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WWE Reportedly Planning Reigns vs. Punk vs. Rollins
Following their interplay within the 2025 males’s Royal Rumble match on Saturday, plans are reportedly in place for 3 of WWE’s largest stars to conflict at WrestleMania 41.
Based on PWInsider.com (h/t Steve Carrier of Ringside Information), the present plan requires a Triple Menace match between Roman Reigns, CM Punk and Seth Rollins at WrestleMania.
Through the late phases of the star-studded males’s Royal Rumble match, Reigns and Rollins had been battling close to the ropes when Punk got here up behind them and dumped them each out.
Whereas Punk was admiring his work, Logan Paul sneakily threw him out as effectively, basically taking out three prime contenders in a single fell swoop.
Punk, Reigns and Rollins then argued on the ground, and Rollins took out Reigns with a vicious stomp to the pinnacle earlier than throwing palms with Punk.
Reigns and Rollins have points that date approach again to when Rollins ended The Defend by attacking Reigns and Dean Ambrose.
Rollins was additionally essentially the most vocal critic of Punk when he returned to WWE in November 2023, and there are many unresolved issues between them stemming from their match on the debut episode of Uncooked on Netflix.
Reigns and Punk have had some tense exchanges in latest months as effectively, though Punk did lend Reigns a serving to hand again in November when he agreed to be a part of his WarGames match at Survivor Collection as a favor to Paul Heyman.
After all, any of Reigns, Punk or Rollins could possibly be moved into the world title scene at any time, however a match between them with no title on the road can be an enormous addition to the WrestleMania card.
Assuming whoever wins earns a future title shot would be sure that there are necessary stakes concerned as effectively.
McIntyre Reportedly Unsure for Friday’s SmackDown
Drew McIntyre didn’t seem on Uncooked this week following his surprising elimination from the lads’s Royal Rumble match, and it is not but clear if he’ll resurface on SmackDown.
Based on PWInsider.com (h/t Subhojeet Mukherjee of Ringside Information), McIntyre’s standing for SmackDown is unsure, though it is not a case of main points between him and WWE.
PWInsider.com famous that McIntyre and WWE have remained in touch since his abrupt Rumble exit.
It was initially reported by PWInsider.com (h/t Carrier) that after Damian Priest eliminating McIntyre from the Rumble, Drew could possibly be heard “screaming and cursing” backstage. McIntyre reportedly expressed his perception that his elimination did not come off correctly as a result of “somebody needed to get their strikes in,” and he then “stormed out of the constructing.”
Per Fightful Select (h/t Randall Ortman of Cageside Seats), Priest was initially purported to eradicate McIntyre earlier than Logan Paul obtained into the ring because the thirtieth entrant, however that did not occur for unknown causes.
When Priest did ultimately eradicate McIntyre, it got here as Paul, LA Knight and Jey Uso had been preventing to the aspect of them.
McIntyre reportedly felt Knight’s “errant motion killed the drama and momentum” of his elimination, and believed it got here off in a “clunky method.”
Including to McIntyre’s obvious frustration is the truth that the elimination was purported to be the beginning of a feud between Drew and Priest, resulting in a match at WrestleMania 41.
Since Priest just lately moved from Uncooked to SmackDown, it might make sense for McIntyre to do the identical, which suggests there’s a strong likelihood the previous WWE champion reveals up Friday on the blue model.
WWE Reportedly Contemplating SmackDown Transfer for Bliss
Regardless of preliminary plans to deliver her again as a part of the Uncooked model, Alexa Bliss reportedly could possibly be on the transfer.
Based on PWInsider.com (h/t Carrier), there have been inner discussions about shifting Bliss to SmackDown the place she might doubtlessly work with the Wyatt Sicks.
Somewhat over every week earlier than Royal Rumble, PWInsider.com (h/t Carrier) reported that WWE had scrapped plans for Bliss to return to WWE on the Jan. 13 episode of Uncooked on Netflix in San Jose, California.
Bliss was purported to do one thing with the Wyatt Sicks, however the artistic crew was reportedly informed to scrap the plans and put all the things “on maintain indefinitely.”
There was reportedly a perception inside WWE on the time that plans for Bliss’ return had been halted attributable to a contract subject, as she had “an older WWE deal” and reportedly wished a brand new one earlier than returning.
WWE and Bliss had been in a position to get on the identical web page earlier than Royal Rumble, as she returned within the girls’s Royal Rumble match, getting into as a shock at No. 21.
Fightful Select (h/t Carrier) later reported that WWE and Bliss got here to phrases on a brand new five-year deal.
Bliss had been gone for 2 complete years after happening maternity depart and having her first little one, and that coupled with the shocking nature of her return leading to one of many largest pops of the night time.
Previous to her absence, Bliss had been working with “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, and on the Rumble, she wore a jacket that was a transparent tribute to Wyatt, who tragically died in 2023 on the age of 36.
Given her historical past with Wyatt, shifting Bliss to SmackDown and placing her with the Wyatt Sicks would probably be essentially the most logical strategy to make the most of her popping out of the Rumble.
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