What Is the 2026 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale Winner Setting Up with His New Stable?
This past episode of Monday Night Raw ended with the return of Royce Keys and the debut of NXT’s Out The Mud members Bronco Nima and Lucien Price. The three were dressed in all black, wore black bandanas, and wreaked havoc on the main event tag team match between Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso and LA Knight and Solo Sikoa. Keys was trying to find some familial bond within WWE. It didn’t pan out that way with his “brother”, Jacob Fatu, who tried to warn the 2026 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale winner about messing with Bloodline business, which led to ‘The Samoan Werewolf’ sending Keys off television after their Street Fight earlier this month. What does this new version of OTM do on Monday Night Raw now?
Commentators Michael Cole and Corey Graves mentioned the “hood” in Oakland, California, that Keys and Nima grew up in. That established them teaming up together for the foreseeable future. The 2026 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale winner had every reason to annihilate everyone in that ring. The Usos were the driving force that ultimately broke the brotherhood bond between Keys and Fatu. Knight wasn’t there to help him out when ‘The Samoan Werewolf’ nearly ended the big man’s career. The most obvious one was saved for last. The 2026 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale winner hit Sikoa in the face with steel steps after ‘Solo Dolo’ caused an unwarranted distraction that cost Keys a chance at fighting for the Undisputed WWE Championship against Cody Rhodes a couple of months ago. Despite Knight, Sikoa, and Keys winning at SummerSlam against The Usos and Fatu, it was clear that Keys was the odd man out despite being the one to even the match out. He had no real reason to be there except for continuing his ongoing beef with ‘The Samoan Werewolf’. The 2026 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale winner now has the family he was looking for, and it seems like they’re looking to take over Monday Night Raw.
It’s clear that the group will take out everyone in their way. What they want remains to be seen. Nima and Price could go after The Vision’s tag team titles. They haven’t been defended for a couple of months; a run with the tag team titles would legitimize OTM as serious threats on the main roster. Feuding with The Usos over the tag team titles would help revive the titles from the dead. Keys could take the Intercontinental Championship from Chad Gable. Both wrestlers are powerhouses that could easily throw each other around. It makes sense for OTM to take their frustrations out on The Usos, Knight, and Sikoa along the way.
This should ultimately lead to some sort of feud between Keys and Fatu. The last time those two met, the former United States Champion put the 2026 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale winner in the Tongan Deathgrip. Keys was unconscious and bleeding from his mouth. It got so bad that medical staff had to carry him out of the arena on a stretcher to end that episode of Raw. A long-term feud between the two could set up a battle inside War Games this year. It makes sense for the two groups to go against one another inside the infamous structure. It would be complicated with The Bloodline and OTM being portrayed as heels right now. WWE creative has three months to find a way for Sikoa and OTM to get on the same page for Survivor Series; we’ve seen them change things unexpectedly much faster than that. The more interesting route would be for WWE creative to find a way to bring OTM and The Bloodline together should Roman Reigns not take part in it. It doesn’t make sense for Reigns to take part in the WarGames match if he’s still the World Heavyweight Champion by Survivor Series. If that’s the case, Knight might not be involved in the match, too. Hopefully ‘The OTC’ and ‘The Megastar’ will have their own singles feud at that time. WWE creative could also find a way to reunite Keys and Fatu, even if it’s temporary. Assuming that ‘The Samoan Werewolf’ and The Usos would take part in the match, Keys would likely bring Nima inside WarGames. The 2026 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale winner could orchestrate a long-term alliance with The Bloodline or find a way to screw his ‘brother’ over and cost him the match.
That leaves enough room for the MFTs to take part in WarGames, too. There’s no way The Bloodline and the MFTs aren’t connected somehow leading up to WrestleMania 43. A major wrestling company like WWE doesn’t bring back Haku with no long-term plans. His sons have been dominating the SmackDown Tag Team Division since his return, but there’s little chance that’s the only reason he returned. That’s a return too coincidental with The Rock as one of the current board members for TKO. It seems that the MFTs and The Bloodline are tied together somehow, and OTM could be the catalyst for revealing their partnership or rivalry between the two groups. These three groups should be involved in WarGames somehow. WWE creative has a difficult task in balancing everything out correctly.
