WWE Fans Are Ruining The Bloodline

The majority of WWE‘s main event level stars might be on SmackDown these days, but the biggest of them all, Roman Reigns, rules Raw and Monday nights. The Original Tribal Chief has been the face of the company since those awful days as the babyface Big Dog. It was only when he transformed during the Thunderdome era into an evil heel, with Paul Heyman by his side, that Reigns reached his full potential. The Bloodline are one of the greatest factions in wrestling history. In 2026, they’re back, yet no matter what they do, the audience refuses to play along, taking away from what could be more intriguing storylines.

WWE Fans Refuse To Boo The Bloodline

• The Bloodline got back together during Roman Reigns’ feud with CM Punk.
• They started as tweeners who hovered between babyfaces and heels.
• Fans still cheered for the OTC even as he forced Jacob Fatu to rejoin the faction.

Putting The Bloodline back together was a risk. The group had come to an end and everyone moved on. But when Roman Reigns began his feud this year with CM Punk, the faction slowly reunited, with Jey and Jimmy Uso back at the side of their cousin. Fans cheered, and who could blame them? There was no set babyface vs. heel dynamic, with Punk himself crossing the line, such as when he made comments about Reigns’ late father.

What really changed was after WrestleMania 42, when Reigns began a months-long rivalry with Jacob Fatu, pulling the former member back in with multiple wins and forcing the Samoan Werewolf to acknowledge his Tribal Chief. This was a very heel move. Before then, the group hovered between good and bad as tweeners. What they did to Fatu crossed the line. Still, WWE fans cheered, getting to their feet whenever the group emerged and raising their index fingers up high in unison.

Nostalgia Is the Dominating Factor Behind Today’s Wrestling Fandom in WWE

• Fans cheered for Roman Reigns after Jacob Fatu destroyed Royce Keys.
• In today’s current dull WWE, Reigns and The Bloodline still make fans feel something.
• WWE Unreal tells the audience that nothing is real, making it difficult to invest in storylines.

No matter what The Bloodline does, the fans cheer. Sure, they may have booed when Jacob Fatu destroyed Royce Keys to the point that he had to be taken out on a stretcher, yet they cheered when Roman Reigns came out right after, not to restrain him for going too far, but to acknowledge him for what he did. Reigns, like he did for so long, wants absolute power and control at any cost, and any babyface in his way, like LA Knight for example, is put down. And the WWE Universe loves it.

There are a few reasons why fans continue to cheer The Bloodline no matter what. Nostalgia is the big one. Roman Reigns is cool. The Tribal Chief is a badass video game level heel. Wrestling today is filled with dull babyfaces and heels who all do the same thing. The OTC is different. He makes you feel something, even if it’s just past glory repeated.

At the same time, for the fans in attendance, this is more than a TV show. The Bloodline is now in their city, live in the flesh. Fans cheer because they may have never seen them before. It’s like meeting a celebrity who plays the villain in movies. Who cares what they do on film? You’re seeing the actor behind the character in real life! WWE has also taken away a reason to boo. They have told you multiple times that none of this is real. WWE Unreal is all about going behind the curtain. We’re not watching something that bends reality. It’s a TV show with the veil lifted. Fans today cheer when they’re entertained by the storyline, no matter what the character in the ring is doing.

WWE Must Find a Way To Get the Audience To Turn on The Bloodline

• WWE wants the dopamine hit response to a segment.
• Jey Uso still comes out to his babyface music and gets fans to yeet and wave their arms.
• Creating major new stars, like Solo Sikoa, could get fans to cheer for the good guy and boo the heels.

Fans will continue to cheer for The Bloodline until WWE gives them a reason not to. In the lead up to WrestleMania 40, with Cody Rhodes on the road to finishing his story, the audience took the American Nightmare’s side and booed everything Roman Reigns and company did. WWE needs to create better opposition to go against the group. LA Knight is very over, but fans don’t take him seriously as a threat. Triple H and TKO have repeatedly shown that they don’t believe in him. Seth Rollins is over too. He’s also done bad things to Roman in the past, and now the OTC has an understandable reason to attack him. Fans could still get behind Reigns.

WWE is also doing a horrible job at presenting The Bloodline as heels. They can’t help themselves. Creative wants the dopamine hit, to give fans something to react to. It’s why Jey Uso is still coming out to his babyface song, getting the fans up on their feet waving their arms and yeeting. Look at the main event of the August 10 Raw as proof. In a promo between Jey Uso and his brother, Solo Sikoa, fans cheered for Sikoa, sure. They also cheered for Jey, who dropped catchphrases and acted like the Jey fans initially got behind. There were boos mixed with plenty of cheers, no matter what he said. Those same fans also got on their feet and clapped after Jey beat Solo, with the stipulation being that Sikoa would now be delivered to the Tribal Chief.

Casual WWE fans are confused by The Bloodline. In one segment they do something awful, in the next they’re still as cool as they used to be, with the same entrances and mannerisms. Fans cheer because they’re conditioned to, because nostalgia compels them. WWE must make a choice. Either continue to do the same thing every week, weakening this dull version of the group, or go all out and commit to them being true heels who will be booed. That’s how you create compelling television and build new stars like Sikoa. Whoever goes against The Bloodline must be more over than they are.