Buying or Selling The Bloodline Breaking Up After WWE WrestleMania 2023

The Bloodline have been the biggest attraction in WWE for the past few years, and Roman Reigns has been at the center of the whole thing since the start.

Jimmy and Jey Uso, Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman are his loyal allies, and until the Royal Rumble, Sami Zayn was an honorary member of the family.

This group has been running roughshod over two different divisions for well over two years. Reigns has had an epic run as the undisputed universal champion for more than 900 days, and The Usos have held both sets of tag titles since defeating RK-Bro in May 2022 for the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships.

With Zayn now hellbent on taking down The Bloodline, WWE has a tough choice to make. Does it break up the group that has been integral to all of its major storylines for the past few years, or does it keep the family together and simply shift its focus after WrestleMania?

Zayn and Kevin Owens are set to challenge The Usos for the undisputed tag titles, and Reigns will put the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on the line against Cody Rhodes.

If the faction loses all of its gold in one night, it will test the strength of these familial bonds. If The Tribal Chief truly values family over everything else, as he claims, then there is nothing to worry about. However, if his ego is too big to handle that kind of failure, it could spell the end of The Bloodline.

Before we make a determination about what the best option is in this scenario, let's take a look at both potential paths WWE could take this storyline after WrestleMania.

Buying: Bonds Broken by Ego

With Rhodes being somewhat linked to Zayn and Owens by sharing a common enemy, The Bloodline have three men looking to strip away all of their gold in one weekend.

While Rhodes earned his shot by winning the men's Rumble match, his feud with Reigns has become personal after a few tense interactions with both The Tribal Chief and wise man Heyman.

The former ECW owner has done his best to play mind games with The American Nightmare by discussing his family history, but everything became a lot more intense once the WrestleMania opponents came face-to-face.

Zayn and Owens both failed to knock The Tribal Chief off his throne when they battled him in singles matches, so they are going to focus on the tag titles held by The Usos instead.

WWE has done an excellent job weaving together the story of The Usos and Zayn's fractured relationship with the long and often tumultuous friendship of the Canadian wrestlers.

Jimmy and Jey each have their own stories in all of this, but Zayn is a common thread. If the best friends can defeat the twin brothers for the belts at 'Mania, there is no telling how The Tribal Chief might react.

We've seen how he treats failure and disappointment in the past, especially where his own family is concerned. He literally beat loyalty into his own cousins, so imagine the kind of punishment he would dish out if they were unable to deal with the biggest problem the family has ever faced.

If all of the titles switch hands at WrestleMania, it would be easy for WWE to write the story of The Bloodline imploding. Reigns and Heyman would go off on their own, The Usos would be back to focusing on their own careers, and Solo Sikoa would be able to stretch his wings and focus on being his own Superstar instead of somebody else's enforcer.

Or WWE could turn this into a separate tag team feud. If Reigns kicks The Usos out of the group but keeps Solo around, building to a huge tag team match between the entire family would be easy and guaranteed to make any pay-per-view more interesting.

In the end, Jey needs to have his moment with Reigns, and he needs to come out on top. This all started with the two of them, and there would be no better way to end it than with the Uso brother scoring a win over The Head of the Table.

Selling: The Bloodline Too Valuable to Let Go

With the way WWE has been building this story, The Bloodline losing all of their titles in one weekend is a real possibility. If that happens, it doesn't necessarily mean the group has to break up.

Setbacks happen all the time. The New World Order and The Four Horsemen didn't break up at the first sign of trouble, so if management thinks there is still life left in the group and stories left to tell, then losing some matches won't mean the end.

Let's say all of the titles change hands. If WWE wants the group to stay together, then the most likely way this progresses is with Reigns taking a hiatus.

We have seen many champions take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months off after losing the belt following a lengthy reign. The Tribal Chief has been working a part-time schedule for the last couple of years, so it wouldn't be surprising if he spent a few months away from the squared circle following the PPV.

If Reigns is still around after he loses the title, then he will remain in the hunt for the belt. Establishing Rhodes as the top champion is going to be a major priority for WWE in 2023, and it would be easier if he didn't have The Head of the Table breathing down his neck.

The Usos and Sikoa could spend a few months floundering without Reigns' leadership while also setting up new feuds that don't involve Zayn, Owens or Rhodes. When The Tribal Chief does finally make his triumphant return, he can regroup with his family and make plans to take their position at the top of the mountain again.

The Bloodline are a proven draw and one of the most popular acts we have seen in years. It's quite possible management sees the group as too valuable to disband, especially when it comes to merchandise sales.

The faction won't last forever, obviously, but that doesn't mean it has to break up just because it lost some titles. Sikoa still has a lot of room to grow, so he would benefit the most from the family staying together.

The Bloodline Breaking Up Is Best for Business

Unless WWE surprises all of us and has Reigns and The Usos retain their respective titles at WrestleMania, The Bloodline will likely be leaving WrestleMania with lighter carry-on luggage for the trip home.

WWE has the chance to create two memorable highlights this year. Zayn and Owens winning the undisputed tag titles would be a feel-good moment, and Rhodes dethroning The Tribal Chief to win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship has always felt like the play.

Regarding what to do with The Bloodline after WrestleMania, though, it's not cut and dry.

The group definitely needs to break up at some point, but it doesn't necessarily need to happen the night after the PPV, or even in the weeks that follow. A slow build that leads to a big payoff at an event like SummerSlam might be the most desirable option for management.

In the end, the final chapter of this story needs to be Jey vs. Reigns. They have the most history between them, and in some ways, they have always had unfinished business.

Jimmy fell in line right away, but Jey resisted his cousin for months and endured several brutal beatings at his hands. Watching him finally get out from under The Tribal Chief by defeating him is the only satisfying conclusion to all of this.

In short, WWE needs to break up The Bloodline at some point, but what remains open for debate is the best time to do it. What do you think? Should WWE disband the group right after WrestleMania, or should it let things play out a bit slower?