Highlights
- A TikTok video showing a child's reaction to Roman Reigns' SummerSlam victory and the resulting broken PS5 has gone viral among WWE fans and gamers.
- The match between Roman Reigns and Jey Uso at SummerSlam ignited a lot of discussion, with unexpected betrayals and outside interference.
- It's likely the TikTok video (seen below) was staged, but that hasn't stopped fans from bringing it up in discussions about Roman Reigns' victory.
A viral TikTok video is being shared online by gamers and WWE fans alike for a child's reaction to Roman Reigns' SummerSlam victory, as he would proceed to seemingly randomly throw and break a PS5. Indeed, the exact circumstances of Roman Reigns' match against Jey Uso ignited a lot of discussion in the WWE fandom. Dubbed a Trial Combat match, Jey Uso was supposed to face Roman Reigns alone in a No DQ match, with Reigns previously going so far as to stop Solo Sikoa from attacking Uso during negotiations. This has something to do with the Elders of the Bloodline and who is the Tribal Chief, but the match itself was a different story.
Outside the standardfare moments of the match, Reigns would run out into the crowd where Solo would attack Jey. Later on, Jimmy Uso would betray and attack his brother, Jey, allowing Roman to snag the victory, retaining his WWE Universal Championship and title of Tribal Chief. Fans will likely need to wait for Smackdown to see exactly why Jimmy betrayed Jey, but the show as a whole, as well as this match, have been a talking point all weekend long.
Regardless of the happenstance, a TikTok video by ryderreviews14 shows the child, Ryder, grab the PS5 at the conclusion of the match and throw it outside. The PS5 plates fly off as the console tumbles across the ground. At the start of the video, it's clear that Ryder is upset by the outside interference once more (given Roman Reigns' history of it) and "ignores" his father's warnings regarding the PS5. The clip has been shared on other social media, such as Twitter, with many seemingly getting a good kick out of it.
It should be noted that the TikTok channel reacts to a lot of WWE content. It's very clear that Ryder and his father are fans of WWE and especially Cody Rhodes, but there's not so much love for the Tribal Chief. As a result, this was likely staged and may or may not have been a working, proper PS5. Either way, many are commenting on how their child would be grounded for doing this if it were reality, and others are simply laughing at it (as likely intended).
It remains to be seen what happens next in WWE. The Payback PLE is set to take place at the start of September, and it's likely that a feud between Jimmy and Jey begins in full there. It's also uncertain how much longer Roman Reigns will retain his WWE Universal Championship, but it's clearly not changing hands anytime soon. Many believe that Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns will take place again at WrestleMania 40, and with several months between now and then, it'll be interesting to see where the story goes from here—innocent PS5s intact, hopefully.