How Roman Reigns' SummerSlam Return Will Change Everything for WWE

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Check out Sportskeeda's brand new game, BrainBuster! Can you become the undisputed quiz champion?  Play now to find out - https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/brainbuster-wwe-player-guessing-game   The OTC, meaning The Only and Original Tribal Chief, is back! Roman Reigns made his highly anticipated return at SummerSlam during the Cody Rhodes vs. Solo Sikoa match. In this video, we discuss the potential next plans for Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa, and the entire Bloodline story. We'll also explore how the Head of the Table's comeback could reshape the landscape of WWE.   Make sure to like the video and subscribe to Sportskeeda Wrestling for more wrestling content.   You can also visit our site: https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe   #romanreigns #summerslam #solosikoa #codyrhodes #bloodline #wwe #wrestling  #sportskeedawrestling

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00:00Roman Reigns is back.

00:29Cody Rhodes is still the WWE Universal Champion.

00:34Solo Sakoa is pissed off.

00:36Where is this all going?

00:37We're gonna get into it as we lay the path of what comes from the big events of the main

00:44event scene on SummerSlam 2024 for WWE.

00:47I'm Kevin Kellum.

00:48This is Sportskeeda Wrestling.

00:50Let us know what you think in the comments below.

00:52Earlier this week it was reported by the WrestleVotes scooping Twitter handle that the term Original

00:58Tribal Chief is going to be used for this chapter of Roman Reigns' story.

01:03This is the first time he's come back to WWE since losing his long, long reigning world

01:10title and Cody Rhodes is now the top dog in WWE.

01:15Now Solo Sakoa claims that he's the top dog in the Bloodline faction in Roman's absence

01:20and recently called him weak.

01:22And all of those little digs he's been doing at Roman along the way claiming that he's

01:26going to be the new Tribal Chief.

01:28Of course prompted Roman to return at the end of a very chaotic main event that already

01:32saw the new Samoan warriors underneath Solo's orders like Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, and Jacob

01:40Batu, who's hopefully not injured, all get involved in the match with some help on Cody's

01:46side for Randy Orton and Kevin Owens who also got involved.

01:49Only for Roman Reigns to come out at the end and finally force the final pinfall after

01:54Cody hit a crossroads following Roman Reigns hitting a big spear.

01:58Of course the exchange between Roman and Cody was not a nice one, they didn't shake hands,

02:04and there's a lot more to be said with what wasn't said, yeah, the look they gave each

02:08other.

02:09There's more between them down the line.

02:11We'll get to that, don't make sure you click away from this video if you're just here for

02:14all the Roman Reigns acknowledgement, but let the acknowledging begin.

02:18That's right, Roman Reigns is back in WWE, a lot of people anticipated it this weekend

02:22on Summerslam.

02:23I for one thought it didn't need to happen now, but it happened and it's still pretty

02:27cool and that pop was amazing.

02:29Now Roman is back, and what does that mean for everyone else?

02:33That's the most important thing.

02:34What does it mean for Cody, what does it mean for Solo, what does it mean for the Bloodline,

02:38what does it mean for WWE?

02:40There's a lot of different paths that have a ripple effect from Roman jumping back into

02:45the pool.

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03:00The blonde haired, very bitter at the moment Solo Sokoa now has to deal with Roman Reigns

03:06and clearly saying that he's the new Tribal Chief, Roman's never coming back, and Roman

03:10was weak, yeah that may have crossed the line, prompted the Big Dog, can we still call him

03:15Big Dog?

03:16With the two of them against each other singles, that's right, not a Solo match, Solo has singles

03:21matches against Roman Reigns, do we do that at the Bad Blood pay-per-view, does that happen

03:26at Bash in Berlin?

03:27I definitely see something though happening with Roman Reigns in some type of anti-Bloodline

03:33or maybe old school Bloodline group, the Usos getting back together, taking on this new

03:38Bloodline group led by Solo with Jacob Fatu and the Tongans.

03:43So where does this go, yeah, War Games, that's where I really see this thing peaking into

03:49a different, different level with two different sides of a faction driven issue and eventually

03:54finally The Rock will come back and try and govern over this entire inter-family drama

04:02and what role will he play, I don't exactly know, but I smell that he's cooking up something

04:07in this.

04:08So the shockwaves from that involve multiple wrestlers there, that isn't just Roman going

04:13after Solo, that's him going against this entire new Bloodline, a lot of supporting

04:17players get weaved into that.

04:18So how does this affect WWE overall, well, if Roman Reigns is gonna play at the same

04:24pace that he's been playing at the past few years as a featured performer that you don't

04:28see all the time, the problem gets a little bit more complicated.

04:32It's easy to be a part-time show-up-when-you-wanna-be-there type performer when you're a villain, when

04:37you're a Darth Vader villain, even a cool villain that some people still like to cheer

04:41for and throw the ones up for, right, yeah, Roman is that, but Roman now has to be a hero

04:46or maybe an eluding show-up-now-and-then type of babyface, a la The Undertaker at some

04:52point, right?

04:53Can Roman Reigns go into that type of role, where we don't see him all the time, but when

04:58we do, we'll still cheer for him as the hero, as the protagonist against an antagonist?

05:05Solo is getting good at getting heat, can Roman get good at getting people to cheer

05:10for him?

05:11Apparently they can, maybe those same fans that booed him years ago when the whole big

05:15dog-push-him-as-the-top-babyface-of-the-company thing didn't really click with everyone is

05:19clicking with a lot more majority of fans this time around, simply because of so much

05:25goodwill that was earned after him reinventing himself.

05:28But can you cheer for Roman if you don't see him all the time?

05:33Can he be a legitimate badass when he's simply just not badassing all the time?

05:38It's a challenge, and at the same time, it's gonna still eat up a lot of equity in TV time

05:43on Smackdown or Raw, wherever this storyline plays out.

05:46Considering that Roman's gonna be back, and WWE's making that big move to Netflix coming

05:50up in January, seems like a lot of this storyline could play out there, but that's just me guessing

05:55at this point.

05:56Smackdown still needs a whole lot when it makes the jump back over to USA Network.

06:00Another big factor in Roman coming back is, if he is in the A-storylines and not there

06:05all the time, who is going to play a supporting role to once again sustain his name on air

06:11when he's not there?

06:12If they're able to do it, do the Usos come back and basically represent him again when

06:18he's not there?

06:19It's just a real challenge.

06:21But another person who is clearly directly affected by Roman Reigns making a return is

06:26the WWE Universal Champion, Cody Rhodes.

06:29The fighting champion that Roman was not.

06:33Cody has to play a completely different role as a champion.

06:36He has to truly be Captain America, go out there and fight the good fight, be there all

06:40the time, make all the shows, make all the towns, do all the appearances, be a present

06:46top face of the company.

06:48But now with Roman back, is that status challenged in some way?

06:52It's a legitimate question you have to ask.

06:54Cody in the post-show press conference for WWE said he is not flinching by anyone challenging

07:00his status as the top man in WWE.

07:04And I wouldn't flinch either.

07:05Cody still got a huge, massive reaction in Ohio, and people are still squarely behind

07:10him if they're in the Cody Crybaby camp.

07:13Now for all the Roman haters out there, maybe you're saying, hey, he just comes back, he's

07:17part-time, I don't like it.

07:19Or if you're pro-Roman, you're like, get Cody out of there, I want Roman having the belt

07:22again.

07:23Here's the problem.

07:24You can't put the belt back on Roman right away.

07:27You had the belt on him for years, it played its course.

07:30They finished that story, they need a fresh one.

07:33Have Roman focus on Solo Sokoa and the Bloodline, and maybe we find our way back to this thing

07:38before WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas.

07:41Just saying.

07:42Let this thing play out.

07:43Obviously, after last year's WrestleMania, with so much changing on the road to that

07:47WrestleMania in Philadelphia, so much can change before next year's WrestleMania.

07:52What do you think?

07:53Let us know in the comments below.

07:54This is Sportskeeda Wrestling.

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