Cody gets into the picture, the story becomes a meandering mess. I know everyone loves Cody, but his "story" boils down to "Do you know who my father is". Props to him as to how he could convince everyone that they should side with his dream of unfulfilled nepo babydom. Is he a star? Heck yes. Did everyone love it when he finally won? Absolutely. Even won me over. Was his story good on paper? No. After it all fell apart they managed to stitch together a good final act for the fall of Roman Reigns. Sami Zayn's story was never Sami versus Roman. It was about Sami's fight for acceptance and his realization that the one person who'd always accepted him and loved him had been there the whole time, waiting for him to realize he didn't need to become something he wasn't to get in the good graces of The Bloodline, he needed to be himself. And the people in The Bloodline who'd pushed him the hardest to become someone he wasn't were The Usos, because he was never fighting for Roman's acceptance - he was fighting for Jey's acceptance. Roman Reigns liked Sami Zayn because he made him laugh, but he always saw Sami as a means to an end, cannon fodder to keep his title reign going - but that's how he sees everyone in The Bloodline. The same goes for Jimmy and Solo. But it was Jey who truly didn't like, trust, or want Sami around - maybe out of his own fear that the more The Bloodline liked Sami, the less they'd need him around. And because the story was always about Sami fighting for acceptance, it bothered him the most that Jey never accepted him. |
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Post by LiamMcDuggle on Apr 15, 2024 11:57:40 GMT -5
Me thinks we'll get a Bloodline 1.0 (Usos & Roman) vs Bloodline 2.0 (Tonga, Final Boss, Solo) at one point.
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Post by XIII on Apr 15, 2024 12:13:43 GMT -5
The Sami arc. I still wish that he had won in Montreal, even more so now because giving him that win and having Roman win it back probably wouldn’t have changed much in the grand scheme of things. Montreal was ready to explode and then HHH blueballed them.
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Post by welshpenguin on Apr 15, 2024 16:21:57 GMT -5
I absolutely loved the Sami storyline, some of the best tv I can remember. Same with Jey finally turning. But ultimately there wouldn’t have even been a Bloodline without my boy Roman becoming the Tribal Chief so I had to pick that one ☝🏽
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