Predicting How WWE Turns Paul Heyman on Roman Reigns

It doesn’t matter what followers may argue on the contrary, it has at all times appeared that Paul Heyman will betray Roman Reigns.

It is a betrayal that would occur at Survivor Sequence, or not less than be hinted at there.

The reasoning is straightforward—that is simply how Heyman is. He is a snake. A Corridor of Fame snake and maybe the very best on the mic of all time within the sport, however a snake together with his personal self-interests on the forefront of his thoughts.

One can simply have a look at historical past. Heyman was the man backing Brock Lesnar all these years in the past, solely to betray him at an opportune time by way of Large Present. He betrayed CM Punk, too. He had his causes, however one can boil it all the way down to him leaping to the following massive factor when potential.

Reigns is subsequent on the checklist.

This time, Heyman would have some fairly good justification for it, too. All he has to do is argue his Tribal Chief by no means returned to avoid wasting him from the likes of Solo Sikoa and his Bloodline offshoot that bullied him persistently within the wake of WrestleMania.

WWE first teased this form of concept when Reigns tried to name Heyman, just for the quantity to cease working. That was after he had already mended fences with the likes of Jey Uso and even Sami Zayn, so why not Heyman subsequent, proper?

However then Heyman made his massive return, bringing CM Punk with him to avoid wasting the day because the fifth and closing member of Reigns’ group towards Sikoa’s Bloodline at Survivor Sequence.

Together with that got here a not-so-subtle color-based trace at Heyman’s allegiance, as he broke custom and wore a crimson that simply so occurs to seem like what Sikoa wears:

The inclusion of Punk does not assist. Whereas it was simple to suppose that Heyman would finally leap to the following massive factor like a Bron Breakker, the Greatest within the World’s return to WWE after so a few years is a reasonably enjoyable horse for Heyman to again, too.

In Punk, Heyman has an previous buddy who can chat on the mic with anybody and has confirmed he can beat actually anybody on the planet within the ring itself. If one needed to guess, the gentle association is likely to be that Heyman betrays Reigns and ruins his plans and Punk does it due to the long-running historical past he has with the Tribal Chief.

Possibly Punk’s purchased in as a result of Heyman can assist politic him right into a high title match, too. In fact, his involvement in serving to Reigns will make a man named Seth Rollins fairly mad, too, as a pleasant bonus.

If that is the case, it may truly be Heyman focusing on Solo, not somebody like Breakker. Certain, they power-bombed him via a desk and the like, however energy is energy. He can see the faction Sikoa has assembled and that faction will perceive what Heyman can do for them as a supervisor, too.

It actually is sensible from a reserving perspective, too. Reigns does not want somebody to carry a microphone for him, particularly not if he is staying this babyface-tweener sort who followers adore. However Sikoa wants all the assistance he can get on the mic—and a few dishonest wins, too.

This might prolong Reigns’ involvement in a feud with Sikoa’s Bloodline far past Survivor Sequence, serving to to maintain him away from high title scenes. Finally, the tip purpose may very well be dragging toes simply lengthy sufficient to get a feud with The Rock up and working for a giant WrestleMania match subsequent yr.

For now, maybe that is merely hinted and never made express. Possibly Heyman retains issues imprecise earlier than a full flip at a later date. However one can see it logically resulting in a mini-feud the place Punk clashes with Reigns a number of instances earlier than the previous strikes on to Rollins and the latter to The Rock for ‘Mania season.

What’s good right here is that a lot care and a focus has gone into the story and character motivations through the years that just about something would make sense. And in Heyman’s case, it is a sample of conduct spanning many years.

If Heyman does activate Reigns, search for it, or the primary massive seeds of betrayal, to occur at Survivor Sequence. Not solely does it make sense, and the timing feels proper, nevertheless it’s only one extra solution to get the crown in Reigns’ nook and one other impediment for him to beat on his path to redemption.