WWE Day 1 - 1.1.22

[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat Or they could have just taken him out from the finish without him needing to actually win the belt since they set that up as a possibility a couple times during the match. If Reigns' ends up being away longer than expected due to COVID, that 5-way set up two different roads for Lesnar with him vs. Lashley or him vs. Rollins & Owens as a mini-feud to buy some time while Big E goes on with whatever WWE's plans were for him with the belt after Day 1. According to FOX, looks like the original plan was for Big E to retain his belt via their original results page they forgot to update before posting.

Could just be a mistake. In fact, I’d bet it is. But Big E retaining would have made sense. It just didn’t given the circumstances.

They could have crowned an interim champion. They could have used it as an angle. They could have done a bunch of things. But this is what they WANTED to do. And it means something to some people. They saw a WWE Title change. It means more now it’s on Brock. And when does that end? The Rumble? On TV? That could be huge.

I just don’t agree with calling it a “panic move”. For all we know, Roman is out indefinitely. There could be seriously smart creative plans in place. I doubt this went over Heyman’s head. Just chill out and stop the “WWE Bad” narrative in this circumstance. They wanted a moment for a weird show. They may have a way in and out…or to run this further than any of us expect.