WWE’s Tribal Combat Match Finish At SummerSlam Was Always As Planned – With Roman Reigns facing a minor injury during the course of the match, questions arose about whether WWE had contemplated an alternative conclusion to the SummerSlam’s Tribal Combat, including the possibility of having Jey Uso emerge victorious.
As you are likely aware, the match’s culmination saw the unexpected return of Jimmy Uso, whose interference played a pivotal role in costing his brother the victory.
In an interview with McGuire on Wrestling, Dave Meltzer addressed these speculations. He emphasized that WWE had not entertained the idea of changing the outcome. The decision to uphold Roman Reigns as the victor remained unwavering.
I don’t…I’d never heard anyone even discuss that as a possibility. Yeah. You know, I mean, look, they’ve already got, you know, whatever it is, they’ve got plans going for Roman as champion for months down the line. So Jey wasn’t gonna win. I know you could make the same thing about, well, you know, that’s why Cody and Sami shouldn’t have won, but, you know, Sami was much hotter than Jay. and whatever they had their direction that they were gonna go and with Cody, you know, they could’ve had Cody win, they could’ve had Cody lose. The fact is, the business stayed good, so they weren’t wrong. I mean, could you say business might have been better with Cody? I think a little bit for the first couple of months, but this was their direction. They wanna build it, and they, you know, I got to think Cody’s eventually winning it. So it’s just a question of, you know, keeping him hot enough and, you know, Brock did a great job with Cody. I think that was Brock’s best match in years.”
WWE’s Tribal Combat Match Finish At SummerSlam Was Always As Planned
