#this is a completely self-indulgent post feel free to ignore me as i lay dYING

[samijey]

Let me act unwise for a little bit about the tragedy of Jey Uso at this point in the storyline:

This is not a “I will beat you up to the point of ending you” even though I promised Roman I would finish the Sami Zayn problem for good so he would expect us to beat you up so badly you’d never come close to the Bloodline ever again;

This is a “why won’t you quit” because I want this match to be over so I don’t have to feel torn anymore;

This isn’t a "you should have never joined the Bloodline" even though I didn’t trust you for months and kept twisting myself into knots to interpret everything you did as betrayal or weakness;

It's a "you should never have left the Bloodline" because you saw the good in me the whole time and never gave up on me even while I saw enemies around every corner after being beaten and manipulated into valuing power and status above friendship and respect yet your decision to leave is forcing me to hurt you to protect my family, even though I grew to love you as if you were part of it too and having us end up here is better than for it to have never happened at all; The more Sami refuses to stand down, the more Jey feels obligated to hurt him and the more he hurts the person who in Jey’s own words “saw the good in him” at a time where Jey likely didn’t see it himself as he’d been playing the role of Roman’s henchman for so long - a role he fought against until he literally couldn’t anymore.

Jey is still not ready to face the fact that Roman is the real enemy in this situation (although his reactions to Sami’s recent accusations make it abundantly clear that he knows) and the one who has put Jey in the position that he's in - he's protecting his family FROM his family and the day he finally comes to terms with how wrong that situation is and decides to act on it... it’s over for Roman and the tale of main event Jey Uso will hopefully come full circle. Roman vs Jey 3 has to happen and when it does Jey should have his family backing him up... Jimmy, Solo AND Sami.