The Bloodline, a WWE storyline spanning over three years, is hailed as one of the greatest in history, revolving around Roman Reigns and elevating stars like Jey Uso and Sami Zayn. However, as 2023 comes to a close, the narrative faces challenges. Reigns' reduced part-time schedule and confusing plot twists, particularly Jimmy Uso's heel turn, have caused a loss of momentum. With WrestleMania 40 approaching, questions arise about the story's longevity and if it's worth the prolonged run. Despite potential fatigue, The Bloodline's unprecedented duration remains an exception in the fast-paced world of professional wrestling.
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00:00 The Bloodline story involving Roman Reigns, The Usos, Solo Sakoa, Paul Heyman, Sami Zayn
00:06 and others has been one of the best in recent WWE history.
00:11 It's not hard to see why especially when WWE doesn't usually execute a storyline at this
00:16 length which is now technically 3 years plus that we get something like this that has such
00:24 an ambitious take on what you can do with modern wrestling characters in the 21st century.
00:30 While it revolves around one man, Roman Reigns, one of the most successful outcomes is that
00:36 it's elevated several other stars around him in The Usos, Zayn and Solo.
00:41 But it's hard to argue that in 2022 it may have peaked, with Sami Zayn playing the honorary
00:48 Usos and the whole lot happening around them last year, but with 2023 coming to an end,
00:55 is the story on its last legs?
00:57 Is it fair to say that it's been dragging on too long?
01:01 Has the Bloodline run dry?
01:04 It's Sportskeeda Wrestling, I'm Kevin, let us know what you think in the comments below.
01:09 Go ahead, right now.
01:10 Hey, and before you say, "Oh, the Sportskeeda guys are just being negative for the sake
01:15 of negativity."
01:16 No, no, no, no, no, no.
01:17 The Bloodline has been one of the most entertaining things that WWE's done in a while, we're
01:23 saying that, but there's just some signs there that maybe it's not as hot as it once
01:29 was.
01:30 It's not as oocy as it could be.
01:33 See what we did there.
01:34 One of the critical factors is Roman Reigns.
01:36 His part-time schedule has been the biggest thing to impact the story since his presence
01:41 has been reduced compared to 2022.
01:44 This isn't to say that he hasn't earned his part-time featured role, because after
01:49 10 years of grinding on the main roster through injuries and other health challenges, and
01:54 being WWE's top guy for most of it, he deserves to have a reduced workload.
01:59 But is that reduced workload something that allows him to still be the top guy?
02:05 That's another video we can make, but the issue is just how much his workload has reduced.
02:11 Let's look at it with the stats alone.
02:13 Roman Reigns' part-time deal began early in 2022, but it really came into full effect
02:18 in 2023 in terms of what we could see.
02:21 In 2022, he wrestled a total of 52 matches, averaging one a week or so.
02:27 This includes dark matches and untelevised live events, house shows, but televised matches
02:32 were 14 in total.
02:34 Out of those, 11 were on premium live events, and 3 were on Raw or Smackdown.
02:41 In 2023, for comparison, he has wrestled a total of 11 matches, 7 on premium live events,
02:49 and 4 on house shows.
02:51 That's a drastic change.
02:53 This isn't even mentioning his lack of appearances on Smackdown, where the biggest gaps have
02:57 been felt.
02:58 Now, WWE clearly has a lot of other players who are big names, big draws, and fun for
03:04 fans to go and see outside of Roman Reigns.
03:07 But when you look at the bloodline, that's a big difference year to year.
03:11 As a result of this, everything else happening within the bloodline feels like filler.
03:21 Everyone in the band but the lead singer.
03:24 Until the Tribal Chief returns.
03:33 They clearly wanted to reach that thousand day milestone, which seems to be fair in and
03:38 of itself, but was it worth dragging out the story that it has become from 2022 to 2023?
03:46 This is a different time.
03:47 People consume wrestling in a completely different way, at a much larger and faster scale.
03:53 Can you do a champion having a title reign that long in this modern time?
03:58 WWE is certainly testing the patience of the collective WWE universe by doing it.
04:05 This isn't to say that it still won't go down as one of the greatest storylines in
04:08 WWE history.
04:10 Putting those nostalgic glasses on, people are easy to forget the worst parts and only
04:14 focus on the memorable moments.
04:17 But we're still a few years away from that.
04:19 For now, it seems that the bloodline has gone from a story that has been called "cinema",
04:24 a compliment we've never really heard before in WWE, to being stretched out a bit too long.
04:31 When you have weekly episodic television that needs to be produced with 52 live episodes
04:36 a year on the road, it isn't the easiest to sustain a single story without anyone getting
04:42 tired let alone a lot of fans getting tired.
04:45 And right now, just some fans are getting tired.
04:48 And we're talking to them.
04:50 The fact that the bloodline story has managed to drag on this long is that it's an exception,
04:55 not the rule.
04:56 In wrestling, things move fast, and there's a constant need for change and reinvention.
05:01 And maybe doing something this long is a part of that reinvention.
05:06 And that's why even some of the biggest stories you can remember in wrestling history
05:10 haven't lasted as long as you may think they did.
05:14 Heck, if you assume the bloodline story ends at WrestleMania 40, the entire three and a
05:19 half year long saga will have been almost the equivalent of Stone Cold Steve Austin's
05:24 entire rise to the top.
05:27 Yeah, back in the Attitude Era.
05:29 One of the biggest issues is the fact that the endgame of such stories has to be WrestleMania,
05:35 which makes sense.
05:36 It is technically the biggest show in the entire industry, but it's a side effect this
05:42 year where the story has been left on the crutches, just left on the stove, and we've
05:48 kept it hot.
05:49 But it's been sitting there, and we don't know what the flavor's going to be the next
05:53 time we bite into it.
05:54 Whatever the end is, however long it lasts, enjoy it while it does, because you're unlikely
05:59 to see anything like this in a long, long time.
06:05 We're just looking at some of the issues that we have to acknowledge.
06:09 What are your issues with the bloodline in WWE?
06:12 Sound off in the comments below.
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06:18 Thanks for watching.