Top WWE Star Being ‘Fed Up’ With Creative Led To Major Storyline

Top WWE Star Being ‘Fed Up’ With Creative Led To Major Storyline WWE

Roman Reigns being ‘fed up’ with WWE creative was one of the driving forces behind the creation of The Bloodline according to Paul Heyman.

While The Bloodline continues to be a cornerstone of WWE programming, Heyman recently revealed its origins during a disappointing period for Reigns.

Speaking to Screen Rant, Heyman reflected on how The Bloodline idea came about, saying:

“The concept of the Bloodline is something that Roman Reigns and I discussed seven or eight years ago. Several years before the actual inception of the Bloodline this was already a discussion between us.

“At the time, he was still fleshing out his persona in front of the WWE fan base, and doing so well in the main event multiple times of WrestleMania, which is extraordinary to think about.

“I was at the side of Brock Lesnar, and we were in the middle of an exceptionally hot run as well. So, the timing for Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman joined together was just never with all the stars aligned. It just was never the right time.”

Fast forward to 2020 and the COVID-era of WWE, and things had changed, with Heyman going on to state:

“Then, in 2020, COVID shut down the world. Brock Lesnar went home to Saskatchewan to farm. Roman Reigns was not appearing anymore because there needed to be certain COVID protocols in order to keep him safe. Also, his wife had just given birth to a second set of twin boys, so there were now five kids running around that household, and finally, he was pretty fed up, and he’s been very articulate about this.”

Heyman would reveal that Reigns was also fed up with WWE creative, saying:

“He was pretty fed up with the creative here, and he felt that his character had plateaued and he wanted to elevate not only his character, but the entire presentation of what we as performers do at WWE and how WWE presents its performers, and nothing that he was being pitched was to his liking.

At the same time, I had just been removed as executive director of Monday Night Raw, and was literally sitting at home being paid every week. So when the suggestion came up of, “God, what are we going to do, just put you guys together?” Yes, that’s the answer that we’re both looking for, put us together, and once we got the green light on that, we started, Roman and I started comparing notes as to what disruptions of the industry we had both envisioned during this COVID period, and I think we both saw the opportunity for a different presentation within the restrictions of what we had because we had no live audience, and we understood what a detriment that was to the product.

“We also understood what an amazing opportunity that presented to us in terms of being able to do different scenes that you could never do while a live audience is there.

“So in terms of the inception of the Bloodline, my contribution was: everything was discussed between Paul Heyman and Roman Reigns because we were on a daily basis trying to create a new genre out of the performance arts that had been presented for so many years.”

Heyman would also state that he doesn’t believe a top performer can operate at that level without input into the creative process, noting how top actors take “ownership” of their characters and how top WWE stars were “very hands-on” with creative.

Transcript from Screen Rant.

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