CM Punk Joins Roman Reigns Bloodline! Paul Heyman Returns! WWE SmackDown Review! | WrestleTalk

[@wstine79]

Obviously, Oli Davis couldn't make this video because he was to tired from jumping for joy when CM Punk came back as the 5th member of the Bloodline team at War Games.

[@TomF1180]

Probably pulled a hammy

[@ronakkothari6437]

Made the return like 57th time 😂😂😂

[@bonusbaby801]

@wstine79, Oli's balls are probably COMPLETELY DEFLATED & both arms & hands are cramping up😂

[@TomF1180]

@@bonusbaby801 😂😂😂 I think we all have been there before...

[@Christian988.]

😂😂 FR Oli is a Mark for Punk.

[@TheZeroDivine]

We need Smack Down reviews back

[@rakibulhasan3788]

Yes

[@rakibulhasan3788]

Yes

[@rakibulhasan3788]

Yes

[@Micky460]

Yes

[@RONRIFFLE.DEIcertified]

No

[@Kinvarus1]

The closing shot of the show where Roman asks what Punk's doing and Punk says "It's not about you and me, it's about him." and points to Heyman and Roman replies with "He's my Wiseman." and Punk counters with "We'll see." Interesting to see where that goes. Add to that Paul wearing a black suit with a red undershirt and red pocket square...which are Solo's colours. Also think Punk being the 5th man makes sense for a few reasons. 1: He's a Paul Heyman guy and with Roman not coming to help Paul when Solo put him through a table or apparently reaching out to him at any point after he left, who else could he turn too? Brock? He's not going to be around for a while, that leaves Punk. Also they can use this to add to the Punk/Seth feud with Seth having another reason to be pissed at Punk. Roman was his brother/the guy he hates and vowed to never team with again, only for Punk to join him instead.

[@chriskay1449]

Well the OG Bloodline were all wearing red as well, so they aren't Solo's colors.

[@yxeaviationphotog]

@@chriskay1449 I think it's more the style of clothing Heyman was wearing was exactly like Solo.

[@zagauk]

I see a shock in this match - I sense the final boss arriving.

[@BlackAgamemnon77]

HHH: Uh hey Punk? How would you like to go into another cage match CM Punk: FML 😔 LMAO

[@robrhyno9572]

Yeah wtf? How do you go from all that drama of the cage match and then jump straight into another one, potentially even more dangerous? Makes no sense.

[@Captain_Yorkie1]

​@@robrhyno9572 Doing Heyman a solid, that and Punk could be the last guy to enter. Reducing his time in the cage plus with it being multi man he can work less

[@kamikoto1558]

@@Captain_Yorkie1 And its not a blood feud so he doesnt need to do anything crazy anyway.

[@BlackAgamemnon77]

@@kamikoto1558 CM Punk wont be able to help himself. This is a main Event match and he is going to be going against some dangerous savages.......and Tonga Loa 😅. Punk is going to do right by the story being told.

[@CMc-v7z]

​@@robrhyno9572makes no sense? The Heyman connection means it makes perfect sense. Let's be real, Punk probably saw the chance to compete in a Wargames match and thought, that's another bucket list item checked off.

[@312tails]

We need to remember this was foreshadowed. Remember the segment when Heyman came out to talk to Punk, they hugged and Paul said he was scared of Solo?

[@peytonlong5573]

Literally people don’t pay attention to these events and just wanna complain about Punk - Punk promo callling himself the “OG Paul Heyman Guy” - Raw after the Rumble, Drew tried to injure Punk more, Sami came out and stopped that from happening - Raw after Mania, Punk inadvertently helps Jey win the #1 contender match by costing Drew -Smackdown in Chicago, Punk disses the new Bloodline and Heyman asking him to take him with - New Bloodline put Heyman through a table - that naturally pisses off the “OG Heyman guy” and wouldn’t mind getting his hands on them

[@lennoncannon1708]

Remember when Heyman told Punk please take me with you...

[@Mr.Monk2G]

I love how this makes that great segment even better in retrospect.

[@peytonlong5573]

Clearly people forgot that, as well as Sami intentionally or not, stopping Drew from hurting Punk more after the Rumble and Punk inadvertently helping Jey win that #1 contender match by costing Drew on the Raw after Mania

[@peytonlong5573]

Some people don’t pay attention to these events and just wanna complain about Punk - Punk promo callling himself the “OG Paul Heyman Guy” -Tribute To The Troops episode, he contemplates walking in the bloodline locker room - Raw after the Rumble, Drew tried to injure Punk more, Sami came out and stopped that from happening - Raw after Mania, Punk inadvertently helps Jey win the #1 contender match by costing Drew -Smackdown in Chicago, Punk disses the new Bloodline and Heyman asking him to take him with - New Bloodline put Heyman through a table - that naturally pisses off the “OG Heyman guy” and wouldn’t mind getting his hands on them

[@romariogayle5878]

You obviously have been limiting yourself to certain groups on the media. Not a shot mate. Just broaden your horizon. It’s been proven that there’s a certain group of fans who don’t pay very much attention to detail and you can usually find them on specific KZbin channels

[@peytonlong5573]

@ did I say everyone or some? I’ve seen it on Twitter, from even some cm punk fan accounts

[@lucyburnett69]

Thanks I was wondering what would motivate him but suffering brain fog Punk also never suffered at the hands of Roman’s bloodline

[@kenrogers4576]

This will lead directly into Punk/Rollins!!

[@PacRimElectric]

Do you think title would be in the feud? Like Rollins wins a triple threat world title match against Priest and Gunther? (Pins Priest protecting Gunther)

[@kenrogers4576]

@PacRimElectric i really don't think it's needed, they've been setting this up brilliantly since Punk came back..I do see a Rollins heel turn somewhere in here though.

[@PacRimElectric]

@@kenrogers4576 I can see your perspective, A CM/Rollins feud doesn't need a title. They got history and papa H seems to be making his main event storylines really intricate.

[@kenrogers4576]

@PacRimElectric this is the stuff that's been missing from the days before so many pay per views...I'm a sucker for long storylines. When you've got a ppv every month it felt lthinfueds were so abrupt..I'm glad to see Trips getting back to the old days!!

[@dankestranch8738]

@@PacRimElectricyou guys don’t think anything needs a title lol

[@jackmuir5314]

Cody/Owen segments and the Punk as 5th Man segment were perfection

[@Jaburezu]

A part of me is liking the idea of WT news doing videos in this format more often. IDK, maybe I'm just missing the less produced/casual days of YT wrestling contents.

[@ronburgundyspetfish]

Or just bring back the effing smackdown review on Saturday

[@papahenry744]

Nah.

[@abarasch523]

The way Heyman was dressed also stood out to me. The red shirt and pocket square instead of a classic white shirt and tie, something is up

[@Kinvarus1]

Yeah he was dressed more in Solo's colors with the black and red than his usual, I noticed it too. Interesting to see where that goes.

[@Chris_bitw]

I had the same thought. Solo held the mic to roman like CM Punk in his 'Pipe Bomb' days.

[@abarasch523]

@@Kinvarus1 that's exactly what I was thinking, he's gonna turn on Roman and go to solo I think

[@connorkitchen7285]

To be fair, this makes more sense than people give it credit for. Punk has had interactions with the new bloodline. He has links with Paul Heyman, whom the new bloodline assaulted. He’s spoken highly of Roman in the past. People act like this is completely out of the blue but this makes more sense than people give credit for.

[@ThomasTheIV]

Don't forget Roman has old beef with Punk for starting "Make Roman Look Strong".

[@tankdiggs8974]

PLease its wedged in to get more star power in the match and the Bloodline are a threat to no one

[@peytonlong5573]

Not just that, Sami stopped Drew from injuring Punk further on Raw after the Rumble, Punk inadvertently helping Jey win the #1 contender match by costing Drew on the Raw after Mania, people just don’t pay attention I’m convinced

[@theabyss86]

@@tankdiggs8974it is beyond me why anyone would willingly choose to ignore story bits that make a story fit better but that’s your business I suppose. Not saying he wasn’t added for Star power. So what if he was? That’s good. But to sit here and act like that was the only reason… before they attacked Heyman he was in the ring with punk begging him for help and calling him his best friend Fire Christ sake. Og bloodline was begging Seth to help. Seth and punk hate each other. Punk helping bloodline will further that story line with Seth leading to their mania match. But yeah they only wedged him in for Star power 🙄

[@tankdiggs8974]

@theabyss86 100 total b.s. glad you see it my way. But the way tldr. But I need you to u derstand IDGAF what you say.

[@JS06-h5d]

Imagine the twist was instead heyman being the 5 member

[@doubles7533]

I wonder if Hunter told Punk to "Make Roman look really strong".

[@hectorrodriguez6601]

Maybe he did. Maybe he didn't. Hunter is not Vince McMahon.

[@nikhilkrishnan9]

Considering Roman got pinned by solo last PLE, WWE is looking past "God mode Roman Reigns".

[@Abdul2604_]

This guy is still stuck in 2018. What a dumb comment lmao

[@JohnBLZ]

@@Abdul2604_ to be fair, WWE is stuck in 2015. Roman Reigns main evented WrestleMania 9 times between WM31 and WM40.

[@doubles7533]

@Abdul2604_ You must be new to wrestling. Punk wasn't in WWE in 2018.

[@rakibulhasan3788]

Please do regular Smack Down Review

[@lizzydanger8521]

3:48 as did I, while my husband missed THE WHOLE THING because he fell asleep 😂

[@mr.b6629]

CM Punk needs to create their own group The Whiteline.

[@RONRIFFLE.DEIcertified]

They didn’t set up Paul’s return last week. He didn’t answer. This is setting up a huge swerve.

[@cliffordbunton8788]

I absolutely love Punk being the fifth member. He's the original Heyman guy so it makes all the sense in the world to me...

[@tomdyer2461]

Great review, but how about calling out your boy Meltzer flat out saying it will absolutely be Rollins. Huge swing and Miss for him there

[@hazking9590]

Smackdown reviews need to come back with it being on Netflix next year please wrestletalk

[@Trikkypac]

It was honestly brilliant for Trips to add Bronson to Solo's team while he was feuding with Rollins. It set up this swerve perfectly.

[@jeremygott7709]

I thought the Giant was the 5th man. Hall, Nash, Hogan, Bischoff, and the Giant.

[@UncouthTribunal]

DiBiase, not Bischoff

[@Nogarda_]

I know Oli predicted this for next years Mania. But he called the Old Blood vs New Blood match.

[@alexmac66]

At the end of their cnoversation , it looks like Roman asks why Punk is there and Punk seems to respond because Heyman was his guy and Roman replied"he's my wise man" and Punk said "we'll see" ...or was that just me?

[@jonmel]

Gotta love the DIY news episodes

[@Dzad00]

How is Luke going to do an 11min recap and completely overlook mentioning that Paul E dyed his hair black again and was dressed like Solo complete with red handkerchief and all? 🤔

[@itsMacTavish]

You missed giving shoutout to a guy in the front seat with "Support WrestleTalk" sign

[@kevinwilliams441]

It was amazing being there at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City.

[@jelaniweldon3497]

I barely heard a word you said because I was distracted by that awesome Gizmo Duck shirt. I need one.

[@DesktopPanda96]

Treating poor Luke like a blathering blatherskite 😢

[@Azraell01]

You missed the part of what Punk said to Roman. "I'm not doing this for you (points at Roman), I'm doing this for him (points to Heyman as Heyman stands there with his cheshire cat grin on his face)."

[@thegame7134]

The crowd said Paul Heyman so loud that both live and on TV you couldn’t even hear Paul saying “Heyman” I’m so glad he’s back though.

[@pmcrease]

Was an amazing double pop! 💪

[@johnmarr2695]

"BEFORE HE WAS YOUR WISEMAN, HE WAS MINE!!!"

[@GCPlaysGames]

07:21 Super Mario's favourite wrestler

[@stephenthomson8283]

The way Heyman was dressed like Solo and him doing the hands that Jacob does is intriguing.

[@matthennessy146]

SmackDown genuinely been a great show the last few months Really into The Bloodline vs New Bloodline especially with the Punk addition how does Seth react KO is going through the Drew arch of justified villain he & Cody killed it promo wise I love what they are doing with MCMG Street Profits & DIY in the tag division you get everyone’s motivation & not only does it highlight the tag division but they are also telling the story of Johnny Gargano having to make a choice does he turn on his mentor Alex Shelly & go heel with Tommaso Ciampa or do DIY implode. Who is going to be Jade attacker could see it been Bayley or Naomi

[@jamesbrockingtonjr.6676]

Paul Heyman was better dressed yesterday on Smackdown than he was at his own HOF speech 😂 he was had his hair slicked back, dyed, well shaved, 3 piece suit 😂

[@MrJCV1605]

When I heard Paul Heyman speak, I got overwhelmed and when punks music hit I just cried with joy. I love wrestling.

[@TheRealDirtyDanIsIn]

Paul Heyman possibly coming out with Brock Lesner as my initial thought was, but I honestly forgot that Heyman was a manager for CM Punk so this was executed to perfection.

[@CronoTime]

And in one decision, I stopped caring about the whole Blood line story. That pop for The Wiseman was electric though.

[@RBernsCarter]

I thought it was interesting that Bronson Reed put up the one with the rest of Solo’s bloodline. I assume after WarGames he goes back to being a singles monster on a tear so having him acknowledge Solo was odd

[@MiyagiiiYung]

5:30 Roman asked punk “what are you doing here” and you can see punk respond saying “saving your ass”. I’ll be looking at punk and Heyman helping Roman with a side eye for sure

[@bradycook593]

That's one way to get back in a main event. The only good thing about CM Phil in the Bloodline is the return of Paul Heyman.

[@VinnieBartilucci]

The pop for Paul was explosive. Bigger, I'd say, than Punk's.

[@Deematic_Made_It]

Need to bring back smackdown reviews it only make sense to do it

[@ashtonwise]

Oh? Does Wrestletalk actually do Smackdown reviews again? That's refreshing.

[@redly836]

Yes!! News on a saturday! And I dont need a good camera or green screen in the background I dont mind you making a video in your home. I am happy your making one!

[@nosickl]

Everyone: Luke will comment on the Bloodline saga! Me: Luke is wearing a Gizmoduck T-Shirt!

[@heyyou9693]

Punk hitting the GTS and Roman with the spear in stereo was epic. By the way, Luke, is that a Raven figure next to the Jason Voorhees figure? This men's Wargames match is going to be unreal. How many angles could come out of this? Very intriguing. Great video, Luke.

[@alexray9756]

Not only does it make sense it also adds fuel to the Rollins CM Punk feud he can say hypocrite for teaming with Roman since he had that interaction earlier in year against Roman

[@ccreds8545]

Punk building up hell in a cell, cody roman story, the rock, the rock/punk mania main event sotryline, bloodline vs bloodline, heyman connections. If you connect all of the dots and they want a banger main event for mania you could do an armageddon style 5 or 6 man hell in a cell at mania. It writes itself and the rock was even in it back then. You could also use the heyman connection to put lesnar in at the last moment for a shock return🤷🏽‍♂️ Rikishi was also in it which is added bonus story wise with his family ties to the bloodline.

[@atrain2345]

U gotta love long term storytelling, punk was introduced months ago into the story, solo tried to attack him while he was there to talk to chicago and paul was asking him take him with him

[@RandomManEntertainment]

I like how Punk said: it’s not about you Roman. It’s about what the Bloodline did to Paul.

[@Cookie_85]

50 bucks that Punk gets injured at Wargames and he will be out for 6 months.

[@mudkipfan2420]

You’ll win that bet for sure

[@730_Promise]

“Bloodline Wolfpack” 😂 Very Accurate

[@chrismorgan2824]

Love the home office set up. It was a great swerve, also Heyman looked tanned AF. Must have been enjoying his time off.

[@oliverjohnson9660]

Just think how Seth is gonna react when him and Punk get in the ring. The layers of HHH storylines (at times) is amazing.

[@richardetaylor07]

I really think that Seth Rollins still gets involved in the war games match somehow. Punk and Bronson being in the match he will be involved in some way.

[@pauladams1915]

Sami was the only one who didn't look surprised.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I was honestly expecting Brock Lesnar to return with Paul Heyman last night. 😅

[@machenrix9128]

Me too

[@AyyitzAj]

Punk has been given some off the best booking I’ve ever seen

[@garywhite723]

I thought it was going to be Brock too but when Heyman brought out CM Punk I literally screamed at my TV

[@georgeyepez4420]

in a good way?

[@JulesOfCards]

There’s a lot going on with this OG bloodline and punk alliance. Punk created the shield, the shields first appearance was at the survivor series helping punk retain the wwe title, Punk was a Heyman guy, Rollins is going to hate this, the Rock taking Punks main event spot years ago….. this is going to be crazy good.

[@aztecwrrior1997]

A SmackDown review on a Saturday this is rare

[@EnticinglyDeadly]

I’m not sure if you would consider this a swerve. If you recall the segment on Smackdown where Paul asks Punk to take him with him and Solo tries to attack Punk, Paul tells Solo that me and Roman have an understanding that Punk is off limits. Knowing that, this didn’t entirely come out of left field but Seth Rollins was a good red herring.

[@mikewilson4952]

I believe this leads to PH being mad at Roman for leaving him to get embarrassed & beat up by Solo’s BL. But it looks like he is helping… OG BL win War Games… then PH & Punk turn on Roman giving us heel Punk w/ PH!! Which I think is the best Punk heel Punk. Also continues Roman’s story of rebuilding himself as a singles again.

[@MohnotYash]

I still think that Seth Rollins will be there in Men wargames match in some capacity to get Bronson Reed and will come Face to Face with CM Punk.

[@johndunn7321]

I have too much time on the internet,so Punk was one of everyone’s fantasy booking list ! It’s gonna be great !

[@AlMoSiCe210]

Two words for the angle: WELL. DONE.

[@michaelsinger4638]

The difference between the quality of storytelling for both War Games Matches is staggering.

[@logiebear2024]

The fact that Wrestletalk doesn't do smackdown reviews anymore is sad. Fightful and Steve and Larson still does them. Just take Monday off as your 2nd weekend day.

[@MiyagiiiYung]

4:25 I think Paul was stalling a bit because punk was taping up his hand lol

[@josemartiariasbrenes4643]

Great episode of Smackdown! Amazing pops!

[@jasonboyd2479]

I was wrong. I thought Seth Rollins would eventually be the 5th guy after Bronson Reed was Solos 5th guy

[@cameronbriglin8522]

4 out of 5 show

[@stevencurtis85]

The pop for Heyman was huge!!!

[@arnabghosh4638]

I'm so happy you guys made a review for this smackdown

[@seanreddy985]

I cnt lie for most of Paul interlude to announcing Punk I thought it might be Brock cuz of how Paul kept saying 5 a lot.

[@yv2521]

War game is more brutal than Rumble. I hope Punk won't get injured again.

[@glodeanuandrei400]

Man just went through a strap match and a bloody (literally) hell in a cell match. I have faith in him.

[@Steveh216]

He survived hell in a cell he should be fine

[@Ahnhughwhale]

Just when you think the Bloodline story is over with, they rejuvenate the story.

[@ibnjones6605]

Long-term booking, I called it when Paul Heyman got powerbomb. Ollie was right.

[@indiesongwriter5474]

It makes sense for Punk to get involved simply for the point that the New Bloody put Heyman through a table.

[@Freeway1975]

Good Morning Everyone 🙏🏿 🌄

[@seanchan4478]

Idk how anybody is supposed to believe new blood stands a chance. Give them some star power for their team

[@Boogerman9047]

I think we can look forward to The Rock and Seth Rollins vs CM Punk and Roman Reigns

[@shamarbunch8074]

I think it was on this channel where I called it. I saw this coming a while back

[@delroycupidore2691]

I sat in my chair and kept saying that 'next thing you'll hear is LADIES AND GENTLEMEN '

[@BigRC1964]

Man Solomonster predicted this, but he thought they were going to wait for war games.

[@anthonym6119]

This actually makes war games interesting for me.

[@johnwilliams5680]

I assumed it would be Punk or Seth. But this begins their road to Wrestlemania actually which is a slow burn. It builds to how one of them eliminates the other in the Royal Rumble.

[@pengkhimhuot9508]

Just my opinion , I think it would help you guys alot if you bring back the weekly SD review because as long as the bloodline is on the show, there will be something to talk about especially when there are on the road to the big event like War Game ,Rumble ,wrestlemania ,etc.

[@LayRoyalty]

Smackdown was amazing. Like i felt like that was the go home show

[@xavierwashington5408]

Yall called it

[@bug5258]

Did you see roman start laughing during Paul's promo?? Classic.... you know now it can be Punk, Brock, Roman, Curtis Axel.. The paul guys

[@mattfebbo9912]

I was pumped...my buddy and I were talking about it being punk or Lesnar..so I wasn't surprised but I like it..

[@_mluck_]

I might get peacock again, just for the war games match. That’s how big this one is now.

[@kidcutty88]

Not to get too tribal or anything but the feeling i had when Paul said "Ladies and Gentlemen" is just a feeling i don't get currently when I watch AEW 🤷🏿‍♂️ Great segment and Great show

[@FreshPrinceofGA]

Roman said off mic that's my Wiseman, Punk said we'll see

[@benjaminzx3444]

In my opinion they should have let Paul return and revealed punk at survivor series that pop would have been INSANE with a stand off in the ring and the you hear Paul saying …….