5 shockers Vince McMahon could pull off in the Roman Reigns-Rowan storyline at Clash of Champions 2019

The Roman Reigns attacks began right around the end of July and has continued through August, with Erick Rowan only truly being revealed as the attacker a week ago. Prior to that, Buddy Murphy suspected that Rowan was behind all the attacks on Roman Reigns. As a result, Murphy was beaten up at SummerSlam pre-show and SmackDown Live.

Last week, Daniel Bryan demanded an apology from Roman Reigns and The Big Dog revealed zoomed in footage, showing that Rowan was, in fact, the attacker. It brought out the mean streak in Rowan - the most ruthless we've seen him since he joined WWE. He has always been a sidekick or an enhancement talent of sorts minus his Bludgeon Brothers run, which makes it refreshing to see him getting pushed this way.

It's all set to culminate at WWE Clash of Champions 2019, where Roman Reigns will be taking on Erick Rowan in a grudge match. But will it be the culmination? Or will it simply be a match that will further extend this storyline? Here are a few possible twists for the story.

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#5. Rowan ends up going over Roman Reigns

Could the impossible happen?

The general assumption with this Roman Reigns vs Erick Rowan match is that Roman Reigns will be going over. Makes sense, doesn't it? Roman Reigns is indeed the bigger star, he is the babyface and we can't forget - it is Roman Reigns we're talking about here.

But one thing that fans don't seem to realize is that WWE has been low-key putting out a few surprises here and there as well. Given that Rowan is getting a push and they want to extend the storyline, it does make sense for him to beat Reigns, albeit a dirty victory of sorts.

It would certainly make things interesting.

#4. Sets up the return of Luke Harper

Harper could still have some use left for WWE

Luke Harper and WWE have not been on good terms. They're probably still furious at him for making a statement about requesting his release from WWE, only to have it rejected. Harper never seemed to be on their good books regardless, but he still has a few more months before his contract expires.

In that time, WWE may want to utilize him for one final storyline and this could be it. When we mentioned the idea of Rowan going over Roman Reigns, it would likely be with some outside interference.

Since Daniel Bryan isn't an ally of his anymore, the only logical option in storyline would be Luke Harper. This would make sense because it would even the numbers game for Rowan and eventually further the storyline as well.

It would only become more interesting if it's revealed that Harper had something to do with it as well. If he is about to go out in a few months, it might as well be done with Rowan, a man who he's teamed with for a long time and won championships with.

Moreover, Harper does deserve to be written off.

#3. Roman Reigns & Daniel Bryan form an alliance

Could we see this alliance?

Daniel Bryan is still technically a heel, even if Rowan attacked him as he did. In storyline, it's not about Bryan being a good guy or bad guy. The fact of the matter is that he didn't have anything to do with the attack and the premise is that he hates liars - with Rowan being the biggest one.

If Rowan is to have Harper return to help him beat Roman Reigns, then it's not far-fetched to think that they might form an alliance for the following few weeks or the next PPV. It would be huge because we've never fully seen Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan on the same team before. Historically, they've been opposite to each other more often than not, whether it was during The Shield's first run or when they were both contending to secure a main event spot at WrestleMania 31.

Despite this, they're two superstars who are at odds with each other. It would be incredibly surprising if they still form an alliance, but it would undoubtedly be a welcome surprise for fans.

Would you like to see Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan team up?

#2. Bryan is revealed to be in on it all along

Daniel Bryan could have one last twist in store

Admittedly, this is the least likely to happen as it doesn't make too much sense after the attack on SmackDown Live, but that still wouldn't be the biggest swerve WWE has pulled off. Right now, the direction of things seemingly makes it look like Daniel Bryan may be in for a babyface turn or an alliance with Roman Reigns at the least.

However, if WWE isn't eventually building towards Roman Reigns vs Daniel Bryan, then what is this leading to? Samoa Joe was the first suspect who was cleared and then it seemed like it was Daniel Bryan and Rowan.

It's certainly interesting that they chose to go the route of having Rowan attack Daniel Bryan as well, but wouldn't that make it all the more shocking if Daniel Bryan does turn out to be in on this? He doesn't have a match at Clash of Champions 2019 just yet, but it would make for quite the swerve if he does end up helping Rowan win and smiles at the end of it all. That would be a swerve that also helps WWE reach their objective.

#1. Involve Shane McMahon in the storyline

Shane McMahon at Super ShowDown

There is one name that does make a little storyline sense to be involved in all of this - Shane McMahon. Don't forget that it's not even been 2 months since his rivalry with Roman Reigns ended.

He has been involved in a feud with Kevin Owens, but that entirely mellowed down after Kevin Owens apologized and asked for his $100,000 to be revoked. If you think about it, Shane McMahon being the mastermind behind the attacks makes a lot of sense.

He is a McMahon and has been a heel authority figure for most of 2019. There were rumours that he might even beat Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship, but thankfully, those rumours seemed to have died down.

Still having a grudge against Roman Reigns after Extreme Rules, it would make sense if Shane McMahon was the one who plotted all of it. Erick Rowan would simply have done his dirty work.

While the prospect of restarting the Roman Reigns-Shane McMahon feud certainly isn't exciting, one must admit that it would be a good swerve.