PAOerfulone said:
It's not just Cody. They still have one chapter left to tell in the story of the Bloodline - The End of the Bloodline. And with it, the Beginning of the End of the Tribal Chief. Roman may have won at WrestleMania, but Jimmy and Jey didn't. Now Roman's emotional abuse, manipulation, and overall BS is going to kick up to another level. And as time goes on, and that BS rams up, Jey, Jimmy, and even Solo, will slowly but surely come to the realization that Sami, Kevin, and Cody were right all along. In the meantime, Cody will work his way back up (beating Brock is a GREAT place to start) he will work his way back through the Bloodline, all while playing a vital role in helping Jey, Jimmy, and Solo come to their senses. I could even see him winning MITB where Solo was also in the match. The next night, he comes out and tells Roman "I'm cashing in on you at SummerSlam. You and me, one more time, inside Ford Field, for the Undisputed Universal Championship." And that's when Roman's abuse REALLY kicks up. Not just on Jimmy and Jey, but especially on Solo for failing to keep Cody away from him. Now he has to face him again. He gets so fed up w/ their failures that he lashes out on them more, and his cousins get more and more pissed at his bullshit every time and it the tensions get thicker and thicker until FINALLY... After 3 LONG years... FINALLY... Jimmy, Solo, and ESPECIALLY, Jey, have had enough. And they FINALLY pull the trigger. They beat the Holy Shit out of Roman, leave him laying a battered, broken, and bloody heap. And they finally tell him to fuck off and he's on his own - And just like that, after 3 years, the Bloodline is dead. And now, Roman has to head into SummerSlam, licking his wounds, an mental and emotional wreck, and try to do it on his own for once - And he fails. And that's when Cody finally gets his big win and we crown a new champion. Now we have TWO huge moments that 80k people will pop for: Cody's moment of triumph and the sight Roman losing EVERYTHING. And putting the exclamation point on the theme of this story: Without the Bloodline, his family, Roman is nothing. The biggest reason why he has held the titles fort his long is because of Jey, Jimmy, and Solo. Without them, he's done for, and deep down, he KNOWS it. THAT'S why he keeps such a tight leash around them and does all this emotional manipulation to keep them in line. So when they finally decide, Enough is Enough and bail on him, his days as champion and being the Tribal Chief are numbered. From there, they can tell the story of the Jey, w/ Jimmy and Solo by his side, standing up to Roman again and challenging him for his place as Tribal Chief. And then Cody can start his reign as champion. |
You could always stretch the story out further and add more chapters. But at a certain point, if you keep pushing off the payoff, fans get tired of investing. See the NWO. I can be proven wrong, but I think Mania was the right time.
