Roman Reigns came up short at WrestleMania 41 this past weekend. The Triple Threat Match against Seth Rollins and CM Punk served as a confirmation that The Bloodline era had come to an end.
The OTC has instead been slotted into a new story after the success of his family members at WrestleMania. Reigns may have come up short in Las Vegas, but Jey Uso became World Heavyweight Champion and Jacob Fatu became the United States Champion.
With the Bloodline members now thriving alone, Roman Reigns’ new story is a redemption arc after Paul Heyman turned his back on his Tribal Chief and aligned with Seth Rollins, the one man who has had Roman’s number for the past decade.
Reigns wasn’t the only one betrayed by Paul Heyman, who also backstabbed CM Punk. The Wiseman has since attempted to claim innocence, stating that he was betrayed by The Best in The World and the OTC first.
It will be interesting to see how this story unfolds with Reigns not being seen as the puppet master for the first time in five years.
The Bloodline era was dominated by Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns’ return in 2020 sparked the beginning of The Bloodline saga, and over the next few years, he cemented himself as The Head of The Table. However, not a single member of his family is in his corner at the moment.
For the next few months, the 39-year-old will likely be on the back foot, which is going to be quite the juxtaposition to how he had been as The Tribal Chief. It was evident at WrestleMania, where there was no one for him to hand the Ula Fala to, that Reigns is now truly alone, and he needs to be able to prove to himself that he can be alone once again.
That being said, he could have an unlikely ally in CM Punk, given that both men were betrayed by Heyman at WrestleMania and were decimated by Bron Breakker and Seth Rollins on RAW. They could now work together to get revenge.
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Edited by Yash Mittal
