There are few issues which are thought of a common fact within the fickle world {of professional} wrestling fandom.

The unequaled greatness of the Bloodline story in WWE must be counted amongst them.

The controversy is over. There may be an excessive amount of overriding proof that proves it’s probably the most layered, long-term storytelling we’ve seen on WWE tv ever.

Courting again to August 2020, when Roman Reigns began the Bloodline together with Jey Uso and Paul Heyman, we had no thought we have been within the infancy of a narrative that will play out to its current state.

Spending this text rehashing all of the twists and turns of the previous couple of years can be tiresome, however the overarching brilliance of this story may be boiled down to at least one important second–Jey’s defection from the Bloodline to hitch his brother Jimmy.

Though the rabid crowd response and subsequent scores proved the section was successful, I seemed no additional than to my spouse for validation of its success.

I take advantage of my spouse’s reactions as a barometer as to whether an off-the-cuff fan might discover one thing fascinating. My spouse isn’t a wrestling fan, however she joined me for this section. Not solely did she cling onto each phrase of Jey’s promo, however she excitedly pointed her finger to the sky because the Usos did their signature pose to shut the present.

Her response was all of the affirmation I wanted to know that I had simply seen greatness.

However this was only one angle in a sea of many who have confirmed week in and week out that we’re seeing one of many nice storylines in skilled wrestling historical past.

Once I take into consideration nice longterm wrestling tales I take the next elements into consideration.

• Participating performers
• A plausible battle
• Persistently nice matches with callbacks to earlier moments
• Wonderful mic work
• A wide range of segments that advance the story in a logical development on a weekly foundation

The Bloodline story has all these bases coated.

And Jey is on the heart of all the pieces. Whereas all the important thing gamers–Reigns, Solo Sikoa, Jimmy Uso, Heyman, Sami Zayn, Cody Rhodes, and Kevin Owens–have benefited significantly, Jey’s star has proven brighter than all.

Jey’s success, particularly, has been a revelation. He’s proven a spread as a talker and full performer that I by no means knew existed.

WWE’s Cash within the Financial institution noticed Jey obtain his greatest WWE win so far when he turned the primary man to pin Reigns’ shoulders to the mat in 3 ½ years. You couldn’t write a greater subsequent chapter to this story even in case you had Steven Spielberg within the author’s room.

The extra I thought of it, the extra it made excellent sense for Jey to be the one to ship Reigns his first pinfall loss. He’s been the spark that’s made all of this work. Whereas Rhodes and Zayn may’ve been the primary to perform this feat, it’s not like WWE’s enterprise suffered in consequence. If something, their enterprise has solely gotten stronger.

All roads seem to result in Jey vs. Reigns at WWE SummerSlam. For those who would’ve instructed me a yr in the past that this might be the SummerSlam primary occasion then I wouldn’t have believed you, nevertheless it goes to point out how a lot issues can change when you’ve got a reliable artistic route.

Do I anticipate Jey to win the title? In all probability not. However no matter what occurs, Jey’s title will without end be etched in historical past.

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