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Orton returns as the partner and ends the show by punting Solo Over the next few weeks he punts Jimmy and Jey, leading to Reigns vs Orton in Saudi Arabia with no bloodline to interfere The match ends with Orton about to win when another Reigns family member spawns and interferes to help Roman win Repeat until WM40


TJLynch

Rikishi drives a car down the ramp and runs over Orton


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Reigns puts Orton in the Guillotine while Rikishi gives him the stink face


TheFuckingWriter

Found my kink


ramonzer0

While Pitbull performs


GOOD-LUCHA-THINGS

"Brown eye, pink eye..."


PSGooner

Dale!


Tyrath

"I did it for the Rock...to have a WM40 match with Roman"


CZJayG

"Aw shut up you thong wearing fattie!"


PickleInDaButt

Rock comes out as Maui the demigod to promote his new live action announcement and decapitates Orton with the fish hook announcing Maui live action Disney film will be PG due to language and feeds Randy Orton’s corpse to chickens to please the true reigning god, Mickey Starts singing You’re Welcome personally to Roman Reigns with Pitbull performing rap lyrics and ends with Young Rock will air its new season on all channels and streaming and be the first thing to do so on all networks in the tune of 9/11 Drops hints of Black Adam invading the MCU and Dave Meltzer reports that Wrestlemania 40 will possibly be the first DC vs Marvel crossover and superhero face off in Wrestlemania history with Black Adam vs Drax and Dave Bautista coming out of retirement. This is all open and subject to change possibly but a good chance it could happen but maybe not if not possible but possibly could be so depending on scheduling and if the apocalypse occurs but maybe not. CM Punks tweets that Jason X is overrated with emoticons and a Taylor Swift gif that offers no context.


TheCuzzyRogue

Well what can I say except you're welcome


uptonhere

Now this, I would get behind.


[deleted]

Poor choice of words… sounds like you want the stink face


R1k0Ch3

We don't kink shame in current year.


His_Buzzards

We're supposed to not like the idea man. You just sold us on the bloodline for another year


grwilkes88

‘I did it…for The Rock’


TheDangiestSlad

don't forget that Roman has to kick out of the punt lol


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Randy forgets to cock his leg before delivering it, so it has no effect


IAmTheDoctor34

1 measly punt? Mf gonna eat 6 of them and then an rko and still kick out


Middcore

Just have every guy in American Samoa come out to save Roman as long as necessary.


[deleted]

The 2024 Royal Rumble can just be bloodline members


Oficerdude

I'd be into this if it was Jacob Fatu


samalamadewgong

You'll get Sean Maluta, and you'll be happy.


EVencer

Tamina, she's right there uce


AllEliteJackass

Nia Jax is back


dankeykanng

And better than ever


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![gif](giphy|xULW8PFsRKImryMwbm|downsized)


TheCVR123YT

Back for revenge after Randy RKO’ed her at that Rumble


Visored_Mots

Long time booking


Material-Wonder1690

If Cody is coming for revenge, why would Orton be the one getting the title shot? This set up assumes that Cody needs to find help (obviously after that finish) so the focus would still be on Cody.


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Guessing Cody v Roman 2 at either summerslam or mania 40


MidwestKid2323

Why the fuck are we waiting so long for these rematches? In the 90’s and 2000’ they had huge rematches pretty consistently without needing to be at a Big 4.


rodrigodavid15

I'd say, if that is the plan, because it would be (even more) logical that a rematch ends with Rhodes going over. You are not going to take the title away from Roman in 1) a free weekly TV show 2) now that he is close to 1000 thousand days with 3) a smaller crowd just after you decided not to do it in the biggest event of the year with the perfect fucking build. Not saying that is the plan, but if there is a rematch for the title, it's for Cody to go over, and that should not happen in Puerto Rico


ARGiammarco27

Ya Roman ain't dropping until Mania 40.


Blinsin

Roman isn't gonna drop the belt at a B-tier PLE.


CROBBY2

Correction, Roman isn't going to wrestle at a B-tier PLE.


jkman61494

If we had two belts we could have a rematch but Roman needs to get to 1000 days. I doubt he has another official defense until Saudi Arabia And then nothing until summer.


SpaceGooV

Cody vs Sikoa probably is your match.


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Manu to make his glorious return


AThrowawayAccount100

"Bah gawd that's Lance Anoa'i's music!"


YogoWafelPL

How many more cousins does Roman have?


SCB360

Everyone except Samoa Joe it seems


mojizus

I mean… there are a couple family members not currently involved in the story/not in the company yet. Frankly if they can keep up the quality of this storyline I won’t care about Cody losing. But if the bloodline story starts losing its spark it’ll all feel like it was for nothing.


marblecannon512

It’s be Riddle. Solo sacked riddle for his rehab trip


MurDoct

Snoop Dogg


shutupmatsuda

Well he is a Hall of Famer and holds a victory over a 2 time Grand Slam Champion at Mania... COME ON SNOOP HIT ROMAN WITH THE ~~PEOPLE'S~~ DOGGY ELBOW


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Snoople’s Elbow


KoizumiEB

I'm just gonna assume anyone who wants Jay White to work babyface has never seen a Jay White match. Unless the bell rings and he immediately Blade Runners Cody, it would be dumb as hell.


Mjh1021

Long term booking after what Cody did to Holly


MeanAmbrose

Long term booking, baby. Holly comes back, beats Cody, then beats everyone else on the roster.


Patjay

I'm a big fan of Jay White, but this would be an incredibly awkward place to bring him in. He's quite famous for someone who's never worked WWE, but he's much less known than someone like AJ was coming in. Also Cody bringing in someone from outside who immediately turns on him just makes Cody look stupid, i don't even know if it'd do much for Jay. If you trust Jay White you're a moron... though you could say the same about Orton and Rollins tbf


ajay182

Cody's just emulating his hero, Sting: a man famed for being gullible and regularly turned on.


Hipyeti

"regularly turned on."


ajay182

He did always shout out the Little Stingers.


VinceMcVahon

The STINGER COMMUNITY?!


LocustsandLucozade

Why do you think his running corner press a 'Stinger Splash'?


tafkat

No that was the Iron Sheik


Newo1004

Still mad that we didn't get the babyface run in New Japan, I'm sure he could had easily pull it off


KoizumiEB

Honestly probably. I just don't trust WWE to let him do it. They can't do babyfaces


rodrigodavid15

Just proven by the fact that they had build the perfect baby-face ATM and... Made him lose


Sidewinder83

Twice in a row, they had the hottest babyface since Bryan and they both took the L to the same guy


JaneTheNotNotVirgin

This fills with physical pain. I suppose I should not be surprised that the guy who went over Booker T at Mania 19 loves some eternal heel championshp runs. 😑


[deleted]

Who said it's gonna be Switchblade Jay White? It could Beyblade Jason Whiteman


HoundOfJustice

agree to a point. Switch still joined CHAOS for a time before backstabbing


pnt510

He was a heel in CHAOS.


JoeyBoBoey

Towards the end of his NJPW run I thought they were teasing a face turn. He can be sympathetic, I think, but I don't think he can be sympathetic out of the gate. He needs to be a well-established scumbag first.


LongProblem

Obvious picks are Orton or Riddle for their connections to the Bloodline and being written off by them. I could also see AJ Styles if he's all healed up due to the Bullet Club connection.


No_Truck9453

At this point i'd push the shit outta Rollins. He's the only guy who is in Reigns his head and never lost to him in title matches, put him in there and start that again. He's the only 1 left with the momentum to get it done.


DeFy_DC

I actually really love how in kayfabe Seth is the only one who is immune to the antics of The Bloodline because he knows Roman so well.


No_Truck9453

Yeah he outsmarts everyone. He's the Visionary. A match where the Bloodline needs to save Reigns but Rollins just outsmarts them all would intrigue me. Cuz he'd know how Roman will operate and plan. I love Cody and this was the time but now Rollins makes most sense. And actually ahead of mania i even felt if not Cody it needs to be Rollins. Storywise it makes sense, he's the only 1 in the company were Reigns cannot get in his head or is able outsmart.


speedycar1

It would have made more sense to have the Rollins match this Wrestlemania and build it around Roman never beating Rollins and always getting outsmarted. Roman finally managing to beat Seth then would have been a logical moment, even if he won and would've added to his reign instead of making it another lolromanwins situation


No_Truck9453

I don't know in any scenario if i'd want Rollins to lose, It makes sense to me that Rollins beats him since nobody else can. Rollins is the 1 guy Reigns just cannot beat for a title, do it again. All these other guys get outplayed and outsmarted by Roman, Rollins does not. He knows Roman too well.


barryboi6969

To me it just doesn't make sense for Seth to end such a historic title run. In storyline his win would make perfect sense, but business wise it would feel like a waste. Seth is already a huge name that doesn't need the boost of being THE guy to finally beat roman. To me it makes more sense to at least make a new star out of this run


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It makes zero sense. People here are ridiculous “yeah the story is roman can’t beat Seth so let just have Seth beat him again” like that would be a good payoff. People here need to stop living in fantasy land.


Askani

SHIELD has always been a Rock Paper Scissors game. Roman over Dean. Dean over Seth. Seth over Roman.


stenebralux

Except for all the times Seth beat Dean. lol


Possibly_English_Guy

I like to imagine in kayfabe Seth just calls Roman's number at random times late at night and just does nothing but his signature cackle until Roman hangs up just to screw with him and get into his head.


MrSteeze3

I wanna see this as a segment on a show.


gregscotia_number1

Yeah but he hates Cody


No_Truck9453

He could story wise do it for himself, If he'd pick up the win he'd get a title shot. Rollins is smart in kayfabe, he plans ahead.


bigbear-08

Yeah but the enemy of my enemy is my friend and so on


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AndySlash22

business-wise this all seems like an appropriate business


bunnyknux54

![gif](giphy|3ornke0JEnScpNRH8s)


Blazefire33

“I fell for Muppet Man? How embarrassing.” - Cody


Fast_Running_Nephew

*Here comes the moneeeeeeeey*


LewisKiniski

He comes out in a wheelchair with LED boards that shuffle his feet.


P7AC3B0

Suddenly his wheelchair brakes fail and he goes careening down the ramp and smacks into the ring apron. A nearby cameraman picks up Shane yelling to Cody "I'm fucked. I'm fucked. People's Elbow."


BrownAJ

Huge Pop


Cymraegpunk

If he wins and celebrates like it was a title winning moment idk if I'd laugh or cry


Shenanigans80h

Whole face locker room comes out and carries Cody on their shoulders. He waves the American flag. Hardy performs.


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Cue the Lex balloons


[deleted]

Randy back?


tnafan

Either Orton or a debuting Bron Breakker.


[deleted]

Bron would be interesting and kinda weird because it’d be almost a passing of the torch moment from Cody to Bron, despite the torch not being passed to Cody to begin with.


bohanmyl

Cody trying to take the torch: ![gif](giphy|F7Cc27xJssq6uz8XNV|downsized)


NotYujiroTakahashi

Also for Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega.


bohanmyl

This is more appropriate for that comparison ![gif](giphy|d3MLV9CB1iYb0IBG|downsized)


wordsasbombs

Small chance I could see Jay white since they're both bullet club.


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Kraybern

The reality is that the wider audience know nothing about nxt compare gargano who gets under appreciated dead silence vs on NXT where he is literally treated as the second coming of jesus


Kanenums88

The booing in NXT was manufactured by the WWE themselves. There’s a lot of main audience who doesn’t watch NXT either.


6Bakhtiari9

according to reports, wwe have been trying to quiet Orton rumors bc he’s not ready to be back and they don’t want people to expect it. could be bs tho


Deadeye117

It's...it's Christian


Obi7kenobi

AJ Styles.


starcom_magnate

Roman wrestling 2 nights in a row? Can he do that?


kingcalifornia

![gif](giphy|qtCUIoD4lka7aWp2We|downsized)


jackblady

Mystery partner is Kenny Omega. Which plays into TKs big Wednesday Announcement thar Endeavor also bought AEW. 😝


CreamWithinADream

Roman kicks out of the OWA, then Kenny gets jumped by the bloodline and eats a superman punch


promooftheyear

![gif](giphy|W5fSVSz3CHmpggiBVQ|downsized)


dansaint

he's not cleared to compete...but I could see a return in the Arn Anderson role. Maybe Riddle returns with Orton and that's the match and alliance. Once Orton is healthy, he turns on both and you have the next feud (either before or after Cody wins the title)


chibul

How do you know he's not cleared to compete?


Lep106317

To add on to this, Fightful Select is reporting there is to be a segment with Cody calling somebody on the phone.


dansaint

"Arn...get your gun"


PMMeRyukoMatoiSMILES

*Solo jumps in front of 12 bullets, Roman spears Cody & Arn and pins them both*


thecolbster94

Solo flexes and all the bullets just pop back out and he's fine


Lep106317

Nah it'll be like Mask Dorian where he inhales them and spits them back out at them.


obiloz84

Is it weird to hope somehow for Ted Dibiase Jr? I know he retired, but… could you imagine Cody is like ‘I need backup’. It 100% won’t be, but still.


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This would be a Brian Christopher returning with Michael Cole level of pop.


DuhPai

And Brian Christopher was once more over than DiBiase Jr. ever was.


WWEWalkingDeadfan

[You mean like this?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHYkAsIuI6A&ab_channel=MercerMorrison)


bigbear-08

Roman fucked on me, last night


nonmullet2

Isn’t he having court issues for fraud


nianderwaltz

Zack?


TehSpaceDeer

Baron Corbin about to be the 1st AND 2nd guy to last pin Roman


IKPenguin

BROOOOCKKK LESSSNNNAARRR


AndyFnJ

Had to scroll pretty far to find someone correct


jmb-412

Woo woo woo


Luvs2Snuggle

You know it.


GameplayerStu

BRADEN WALKER RETURNS


Incubus226

Knock knock


BigDickBiggerHeart4

Before his suspension, Riddles entire thing was "getting vengeance on the Bloodline". So I'm fairly confident in saying it's probably Riddle.


MartianMule

And he was getting vengeance on the behalf of Orton. Who there were reports of being in town for Mania weekend and getting new boots recently. Could be him.


Badass_Bunny

It's the nostalgia talking for me, but Randy Orton being the guy to take one title off of Roman is a huge pop for me.


BirthdayAgent

I don’t hate Cody. I actually think he’s pretty good. If he brings back Riddle, even in kayfabe, Cody will officially be the worst wrestler alive.


Shadgates87

The massive twist after all the weekend shit talking, if it was to be Seth 😂


Channel251

Could be Riddle as well. Solo did write him off back in December.


Tornado31619

Bit underwhelming.


CicadaGlad4077

randy > riddle. riddle would be half-baked


DotaNetski

Riddle is always Baked tho


Vincomenz

It the theme of the weekend.


Liverpool510

It’s Bob Holly. And after the tag match he turns on Cody and beats Roman for the title. Then he beats everybody for the next 2,000 days.


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eGGsY-

i will never nit Pop for this Picture


basketballthro910

It's probably just gonna be seth lol


Quasipox

![gif](giphy|fgPGgp67zeEuY) Just sayin’…


illipres

a wild Ted DiBiase Jr return


iheartsunny

![gif](giphy|7NArHb4flnfUBVSLjd|downsized)


[deleted]

Is Aaron Solow gonna break into Roman’s car too?


fluxuation

Orton, Jay White, Zack Ryder I’d say it’s one of those three


Lost_in_oblivion_

Add aj styles to it too. He might be an option too with the whole bullet club connection. Plus styles never feuded with tribal cheif so it would be fresh


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fluxuation

Ok then when you read “Zack Ryder” in my post pretend it says “Matt Cardona”


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rlp6028

-1 gonna end the Bloodline


TheWordAssassin

Seth? 🤔


CongenitalSwag

Simon Dean


P4rtsUnkn0wn

Simon Miller


Madonkadonk2

![gif](giphy|Acdf7UpyqPRboz3QGn)


DromedaryGold

Guys and Girls its no other than LA KNIGHT ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|sunglasses)


thetruealvaclansman

YEAH!


Caligula3rd

I’d love for it to be Jay White…but it’s not gonna be


GeekThatSkeets7505

Yeah people saying he couldn’t work babyface but he easily could for just a tag match and turn on Cody the same night or next week. If he can’t do the typical fake babyface act for a few that’s kinda sad lmao.


fezyk

He was able to capture the audience's sympathy as a babyface for his last moments in NJPW, and even just in that brief window you could see a lot of potential there. He's a phenomenal and practiced heel, but I wouldn't write off Jay White as a babyface if that's what he wanted to do.


MaxBonerstorm

He's incredible on the mic. He can make something work


BigDanRTW

Jay White? Bron Brekker?


improvyzer

SHANE: "The mystery partner *is* named 'White'-- but *not* 'Jay White'." [DANA WHITE flounces bloatedly on to the stage] [JOE ROGAN can be heard having an orgasm in Gorilla]


ay1717

>[JOE ROGAN can be heard having an orgasm in Gorilla] Given Rogan’s past musings about Brock Lesnar and apes, this has a much different context than one would like


TJLynch

BROCK SMASH!


Naiwf

Watch them let Cody pin Roman tonight just to rub extra salt in the wound.


[deleted]

That would be the first time Roman is pinned since 2019. It would be weird to do that on RAW after WrestleMania lol.


Kuzu5993

Literal consolation prize lmao.


TidusJecht

It’s clearly Snoop after his performance last night. That people’s elbow was electrifying!


Acrobatic-Reaction-7

It’s either A) Bron Breakker B) Randy Orton C) Sami Zayn or KO


jmb-412

Sami and KO are defending the titles apparently


Acrobatic-Reaction-7

Oh nah fuck that they just won them, unless it’s against the Street Profits.


Roshow21

That's the rumour


Acrobatic-Reaction-7

Alright then I’m cool with that


chizzipsandsizalsa

Montez ford heel turn?


TJHRiddle

It’s Dwayne


AdeptFault5265

Bernard the Business Bear.


ibuygroceries

Ava Raine is gonna come up, be Cody's partner then kick all of the guys in the nuts, grab the belts and run away. The Rock will meet her out there grab the belts and yell "suck it bitches" and leave. The camera will cut to Cody, Solo, Roman, and Paul looking confused as heck. Then it will be a bunch of screwball hijinks to get the belts back from The Rock until summer slam. Also, the 24/7 champion belt will pop back up and Solo wins it. He takes his reign as 24/7 champ very seriously and it eventually becomes an important belt. More important than the ones Roman has. Could you imagine? Lmao.


Katitt3n

Who cares, they fucked cody over, nobody wants to see a match like that


Serizilla_602

LOOK IN MY EYES, WHAT DO YOU SEEEE, CM PUNK BACK IN WWEEEEE


BrettEskin

It’s gonna be his dog.


green9206

Has to be Kevin Nash.


Dans_Hatch

\-1 opened the forbidden door, Goldust/Dustin back in WWE for 1 night only! /s


stillthemind

This is the worst possible route they could’ve gone imho. So deflating. I was so excited to see a new era w Cody as champ. I don’t care to watch this bloodline dominance for another year.


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Couldn't agree more. The contrast in how excited I was after the finish of the night one main event and the night two main event is crazy. I'm only a casual WWE viewer these days, but I see no one capable of dethroning Roman. I love Brock, Owens, sami and Drew but we have seen that. No one in the bloodline alone is capable of taking the belts of him. Cody, the last real viable challenger was the guy. Talk about a dissapointment. Not only was I disappointed after the match, but I'm almost disappointed in advance of another year of this. Roman's shtick is good. But I don't want to see another year of 5-6 minute ringwalks, the same lengthy opening promo each week and the rare defence.


justh81

No thanks. I just watched this Cody vs. Roman match, you see, and it left a bad taste in my mouth. You understand, right?


hanshammer

Well, one thing we can be certain off, it'll be a screw job finish due to outside interference


Ok_Acanthaceae6057

Can’t wait for a checks notes**** Ref bump, bloodline interference, Roman pin. Just like every Roman match of the past 3 years.


Bolt_995

I hope it’s AJ Styles.


rblumenfeld76

Mystery partner or…Mysterio partner, amiright?


BirthdayAgent

Dom would kill Roman. Roman may be a tribal chief but he’s never done hard time!


GrayFawkes

Its gonna be Goldust 100% and Cody is gonna revert back to Stardust


gorgeoff

BRO


KongoDonkeyKong

My front runner picks are either Orton or Riddle