Jey Uso may turn heel on RAW unless 9-time champion returns to WWE

The past few weeks have seen Jey Uso's mental state deteriorate with each passing episode of Monday Night RAW. There is a lot he is wrestling and fighting with: The Vision, with whom he is actively feuding, or LA Knight, with whom he has ignited a heated conflict. However, that's just the surface of it all. It all goes deeper, doesn't it?

The real struggle we witness Jey portray on screen is that of someone who is struggling with ambition, failure, inadequacy, family dynamics, and, indeed, the knowledge of confronting the dark path one can see oneself heading down. So, when that struggle, when that darkness, continues to intensify, when one's twin brother comes back to help one through first the outer conflicts and then the inner conflicts, that further complicates everything.

Contrary to what one would have hoped, it creates new internal and external conflicts; it also creates a new fear of what the darkness within may soon manifest itself into. And when one has been on different ends of similar conflicts as a part of the OG Bloodline, there is a concerning precedent to be wary of. What if this internal turmoil leads to Jey fracturing his relationship with Big Jim again?

We have already seen that to an extent with Jey and Jimmy, and there is a similar story that can be told between Jey and Cody Rhodes, seeds of which were planted last week on RAW. At this point, and this is hope and possibility and not a sure thing, as Jey Uso may already be too far gone, there is only one man who can get him out of the state he is in. It is not Cody. It is not Big Jim. It is not Sami Zayn. The only man who can save Jey, and the only man who can save his family, is nine-time champion Roman Reigns. The OTC is a six-time World Champion, a one-time US Champion, a one-time Intercontinental Champion, and a one-time tag team champion.

Reigns, after all, has been through it all. He has coerced and manipulated his family in his quest to stay on top. Jey Uso, having had a taste of the same, does not yet know what to do, but remember, the Tribal Chief was only born in 2020. The Big Dog first got to the top of the mountain five years before that.

But here's the thing: Has Roman Reigns truly grown enough as a character to the point that he can understand Jey Uso's struggles and actually have the patience and willingness to help him through it? Or will Reigns' return further escalate tensions between Jey Uso and his family members? And given how Jey's descent into what he is becoming has a lot to do with his most recent conversation with Reigns and the OTC being taken out by The Brons, is there another game of manipulation going on?

---

Roman Reigns' imminent return may help settle things down with Jey Uso, but not before spicing them up further

There are a lot of questions that need answering here, and tonight's RAW may do so to an extent, especially if the OTC makes his return to WWE. Even if he doesn't return tonight, one thing is abundantly clear: The Bloodline saga is back, and Roman Reigns' return will only make it all the more captivating.

And regardless of all that could go wrong, the only way Jey can be saved is for Roman Reigns to fulfill his duty as a true Tribal Chief, which he could never truly become. "Never let a good crisis go to waste," they say. Well, Jey Uso's descent into madness provides Roman Reigns with the opportunity to realize his own destiny and help his former Right-Hand Man realize his.