It's the story that has thrown the wildest and most unpredictable spanner into WWE's WrestleMania works.
It's the plotting so good you want to be in the building when it unfolds.
It's the performance level so sublime that it draws gushing praise from almost every corner of the wrestling commentariat no matter how hard it is to form consensus in the age of monoculture.
It's - at long f*cking last - something actually worthy of Roman Reigns exceptionally deliberate pacing, menace and fear-mongering after months of his Uso gaslighting running on fumes.
Sami Zayn was the missing ingredient, but it can't go underestimated how superb the rest of The Bloodline have been bouncing off him and risking the integrity of the act by selling so much for it. "Being Ucey" is now the best thing anybody in WWE can be, Zayn himself will fall heartbreakingly short before somebody topples Roman's empire, and the sprawling stories (and instantly iconic conversations about t-shirts) that have already spun out of the unit since the summer has etched the group into company history.
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett
