This Bloodline Segment Was Fantastic...Solo Got A Great Reaction From The Crowd

What's good y'all? It's your boy Ross back at again with another video. And man oh man, this Monday Night Raw was pretty damn good. I enjoyed majority of this show. We got some things to talk about, man. We got the whole Bron Breaker and and Oba Feimi with Paul Heyaymon's involvement. We got the bloodline segment at the end of the show that we got to talk about. And we got to talk about that great match between Rey Mysterio and um and Chad Gable for the Intercontinental Championship. This was a good show, man. This was definitely a good show and I like what uh the the stories that they're trying to build up and tell going forward as we head into Sunday night's main event and then after that, Money in the Bank and how those stories will play out. So, I'm going to talk about more the the things that I really was interested in. I'm not going to do a whole breakdown of the show, but I am going to talk about some of the things I was really interested in. Um, they started off the show with uh Stephanie basically calling out Liv Morgan, Liv Morgan coming out there with her Judgement Day friends and Raquel and Roxan. And it was basically a threeon-one situation. Stephanie wanted to smoke and Liv is there to oblige to give her the smoke. So, it would be a threeon-one situation. Then all of a sudden, Becky comes out there to try to assist and they end up, you know, clearing out the ring and then they end up kind of butting heads with each other as well. Then it devolves into more chaos and ultimately the judgment day ladies end up standing tall and uh there's a backstage segment after this initial segment where Stephanie and Becky started you know going at each other like look man I just want you to know like I ain't [snorts] really need your help. This is pretty much what Stephanie's saying and Becky's like, "Man, you kind of messed things up out there." And they having this tension right now. And next week, I believe Stephanie is supposed to have a match with Roxan. And Becky's like, "Look, I'mma watch, but you know how this is going to go. No way this is going to end in a fair one-on-one. So, good luck to you." So, they're building up this tension between Stephanie and Becky, which I like. And it's all for the women's world championship. And uh I'm I'm interested to see how this going to play out. I do think we're probably going to get that triple threat. It just makes sense. Uh we get the triple threat between Liv, Becky, and um and Stephanie. So, I think that could be very, very interesting. So, I did like that. And I like what they're doing right now with the women's world he uh world championship right now. It's finally getting some much needed attention that it deserves and hopefully they can build off of that. Next, I want to continue talking about the ladies. Here we got to talk about Lyra finally having a match on Monday Night Raw, not main event versus Soul Ruka. And this was a good match as well. I enjoyed this. I just wish this was something we could have seen like maybe right after Lyra's heel turn and packing up uh Bailey. I think this would have been nice to build that momentum and to build up that jealousy that she would have for Soul Ruka, but they didn't do that. Um, they started it now, but I think this could have benefited them really building that story up. Um, but this was a good match. I was surprised with the winner. I thought that maybe Lyra was going to sneak the win here by cheating or of some sort, but no, Lyra lost clean in this match. She lost. I don't think the feud is over. I think they're gonna set up something again, but I was really thinking that maybe Lyra was gonna get the win here, but they did not do that. And when you're talking about trying to create momentum, especially for a heel character, I think they need to get some wins even if they're cheating. Now, she's been getting wins on Main Event, and I've been seeing some of those clips, but that's main event. Most people don't watch Main Event. Most people don't even know it's a thing outside of Saturday night's main event or Sunday night's main event. So, when you're talking to the casual audience that doesn't know that they haven't seen her since Saturday night's main event, really, then it's like then she loses for the casual fan. It's like, how do we take Lyra serious? She just look crazy, but she's still taking losses. Like, how are we supposed to take her seriously, you know? So, I think she could have benefited more with getting the win there, but I do think they're going to extend this further. The question becomes, will it be entertaining enough for people to care about? So, we'll see how that plays out. Um, next we got to talk about um Brock and not Brock, um, Braun and Oba. So, Oba, no, Braun Breaker's doing an interview with the rest of the division. They're talking about stuff they don't, you know, we don't really care about. But the interviewer gets to Braun. Bronn is just staring off in the space and basically she, you know, she asked him what do you, you know, how do you feel about uh Oba, saying that he's the future? And then he's like, you know what? I'm going to go out there and tell him to his face. So he goes out to the ring and he calls out Oba Femi. And then [snorts] that's when um Paul Heymon comes out there. Paul Heymon comes out there and he's trying to talk to to to Brawn about what's going on here. And that's when Oba finally comes out. Oba comes out there and he makes it very simple. He's like, "Look, look, the people know it. I know it. And you know it. I'm the future. So if you have a problem with me being the future, then hey, we can settle it. We we can fix that problem right now. He's very simple. Like, you know, I'm the future. Like, cut it out. Stop it. So, Braun's like, "Hey, well, let's settle it right now. Let's see who's really the future right now." And then that's when Paul's like, "No, no, no, no. the future of the business of the company understands that you don't just make random matches, you build them up. You you set up money making matches. So, you already talked to Adam Pierce and at Sunday night's main event in Atlanta in uh Braun Breakers hometown, they they're going to have a one-on-one match. And Braun was smiling because he like he got homefield advantage. He's feeling good about himself. just sitting there. He's like, "All right, cool." And then afterwards, he gets out of the ring and he's he's feeling good. But then he sees Paul Heymon shakes Oba hand and he's looking like, "What the hell?" Just like we was looking on the stream like, "Wait, what the hell's going on here?" So, I did find that very interesting. I don't know what that means, y'all. It could mean that maybe there's some type of working business relationship between Oba and Paul Heyaymon. If you guys remember on the first go around when they were building up the Wrestlemania match between Oba and Brock, Paul did mention when it's all said and done and Brock retires, hangs it up, I would more than welcome being your advocate, Oba. He actively put that out there. I'm not saying that's what's going to happen, but that that does leave some room for speculation. That's all I'm saying. I don't know if that's going to be the case, but it does seem as of right now they have some type of working relationship and obviously Bond Breaker is confused and not really rocking with that. So, they do have a contract signing next week, and I'm gonna be very interested in seeing, okay, what type of conversations are going to be had? Will there be some type of conversations separate outside of Braun Breaker with Paul Heyaymon? And how's Braum really going to feel about that? Is he going to express his concerns that they've become real buddy buddy after Brock Lesnar got, you know, sentence to retirement? But we gotta talk about and give proper respect and love to the Intercontinental Championship match between Chad Gable and Rey Mysterio. This match was great, bro. This was so damn good. The crowd brought the energy throughout the entire match. This was great. This was, in my opinion, one of the better Monday Night Raw televised matches of the year. It was that good. It's PL worthy. This could have been put on any PO and I think people would have appreciated it. Much respect to Ray being at the age that he is and still going out there and giving you something that you can really be entertained by. It just shows how how good he is, bro. You wouldn't have think you would not think he's up in age. The way he was moving out there, we know he had some issues with his knees over the years, but he was just making it look like he like it was easy. Chad Gable, we know his work rate. He's fantastic. Nice back and forth. There was one point in this match where he ended up hitting him with the uh the 619 around the ring post to then him with the 619 uh through the ropes and then go went up top. And I'm thinking, wait a minute, he could actually win this. And ultimately, it didn't go out that way. It was a kick out, bro. The the transitions into the rollup pins and stuff. This was so good. Nice back and forth. Crowd was bringing the energy when they really thought Ray was about to win it. And even when Ray wasn't about to win it, they didn't even have him tap out. This was just really good. This was great match and shows that Ray can still go out there in the ring, give you something, a 15 minute, 20 minute match and you'll be thoroughly entertained. This was really great. Go back and watch this. And if we're going to be getting matches like this, quality like this um from Gable, I think the Intercontinental Championship is in great hands. This was great. Now, we can talk about obviously the main event segment with um Jacob, not Jacob, uh Solo being delivered to Roman. Solo lost last week to Jay in their match and if he lost, he had to come back to the bloodline. So the entire show they're, you know, they're talking about this. You have Jimmy and Jay just kind of making fun of Solo Pew Pew and saying, "Hey, you got to come back home now. You part of this now." And even they were talking to Jacob. And this is very important. We didn't realize it, but they were talking to Jacob and and Jay was like, "Hey man, I did something that your punk ass couldn't do." You know, basically trying to one up him, saying, "Hey, bro. I did something you couldn't do. And Jacob's like, "But you didn't do it by yourself." He's like, "It doesn't matter. I got the job done." Right? So, we get out there and he calls out Solo. Jimmy and Jay come out there with Solo. And this is why I enjoy when Roman's the bad guy. last week, past couple weeks, if you didn't think he was the bad guy, I you just you just don't want to admit it. This week even solidified it more. When Roman's a heel in this gimmick, it's better for everybody. Yeah, you can acknowledge him and and and and put your ones up because he's a cool bad guy, but nevertheless, when he gets into this the tyrannical bag, this is where it's like, okay, he's clearly not the good guy here. He's clearly, you know, he's he's got this this this mindset that he's going to take over WWE by any by any means necessary with his family by his side. And honestly, it's the best version of Roman Reigns. And I hope they continue to doing this because he doesn't need to be a baby face. He just needs to be the guy, the tribal chief that will do whatever it takes to win at some point, even if it means using his family to get the job done. So Roman is, you know, basically talking to Solo. He's like, "Bro, seeing you right now just pisses me off. Like this has been going on for a few years now. In fact, when I beat you on the very the first ep episode of Raw on Netflix, when I beat you and took the Ulfala, that should have been the end of it. But it wasn't. It wasn't the end of it. And he had a video package showing what happened there and all the things that Solo has said over the years. And I love how they come back from the video package and Solo got his shades like, "Oh, that was me. Oh [ __ ] my bad." You know what I'm saying? Like Solo's still being jokey without even saying anything, right? So he's telling the crowd like, "See, y'all think it's fun in games, but it's not fun in games." He's like, "Oh, you Mr. Cool Guy now. You got your got your nice little watch." You know, Roman be pock he be watching He be pocket watching other people's watches now because he's in the watches now. He has a great collection. So he be shaving other people. I see you got your little watch there. You got your little chains, then you got your got your glasses. He takes the glasses off, stomps on them. They probably some Cardier that look like it look expensive. Stomps on them. And he's like, "Bro, the fact that you were looking me in my eyes right now pisses me off. You should be on your knees." You like, you know, begging for mercy and forgiveness. And that's when Jacob had enough. He ends up super kicking him, beating him up, breaking him down. He uh he puts the uh uh the the uh uh the death grip on him. He puts the death grip on him and Solo's getting choked out. And then finally he tells him to stop. He tells Solo, not Solo, uh Jacob. He tells Jacob, "Stop attacking him. Hold on. We going to get back to Solo. But first things first, we got to handle some business." And he goes to the ring and he gets like these black olafalas. He's like basically like look Jimmy and Jay or Jay and Jimmy they ran the play. They they I called it they ran the play and they took care of business and these are my first captains. So if you disrespect Jimmy and Jay that's basically you disrespecting me. Now, this was very interesting because when they got these black oolafalas, Jacob didn't get nothing. In fact, Jacob just was sitting there. He was looking confused. He was looking like, "Wait, what the fuck?" Like, he he it looked like his feelings were hurt cuz he didn't get nothing. Jimmy and Jay are now first captains. And if anybody says anything, and I'm sure it's going to be brought back up, even if Jacob, who has words for Jimmy and Jay, a lot of times, if you disrespect them now, that's like disre disrespecting Roman. And you know, they're going to use that. You know, they're going to hold that over Jacob and it's going to cause some issues. And even tonight, you started to see it. So, Jacob already looks annoyed by this. Like, what the [ __ ] And then they turn back to solo. That's when LA Knight comes out there. You know LA Knight, he's always down to get his ass beat. He don't come out there with no weapons. He just comes out there by himself. He dispatched Jimmy and Jay over the top rope. And then he's facing down Roman. But that's when that's when he ends up attacking uh Jacob. He ends up attacking LA Knight. Well, he's about to attack LA Knight and then that's when Roman steps in. That's when Roman steps in because I believe he ends up hitting um he ends up hitting LA Knight with the the Superman punch and that's when Roman steps in like, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'mma need you to chill out. I got this. I'mma I'mma [ __ ] slap him up. Don't don't even worry about that." Right. So after that, they pick up LA Knight and they end up telling Jacob, "Stay in the corner. We got this." And they want Solo. They want Solo to Samo and Spike LA night. They're holding him up. Jimmy and Jay. And you hear Solo saying, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Roman's like, "Man, don't be sorry. Hit him. End him. He's not your family. I'm your family." And then he goes for the Samoan spike and he hits Roman Reigns with the Samoan spike to a huge pop. Oh, this was such a great moment for Solo. Bro, this instantly reminded me when Sami Zayn turned on the bloodline and hit Roman with the steel chair. It instantly gave me that vibe. This was so dope to see Solo. He said no with one samo Samo and Spike. He said no, I'm not coming back. So afterwards, you have Jimmy and Jay trying to plead like what the hell is going on? Like what what's happening here? They're confused. So then they end up fighting. You end up getting Jay thrown out the ring and then Jay ends up hitting uh I think Jay ends up hitting uh not Jay Solo ends up hitting Jay on the outside. He does a yeet that hits him with a Samoan spike on the outside by the timekeepers area. Roman is still in the ring. He's selling the effects of it. But then Jacob, he's still in the corner. All this is happening. Jacob is still in the corner. LA Knight gets up. He's looking at him like, "What? You going you gonna you gonna listen to him? You gonna listen to your master?" Roman is trying to load up the Superman punch that he ends up scouting it. He ends up realizing what's about to happen and he ends up turning it into the BFT. Uh LA Knight hits Roman with the BFT in the ring and Jacob does nothing. He's just looking at him. Doesn't do anything cuz remember Roman told him to chill. He got this. So, he doesn't do nothing. And then that's when Solo and LA Knight, they fist bump and they get out the ring. And I like this so much because there's different layers to this story. First off, you got Solo saying, "No, I'm not coming back." Hitting Roman with the Samoan Spike. Basically drawing the line in the Samoan saying, letting it be known, I don't give a damn. I'm not coming back to you. So, I like that there. You already have that story there. I can easily see at some point maybe they having Solo versus Roman for the WWE Champ uh WWE World Heavyweight Championship. I think with the reactions he's been getting and how much of a baby face he is at this point. I think people would buy in and want to see Solo versus Roman at some point potentially this year if they decide to do that. So, that was great. the reaction Solo got. I don't think I've ever heard him get a pop that loud. That was fantastic as well. Then the addition of LA Knight trying to maneuver through this new version of Bloodline, trying to get his fair ones with Roman Reigns. Then the addition of Jimmy and Jay getting these black olafalas basically saying their first captains. That's very interesting because, you know, it's going to create more dissension between Jimmy and Jay and Jacob cuz Jacob's going to feel slighted. Jacob's going to feel disrespected by them cuz they're going to pull that power card. You can't talk to us cuz Roman said if you disrespect us, you disrespect him. So, I like that. I like they're going to create issues within their family. Roman doesn't even realize he's done it. [music] There's multiple layers of this story that can go different ways. This was fantastic. Love this segment. Love where they're going with this. Solo is now becoming one of the newer baby faces on the roster and people are rocking with it. This is dope, man. This [music] was fantastic. Comment down below. Let me know. Did you guys enjoy this episode of Smackdown? What was your favorite part of the show? Did you guys enjoy that Bloodline segment? And where do you think things could possibly go heading towards uh Sunday night's main event and also Money in the Bank and most likely War Games? But I appreciate all love, support, road two, 200K. Appreciate y'all kicking with me. See you next one. Peace.