Paul Heyman comments on the return of Roman Reigns.
Roman Reigns returned to WWE at WWE SummerSlam, targetting Solo Sikoa and the new Bloodline (Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, & Jacob Fatu). Solo had anointed himself as the Tribal Chief in Roman's absence, dispatching of Jimmy Uso and Paul Heyman in the process.
Speaking to Jeremy Hanna of Newsweek, Heyman commented on Roman's return.
"No matter where we go with Roman Reigns, it has to be a path that is only logical and makes sense, but that is new, unique, and different. (One) that the audience can go on that journey with him. What is the compelling scenario that puts the Head of the Table, the Tribal Chief, the now former Champion Roman Reigns in such a predicament and such a situation where multiple catalysts are at play at the same time that the story itself is so riveting that you can't take your eyes off it because it can go in so many different directions. Roman Reigns' return at SummerSlam 2020, that Friday he was on television. The last five seconds of the television show, we revealed Roman Reigns was with Brock Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman. 'What does this mean for WWE?' That weekend, he's in a triple threat match against the Fiend and Braun Strowman. He becomes the Universal Heavyweight Champion. His first appearance in an interview was that (following) Friday with me with the title on the shoulder. Up until this week at SummerSlam, you have never seen Roman Reigns in an extended piece of business on television and not be the champion. He has been the champion this entire run. The entire Bloodline story has been with Roman Reigns as champion.
"We are now in a new era of the Bloodline story with Roman Reigns as not the champion. How does he correct that? How does he take back the name of The Tribal Chief? Who is the Head of the Table, Solo or Roman Reigns? Jimmy is not here. Jey is not here. The Wiseman is not back yet. How does Roman Reigns deal with those on his own? Is this a revenge yarn like an old spaghetti western where one man goes back, cleans up the village and gets his revenge? Or it is a revenge yarn where he can't do it by himself, even if he has to? What are the twists and turns that happen then? We have a long road ahead of us. All I can say is, for me, how I see the trajectory of it and the many ways we can go about it, it's going to be fascinating and will hopefully put our past four years of work to shame."
It is unknown if or when Heyman will be back on television.
Roman is set to appear on the August 16th episode of WWE SmackDown. Fans can check out the current lineup for the show by clicking here.
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