WWE SmackDown: 3 Reasons why Roman Reigns was ambushed by an unknown attacker

By Riju Dasgupta
Modified Jul 31, 2019 10:21 IST
Roman Reigns was ambushed by persons unknown on SmackDown Live
Roman Reigns was ambushed by persons unknown on SmackDown Live

SmackDown Live was an okay show with a very interesting ending. The acting wasn't on point, but I can see where WWE is going with this, and it should be an interesting few weeks of sports entertainment.

But why did WWE have Roman Reigns be a part of this segment instead of announcing his SummerSlam 2019 opponent straight away? I have a few theories about this and would love to share them with you in this article.

Feel free to share your own thoughts and views in the comments below and let me know who you think could have orchestrated the attack as such. I know that there are a lot of rumors about it potentially being Buddy Murphy. I'll link one of the possibilities in the point below.

What do you think of this mystery angle and how it played out?

#3 Launching the 'Best Kept Secret'

Twitter is full of images of Buddy Murphy, leaving the scene of the crime. It is not known whether or not he was the man behind the attack, but I would be very surprised if it was someone else. I think that the whole video was designed in such a manner that people took screen grabs and captures of Buddy Murphy.

One of the things that a lot of people may not have latched on to is the fact that if this does indeed turn out to be Buddy Murphy, WWE would have used Reigns to launch two former 205 Live Superstars. Much like Daniel Bryan was instrumental in helping Ali reach the next level, Reigns also helped Cedric Alexander by teaming up with him in the main event spot of WWE RAW.

It could always be Samoa Joe. But Murphy could certainly use all of the buzz around him right now.

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#2 Not wanting to give away the entire card far too early

We learned a lot about the SummerSlam card this week. On the one hand, you had a dream match confirmed with Charlotte Flair stated to take on Trish Stratus in front of the latter's home country of Canada. You also had a match pretty much confirmed between Aleister Black and Sami Zayn.

Had Roman Reigns' match been confirmed as well, there would have been a sense of not wanting to tune in to catch the weekly programming, leading up to SummerSlam. But now there's a sense of intrigue on SmackDown Live with everyone wanting to know what lies next for Roman Reigns. Everyone loves a mystery, in WWE or otherwise.

In the age of binge watching, the art of writing weekly television has been lost and forgotten, rather unfortunately. But there is a certain individual who's intent on bringing it back once again!

#1 Eric Bischoff

He's back. He's 'badder' than ever as well. Eric Bischoff is the Executive Director of SmackDown Live, and he's the man in the saddle at the Blue Brand infusing his originality into the proceedings. Anyone who grew up watching Monday Nitro as I did knows just much Eric Bischoff thrives on cliffhangers.

I mean he built the company on the foundation that anyone could join the nWo at any point of time. Sting spent weeks and months in the rafters with nobody knowing his intentions and whom he would side with until he descended from there and took the nWo out, member by member.

You also had The Flock appear at ringside with nobody knowing their motives and intentions. Bischoff loves the element of unpredictability that carries from week to week, coming from the old-school of creativity.

And this was his signature touch on SmackDown Live, in my humble estimation.

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