SmackDown’s season premiere didn’t disappoint as fans got their money’s worth with the return of The Tribal Chief to SmackDown. The last time Reigns was seen on SmackDown was almost 2 months ago on 18th August. Reigns immediately sprung into action to settle the problems in The Bloodline by first confronting John Cena and then LA Knight.
He then instructed Jimmy Uso to get back something that was rightfully The Bloodlines.
Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa are ready to lock horns with Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso for the tag titles
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Friday night’s SmackDown was power-packed as Rhodes and Jimmy Uso defended their tag titles against Austin Theory and Grayson Waller. It didn’t take the champions much time to seal the victory for the night.
But after the match, they were confronted by Solo Siko and Jimmy Uso of The Bloodline. Prior to their match, Reigns expressed his anger over Rhodes and Jimmy Uso being the tag team champions.
Is there more to the story? @WWERomanReigns 👀 @CodyRhodes #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/VbprTtEu6B
— WWE (@WWE) October 14, 2023
He made it crystal clear to Jimmy that this was a complete disrespect to The Bloodline, and he needed to get the tag titles back. Following those orders, Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso went head-on to confront Rhodes and Jey Uso after their title win on SmackDown thus sending a warning message.
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This could mean a possible match for the tag team titles pretty soon. Reigns also took this opportunity to confront an old rival thus teasing another title battle.
Roman Reigns came face to face with Cody Rhodes
Fans were pretty thrilled to see Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso challenge Rhodes and Jey Uso for the tag titles. But what they didn’t anticipate was Reigns coming in from the back to go face-to-face with his old arch-nemesis Cody Rhodes.
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Fans could feel the heat in the arena as the two juggernauts looked at eachother with pure aggression. Things were getting so out of hand tha the new SmackDown GM Nick Aldis had to come in between the two heavyweights to lessen the tension.
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Does this mean that Roman Reigns wants to reignite his old rivalry with The American Nightmare? Only time will tell. But what do you guys think will be the end outcome when these two lethal tag teams face eachother for title glory?