BOAD: Drama, Comedy & Callups on Smackdown
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What are the major storylines discussed in Smackdown?
Robert Leverick here on the Busted Open After Dark podcast where we hit everything from SmackDown in Tulsa.
This is the Busted Open podcast.
I've seen some complaining out in internet land about the use of the bloodline and them going back to that well. And part of that I get. It's like, oh, you did this for all these years, you did this for all these years, and now you're doing it again. Are you creatively bereft? Do you have no new ideas? And it's not exactly as if Solo Sokoa is at the peak of his powers or his faction is at the peak of its powers. But at the same time, it makes logical sense.
How is the Bloodline storyline evolving?
So therefore, I don't really have too much of an issue or a problem with it because you're talking about a legit family. You know, it's not a bloodline that is concocted. It is not, you know, made up. It is not, you know, just a cute tag that is put on a group. It is the literal definition of this family tree. This wrestling, you know, wrestling has more than one royal family. Yeah, you know, and some of them have the last name Fatu. And Jacob Fatu is being elevated in the process here. He gets the big win over Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania, of course. And then he's thrust into the main event picture with Roman Reigns going into backlash. And look... It's hard to believe he has a chance in hell of leaving Backlash as the champion.
Roman just got the title back at WrestleMania after the long reign he had, after not having it for two years. Then he finally gets that championship back. But at the same time, it depends on how they execute it. But if you look at the promos he's cut against Roman, if you look at the interactions he's had with Roman, and now the role that he's playing on SmackDown, he's in that main event picture. He's in that main event scene. And that's about all you could ask for, I think, for Jacob Fatu, given when he came into the company and given where he is right now. So as a first feud for Roman Reigns, was there a more logical choice? Probably not. You know, that checks a lot of boxes. So you can, you know, complain all you want about it being a bloodline redo.
But what was the crowd chanting at the end of SmackDown tonight? OTC, OTC, OTC. Original ticket rules. Champs, whatever you want to call them. These are the people that are buying their tickets, they're sitting in those seats, and they are chanting for Roman Reigns. And all of this is the Roman Reigns universe. SmackDown built on the back of Roman Reigns in recent years. The Bloodline, a reflection of Roman Reigns. Main event, Jey Uso. because of Roman Reigns. Hell, Sami Zayn, which we'll get to a little bit later, elevated to a level due to Roman Reigns. Solo Sokoa got a run for a while there because of Roman Reigns. So all of this is in that Roman Reigns family tree, or bloodline, if you will, so it makes sense that they would go back to that well.
It's not a cheap trick. as much as it is, why wouldn't it happen? Why wouldn't Roman, after he wins the title, logically go back to the Usos? That's who he had around him when he had all that success. Remember Cody Rhodes back then said, you know, you're going to be there all alone at some point. Now he's got the title back. He goes back to what made him comfortable. So how do you play off that? You play off that with the players around him. the Usos, who were involved tonight, and of course, Jacob Fatu, who gets elevated in the process. What do you make of how SmackDown resolved? 877-344-4893. You know, the tension, the friction between Fatu and the Usos. Now you have the MFTs involved in this as well.
So a big bloodline dynamic heading into Backlash. In fact, you could call it Bloodline Backlash or Backlash colon Bloodline, something along those lines if you wanted to. 877-344-4893. Now that wasn't the only thing that happened on SmackDown. It was actually... That might have been the main event. And it's the main event because it involves the main event players. It involves Jacob Fatu, who's going to main event Backlash. It involves main event Jay Uso, who's got it right in the name.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the major storylines discussed in Smackdown?
0:00–0:44
2
How is the Bloodline storyline evolving?
0:44–6:09
3
What impact does Roman Reigns have on the current roster?
6:09–10:25
4
How does Jacob Fatu's rise affect the Bloodline narrative?
10:25–21:41
5
What is the significance of Cody Rhodes' return to action?
21:41–25:00