>>13596930The purpose was “Oh, Roman and Rock ain’t showing up until SmackDown. Uh, what can we do until then? Uh, Paul. Go out there with these developmental/local losers and pull something out of your ass. Cody, beat them up and cut some badass lines about you hunting the Bloodline. Good, that should hold the fans over.”
This is why this storyline is so lame. Without the involvement of the heels people want to see, you’ve got nothing to show people. So you have to improvise cringe like this that goes nowhere.