The Insane History of Roman Reigns' Bloodline Saga | Start to Finish

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PETE: Please support us on Patreon to help us make these videos! 👉 patreon.com/wrestletalk The Samoan Dynasty Family Tree Explained 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2e1laeoq8yUbKM More wrestling news on wrestletalk.com/ Unlock the secrets to working in professional wrestling, sign up to www.wrestlingmasterclass.com/ 0:00 - Roman’s Return 4:22 - The Title Reign Begins 13:40 - vs Jey Uso 23:27 - The First WrestleMania 32:54 - The Return of Jimmy Uso 44:24 - The Best Year Begins 54:56 - The Sami Zayn Arc 1:26:21 - Post-WrestleMania 39 1:39:24 - Finishing The Story Written By: Pete Quinnell Presented By: Pete Quinnell Directed By: Pete Quinnell & Ellis Thomas Produced By: Pete Quinnell & Tempest Image Sourcing By: Brandon Syres & Jason Walsh Special thanks to AceTrainerLiam, Alex Lajas, Sean Ross Sapp and Super Eyepatch Wolf for appearing in this video!

[@GeexNightOutOfficial]

Pete! One of the best videos I havewatched on WT and YT! I am a casual fan, I watch usually between RR and WM. THIS was exactly what I needed to see the true magnitude of the Bloodline storyline. Well made! I will for sure be watching more WT originals going forward!

[@DeonSmith-ek8ne]

Do a discussion on how overrated the women's division from 2016 to today is.

[@johndoe9458]

Why didn't oli do this?

[@Kazpper88]

AM I WATCHING FORENSIC FILES ? IT FEELS LIKE IM WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY LIKE THT LOL.

[@JohnCloccwork]

It’s like an Hbomberguy video but for wrestling. Well done Pete

[@jamesp6954]

I'm 23 minutes in, and I just wanted to let you guys know that I just hit pause, felt the hair raised on my arms, looked up at this beautiful sunny day, and said, out loud, to myself, "This is a treat." My mom's in the hospital and I've worked 118 hours in the last 2 weeks, and right now, in this moment, I love being alive and I love pro wrestling for these moments that make us feel alive. I'm thankful for this video, the work you put in, and even thankful that it dropped today. It feels like a present in a hard time and I hope it brings some major blessings your way.

[@alvinnarciso6130]

All the best brother. I too am going through a lot and honestly WWE and the bloodline is one of the few beautiful things left in life

[@ewangent]

Hope things are only upward from here for you and your family. 🌠

[@JamesJr8350]

God Bless u Brother, Hope All goes Well

[@WrestleTalk]

PETE: All the best to you, I hope blessings head your way too!

[@YisroelGoldberg]

Praying for you brother!

[@BigMick75]

A “BRIEF” History

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

SUPER EYEPATCH WOLF!? On Wrestletalk?! What is this a CROSSOVER EPISODE?! Yes. Yes it is. Pete, you've done an amazing job here and you should be incredibly proud.

[@asicsjohnson]

Don't forget special guest, Some Girl. Wasn't she awesome?!

[@Zetta_Hakai]

“A brief history” ☠️ I popped not gonna lie

[@cody1390]

All over my face

[@mperry0913]

I've been a WrestleTalk fan going back to before Luke even joined. Over the years I've watched as WrestleTalk grew more and more. From the watch-a-longs in the studio, Quizzlemanias, to the watch parties at the pubs now, it's become a great source of wrestling fun, news, and entertainment. Of the videos that you all have done, this one is by far the best of the group. As a fan of wrestling for over 40 years, I cannot wait to see what is next from you guys. I hope you take this format and run with it doing videos on everything from Cody's story, to going back to the territory days and how those ended up going away. The number of stories are limitless. Support WrestleTalk, and Support Tribal Pete in this awesome job he has done!

[@WrestleTalk]

PETE: That is some incredibly high praise and I appreciate you for leaving such a lovely comment!

[@TheMouthOfTheSouth]

Nearly 2 hours of Wrestletalk content? Colour me a happy man!

[@SpaceGamblerJR]

Even for a 2 hour video it flew by. Did not feel like a 2 hour video 💯

[@HoosierDaddy2a]

Color*

[@TheMouthOfTheSouth]

@@HoosierDaddy2a Actually it's colour if you're English and correct, Color if you're American and wrong

[@LMini14]

"A Brief History" an hour and 50 minutes long. And I sat through the whole thing like it was 5 minutes. Love this Pete. Love this Wrestletalk

[@thehiro9924]

This requires popcorn!! Gimme a couple minutes!

[@aztecwrrior1997]

Dude I'm gonna have to wait to watch this at home curse the fact I'm at work right now. WAHHHHH!!

[@muhammadHassan-kj1jy]

I'm literally eating while watching lol

[@thehiro9924]

@@aztecwrrior1997 it's 3pm here and I just got home from work lol, benefits of WT being UK based Muahahaha!

[@aztecwrrior1997]

@@thehiro9924 lucky

[@KansasCat3]

Good ass point

[@cameronsamuels9139]

now THIS.... This is cinema

[@deralfenderson]

Ummmm….. No.

[@badbrains28]

It’s a documentary. Plus a bunch of stills is not cinema.

[@PJC1983]

Almost criminal that this only has around 14k views per day, I think it's something people will re-watch 10 years from now

[@thekxckup3854]

lol rather watch the actual promos instead of a guy talking about it. It's really only a one time watch kind of video.

[@Jimmyfking1000]

I have a feeling this one might be ucey

[@kaybeeva]

03:21 a wild SuperEyePatch Wolf appears?!

[@bradsimpson2760]

WTF IS SHORT FORM CONTENT 🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️

[@fscorpion678]

he was shown in the trailer for weeks lol

[@kaybeeva]

@@fscorpion678 lol I genuinely didn't notice😂🤣 But as always I loved his opinions on this stranger sports world of wrestling

[@davemeyers1348]

1:02:14 has to be one of the coolest, epic still shots ever. Its like something out of a comic book or movie.

[@Christiantheforestdweller]

Pete, mate you deserve a paid holiday for this 👏👏👏👏👏

[@tobiasj9798]

I have waited all week for this.

[@Misace2500]

Makes sense pete was passionate about the bloodline story of course he's doing this video. Fantastic job Pete Also happy birthday pete 🙂

[@skrounst]

Now we need Oli to make a 2 hour long video about CM Punk, and Luke makes one about Scott Steiner!

[@thetribalist6923]

@@skrounstPipebomb > Math

[@Misace2500]

I need Tempest to make a super long video about my favorite wrestler and his favorite Adam Copeland "EDGE" and on God I share a birthday with Copeland

[@sheasully8365]

Oh my goodness Super Eyepatch Wolf! His video essay on the unreality of pro wrestling is literally my comfort KZbin video. Glad to see him here! Keep up the great work!

[@samdath3439]

An all time classic story.

[@yashraman5808]

I would watch this video later because I got some stuff to take care of right now but I just wanna say that I am a big fan of your work. You guys are great. So keep up the great work and I would always support you.

[@devinmac11]

Proud of you Pete! Can’t wait to watch this after work.

[@IamConnorW]

This is the best video essay WrestleTalk has done and THAT is saying something!!! Congrats guys!🎉

[@alexjoseph1620]

Awesome video Pete. And happy birthday 🎂

[@austinb9732]

Congratulations pete and everyone else involved its obvious how much work went into this 💙

[@bossbradley]

This was an incredibly well-done video!!! Great job everyone!!!

[@probablypahul]

I'll listen to this as an audiobook starting right now

[@BennMinshall]

This video was a fantastic deep dive. Thank you Pete and everyone at WrestleTalk for this video - it's amazing work - and now I need more longform content!!

[@SLPrawn65]

Jimmy stopped Jey from winning at summerSlam because he didn't want Jey to be like Roman. Jimmy gave Jey the strength to break away from the bloodline because Jimmy wanted to finally go it alone from the Bloodline with his brother by his side but when Jey didn't like his actions at summerslam and left smackdown, Jimmy instead of forging this new path that he wanted with his brother fell back to what was comfortable. Jimmy fell back inline with the Bloodline and started acting the goof and being unserious because he wasn't invested in being in the bloodline any more he was there because other plans fell through. Jimmy was just going through the motions.

[@ssjxcloudstrife8652]

That's great take... But how do you explain the reason for their Wrestlemania match, and why Jimmy never mentions this was the reason?

[@East10Outpost]

Been excited for this. WrestleTalk does the best analysis out there. Love your guy's delivery, top tier product 👏🏻

[@theannilators7479]

Fun fact about the bloodline: it first formed in 2016 as a generic face faction to back WWE World Champion Roman Reigns up against challenger AJ Styles and his faction, The Club. Both factions would then be broken up the the brand split.

[@mws0.0]

10/10 All around thank you.

[@Hussainmohdabidi]

I never thought that I would watch a 2 hours long video apart from any movie on KZbin. The content the storytelling the pitch all of them were just amazing. Sometimes when it’s over only after that you realise how good and awesome was it. Just like Roman’s title reign. 2020-2024. Truly awesome.

[@bluereadingdolphin]

This was truly so good. Incredibly well told and engaging - it's a long video but I watched it all in one go because I was so invested

[@HypeSquad2Cold]

I've been looking forward to this! Good job to the entire wrestletalk team!!!!! You guys do an amazing job! 💜

[@BatherZx]

Thanks for this Pete and happy birthday.

[@chrismorgan2824]

Well done. There's a part of me that wishes you didn't skip through anything but it was already like 2 hours.

[@poppa_squirrel]

Great video, I'm only 20 minutes in. I have a feeling 😉 the story of Jey becoming Chief of the family isn't over yet. Who wants to see Roman pop up in a hoodie? ?

[@robdragon3045]

Fantastic video - was really nice going through this whole story in one sitting. I look forward to more video essays like this in the future.

[@shaeisgae8952]

We hated him while he held the belt, but now that he's lost it even the biggest roman hater with any sense acknowledges OUR tribal Chief. What a legend.

[@gagankalkat8037]

I never hated him. Been a Roman fan since 2016.

[@redline841]

"We want Roman"

[@esm5133]

Awesome job. I really enjoyed this. Especially, since I wasn’t tuning in every week during the Thunder dome era. Thank you all for all the time and hard work you put into creating such a great video.

[@AndrewJShirley]

Awesome stuff man, absolutely loved this

[@nolancampbell1208]

I must say this video goes down in history as being the best history of Roman Reigns in the bloodline. I have never stayed almost 2 hours watching a KZbin video without it being an actual movie. You gave your opinion and you also stated facts without overshadowing each other. This is by for the best video about Roman Reigns I have ever seen on the internet. You sir have definitely earned a subscriber. Will be watching more of your videos throughout the month and going forward. Thank you for this superb video.

[@MrNinjutsuMaster]

Early view time, support Wrestletalk!

[@AquaLeaderJesse]

I dont see why everyone still insists that Cody should have won at Mania 39. 1. Cody needed to have a reason to hate Roman in a rematch. 2. Roman still needs to be on top for the following months' story with the Usos to work 3. Simply, the build to and ending of Mania XL is way better than the ending of Mania 39 ever could have been.

[@The_Azrael]

I’ve been excited to see this.

[@stephenwheatley9637]

I've watched wrestling for 25 years and the story of Sami and the bloodline is definitely the best I've I've seen Thanks Pete and the whole lot of you who helped Hope to see more of this stuff in future SUPPORT WRESTLETALK!!!

[@gavinhanbury6532]

Epic level content!

[@Jushiro259]

Excellent video, the quality of shows you guys create is truly amazing, top top quality. I have bad ADHD so its hard for something to hold my attention for too long... BUT I WAS GLUED! Keep up the amazing work!

[@apocrypha5363]

The most epic and brilliant 2-years of storytelling in decades, absolutely *crammed* into 4 years 😂 (It was awesome... But jaysus...)

[@budspires72]

You guys did an amazing job. I have enjoyed all of your documentary Saturday releases. I’ve been disappointed when I’ve shown up and there wasn’t one. Keep up the awesome work!

[@toppseasonszn2342]

Best Storyline in WWE History, and it has longevity and always interesting

[@nadiahassan5307]

For me the simple fact was this, Roman elevated everyone in his circle, and that is truly why he is so special.

[@johnwilliams5680]

Honestly, I was excited for this. Usually Pete is the downer, but he did an amazing job on this project. As a fan of documentaries and wrestling, this peaked my interest from the beginning. Awesome job WrestleTalk my brothers across the pond. I've been following you guys through 3 relationships, losing my mom, the pandemic, moving across the country and it's a part of my daily life.

[@diabeticman2194]

Nearly at the end of the video, just want to acknowledge Pete (on his birthday no less) and the whole WrestleTalk team who worked on this video, it was mighty!

[@Crow_02]

Kudos to pete and the entire Wrestletalk team! Amazing work

[@PaulMcAnally-fz2pu]

Hey Pete, I just wanted to say how impressed I am with your documentary. You did an incredible job capturing the essence of the story the passion of the wrestlers. It's clear how much hard work and dedication you put into this project, and it's truly paid off. Thank you for sharing this amazing story with the world. Cheers 🎉❤

[@francisbooker8665]

Don’t usually comment but so much love to Pete for doing this. This was awesome and so great to have the cameos and the story. So cool.

[@MsIzzat91]

Simply put, legendary. There is never and probably will never be another story equivalent to this.

[@currentwav3678]

…probably one of the greatest non-wwe produced wwe projects i’ve ever seen. thank you so much for bringing this to life…

[@rondabaldbastid3045]

Pete, and everyone who worked on this. By far this attention to such detail on this epic story truly made me smile. I really hope that soon, you do another video when the next chapter of the Bloodline happens. This was so fun to watch, seriously ❤

[@jaydereszynski3101]

Hi Pete! I just wanted to say that yes I agree that Romans title reign and story line is maybe the greatest of all time. More importantly I think this might be the greatest wrestletalk video of all time! Seriously Pete, and everyone involved with this project, this was so well written, produced, and edited. I hope this video serves multiple purposes now and in the future. Now to educate people who are now back into wrestling or starting to get into wrestling learning the whole backstory of the moment that was wrestlemania 40 and Roman’s historic Reign. In the future I hope this video serves as an almost historical record of how important and vast the story really was. Hopefully wwe can top this story someday. Again Great Job Everyone involved with this video! Thank you!

[@TruthNLies-kc9lx]

WE NEED MORE OF THIS! Pete, you are such an amazing storyteller and narrator. It’s astounding. You made me feel this video. Excellent job boys and girls. Immaculate

[@Soon_Solstice]

Sami Zayne's involvement within the Bloodline was easily my favorite part of the story arc.

[@Lilbeef1]

I still to this day defend wrestlemania 39 and it’s ending. Call me any name in the book but I believe that mania 39 is a perfect mania, better then 17 and 19, it does everything right nights one and two with incredible action and emotion. Giving Roman the win felt like an amazing final swerve that was both shocking and incredible and had me up off my seat.

[@QIntellect77]

This video is proof that The Bloodline saga is/was/will always be Pete’s favorite thing. Excellent video. Please do more!

[@christianhanel2129]

Does that mean a 2 hour deep dive into the Wrestlemania 17 hardcore title match is in the works for Luke?

[@blablablaa14]

I still consider Roman crying in hell in the cell when he faced Jey as the greatest moment in wrestling i've ever seen. I was sitting at home watching and could not believe my eyes when he was crying. I have never seen a guy cry mid match before, and then obviously him choking Jey after was the cherry on top

[@rayburner8023]

Been watching you guys for about 10 years now and I have to say that this is my favorite and possibly the best video you guys have ever done! Incredibly good stuff from start to finish. Well done Pete, Tempest, and everyone else involved!!

[@squiresphone]

Great work. Great segment Pete. This is why Wrestle talk is the Best, wrestling channel on KZbin. 👏 👏

[@Yognaughto]

Y'all marketed this well with the teasers this week, was looking forward to this!

[@mHutch34]

this is really really well done, i'm glad you recapped it all, because it's hard to remember everything. i would love to see you do a recap of the full Bray Wyatt story. it would definitely help people remember, or learn, the pertinent information behind the new Wyatt Sick6 story. you could do chapters on NXT, main roster debut, evolution of the family, teaming with Matt Hardy, how Bray turned into Mr. Rogers, the whole Fiend saga, how Bray came back, the original story with Uncle Howdy, Bray passing away, up to the Wyatt Sick6 debut. I can't really remember the Bray and Uncle Howdy story, so I'd love a refresher. Thanks for all the great work you guys do.

[@MS32816]

Big kudos to you guys for this one - my partner (who doesn’t follow wrestling closely at all and just watches the PLEs with me) didn’t know the back story to the early days of the bloodline and has only seen about the last 6ish months of this - I sent her the WWE “best of the bloodline” playlist but it doesn’t nearly tell the story as well as you have recounted it here. She went from not getting Sami as a character to loving him (making the IC title win that much more fun) - Great job here guys

[@bearded_beagle]

Amazing! Great video Pete! Everyone who worked on this should be proud of this video! Kudos

[@anushkamaharaj9941]

Recapping this now, That whole Royal Rumble segment was pure emotionally charged gold. Stellar story-telling, which shows that when WWE actually tries, building feuds logically and long-term, can be amazing, and get fans emotionally invested. Also, I know that the Cody Rhodes winning at Wrestlemania was epic, but I walked away wanting more of Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. THAT MOMENT, was the moment of the match for me, that left me wanting so much more.

[@rastagaming2116]

Pete, you are great. What a video, you can see the work that was put in and the care taken with it. Had a great time with it. Thank you for this bloody brilliant bit of entertainment and happy birthday !

[@mikeprentice68]

If this isn't a regular segment, it needs to be. This was a fascinating deep dive into the best wrestling storyline in years. Keep up the excellent work.

[@radandpaisley]

I have been loving these documentary style videos. Brought me back to the channel. 10/10 stuff guys. Cameos from the likes of Supereyepatchwolf was really cool and unexpected too

[@danielschreiber4710]

Absolutely fantastic work to everyone involved! 10/10, no notes. Thank you so much, folks!

[@a-cygnus]

I don't think I've ever forwarded a video faster than after I heard, "Is Paul really with Brock?" for the third time.

[@lucaschapel7197]

WWE frequently referred to Roman and The Usos as "The Bloodline" as far back as 2015. During their feud with The OC in 2015, the term "The Bloodline" was thrown around A LOT to describe the trio and their family on screen. Other than that, this is an absolutely phenomenal video, I can tell so much hard work and research went into this. One of the best WT videos out there.

[@lindseywhite3371]

A huge well don to Pete and everyone who worked on this video. It was tremendous, thank you all xx

[@skylergreen8751]

Wrestletalk is the best channel on all of KZbin. Love you all!

[@a_ninja2376]

1:14:44 im SO glad you called this out. I loved that he fell the exact same way it made me geek out watching it live

[@oldmanmetaldude]

I honestly believe that this is the best video that this channel has ever produced. Thank you.

[@thegame7134]

That promo with Roman and Jey where he mentioned “which one are you?” was the moment that I got emotionally invested in the storyline.

[@DarkandWeird]

Absolutely tip notch! Been a Wrestletalk fan since before Pete and Laurie and this is the best! You guys just get better and better and keep me informed and entertained! Thanks Pete! This was awesome!

[@cheezymcwang8431]

I heard you talk about how this is the longest video on the channel, but at 111 minutes it still feels like there's more that could have been said. Well done Pete and everyone who worked on this, you should be commended for what I can only assume has been a LONG time in the making.

[@andrewbristow2817]

Genuinely love these types of videos from you guys 👍🏾 👍🏾

[@ksbd95]

This was an excellent breakdown, loved the guests inputs and pete's delivery of it was marvelous. Kudos and love to the WT team! Definitely one of my favourite modern storyline in wrestling despite the haphazard handling of it sometimes.

[@mike_farrell]

Finally had the time to sit and watch this. HOLY COW. The amount of research, writing, editing and work that went into this... fantastic stuff, Pete and team!

[@bigbillhammond]

Only a few minutes in and I am loving the detail and the hard work on display. I simply have enjoyed it thus far. I've been a fan since 2016 and this is the culmination of all those years of hard work. Well done!

[@brettlinforth1211]

Truly, the Ben Hur of Wrestletalk videos. Thank you and congratulations to EVERYBODY involved in this epic production!

[@tonytyrell7486]

This was great! I'm happy that I took the time to watch the whole video. It was worth it!

[@Rose0309]

Amazing video. I live in Houston and have been without power since the storm hit. This was a great video to listen to while sitting outside. More video like these!

[@kennyjones1282]

Hoping and praying y’all get power and get back to normal!!

[@abraarharnekar6837]

Wow😊. Thank you so much wrestletalk. This genuinely gave me goosebumps listening to this. Such an incredible summary. Hats off to the team.

[@rakaikereama-thomas2259]

Wow! What an absolute masterpiece this was. The effort to put this together is just incredible. Pete and Wrestletalk are GOATs in professional wrestling. My personal number one choice for all things wrestling.

[@JTRAPDOOR1]

Loving the vid guys! Keep these up as long as they don't drain you too much emotionally

[@LowKhiLonely]

For someone like me who is obsessed with WWE since road to Wrestlemania this year and didn’t get the chance to watch the saga of The Bloodline. This video takes my FOMO away

[@tomgreat90]

Incredible production 👏 Well done, you deserve your flowers for this immense work. A wonderful summary of an iconic story.

[@jamiegerwin2597]

Pete, that wasn’t unbelievable documentary about Roman reigns and the bloodline. That was as good as any documentary I’ve seen on Netflix. I’m proud to be a Patreon for the past few years. I love your content and keep doing what you’re doing. You keep making the content I’ll keep consuming it.

[@matthewgwin4828]

That Raw where Rock made Cody bleed was my first WWE show I’ve ever been to live and it was just magic, I was losing my mind after that Jey match. Great video Pete, this was incredible