Roman Reigns retains his WWE World Heavyweight Championship
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Roman’s victory over AJ wasn’t unexpected, but WWE had executed it perfectly. And the decision to extend their feud to the next PPV has increased the interest in the fans after a long time. Now at last, we have a solid feud with explosive elements and lot of chance to groom the characters into a perfect mold. And that is best for business.
Roman’s new shade of character was built correctly leading to Payback. The problem was Styles and his association with Gallows and Anderson. WWE is hesitating to make them an official stable and Finn Balor’s potential main roster debut is not making it that simple. Lot of fans may be perplexed why WWE is not making them an official stable. Let me explain.
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WWE can’t leave out Finn and make the stable. If they have to do, then it puts Balor and Styles under the same roof, but who will be the leading element. Turning Styles a heel this early is also not good and WWE can’t put all their eggs in one basket. My guess is that WWE will wait until Finn is ready to debut and will make Gallows and Anderson turn on Styles.
That would create a stellar feud for Styles to go on with, when Roman can get ahead with defending his championship against another opponent. That way everyone becomes the winner and it is my hope WWE is building this feud to that point. If my guess is correct than Extreme Rules is where Gallows and Anderson turn on Styles claiming he has become soft.
On the other hand, this decision and the execution has left a lot of opportunities for WWE to cement Reigns as a champion and eventually turn him into heel. WWE has booked this feud brilliantly and Shane and Stephanie interfering with the match to establish their power was a great way to start off their friction.
Verdict: 4/5
Overall PPV Verdict: 3.5/5
