Predicting How WWE Turns Paul Heyman on Roman Reigns

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

It is a betrayal that might occur at Survivor Collection, or at the least 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 perfect 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 take 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 through Huge Present. He betrayed CM Punk, too. He had his causes, however one can boil it all the way down to him leaping to the subsequent huge factor when doable.

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 constantly within the wake of WrestleMania.

WWE first teased this form of thought 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 huge return, bringing CM Punk with him to avoid wasting the day because the fifth and remaining member of Reigns’ staff in opposition to Sikoa’s Bloodline at Survivor Collection.

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

The inclusion of Punk would not assist. Whereas it was simple to suppose that Heyman would finally soar to the subsequent huge factor like a Bron Breakker, the Finest within the World’s return to WWE after so a few years is a fairly enjoyable horse for Heyman to again, too.

In Punk, Heyman has an outdated good friend who can chat on the mic with anybody and has confirmed he can beat actually anybody on the planet within the ring itself.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 delicate 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 will help politic him right into a prime 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 really be Heyman concentrating on Solo, not somebody like Breakker. Positive, 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 smart from a reserving perspective, too. Reigns would not want somebody to carry a microphone for him, particularly not if he is staying this babyface-tweener kind who followers adore. However Sikoa wants all the assistance he can get on the mic—and a few dishonest wins, too.

This may prolong Reigns’ involvement in a feud with Sikoa’s Bloodline far past Survivor Collection, serving to to maintain him away from prime title scenes. In the end, the tip purpose may very well be dragging ft simply lengthy sufficient to get a feud with The Rock up and working for an enormous WrestleMania match subsequent 12 months.

For now, maybe that is merely hinted and never made express. Possibly Heyman retains issues obscure 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 spotlight 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 a long time.

If Heyman does activate Reigns, search for it, or the primary huge seeds of betrayal, to occur at Survivor Collection. Not solely does it make sense, and the timing feels proper, but it surely’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.