The Vision have lost their purpose in WWE. Can WarGames change that?

On the face of it, we should be getting a stellar WarGames match this weekend. Of the 10 competitors in the men’s match, half of them were featured in October’s Uncrowned power rankings. When was the last time we saw that much star power in one match?

In reality, though, star power is only part of the equation. A good WarGames match also needs a convincing team vs. team story to drive it. And that’s where this one is lacking.

It wasn’t meant to be this way. We all know 2025’s WarGames was meant to highlight the year of The Vision, the ultra-dominant faction assembled by Seth Rollins and Paul Heyman in the wake of WrestleMania 41. Everything seemed to be pointing to them running riot in the iconic double-cage structure this winter.

Then came the big wrench in the works, as Seth Rollins’ nasty shoulder injury threw everything off course. In response, WWE called one of its biggest audibles of the year: Having Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker toss Rollins out of the faction and assume the leadership for themselves.

Losing Rollins wasn't ideal, but it certainly didn't need to be fatal for The Vision. WWE had already spent time building up the two Brons as future main-eventers in their own right. Surely this was the moment for them to shine at WarGames? After all, they're the ones featured on the event poster.

Instead, that hasn’t really happened. Rather than being pushed to the forefront of things, the Brons have been stuck doing what they always do: Beating up folks on “WWE Raw” for the sake of it. They might lead the faction, but they still act like enforcers.

They don’t seem to have any goals either. They wrestle as a tag-team, but they don’t seem to be aware that either of the tag belts exists (maybe not a bad thing in the circumstances). Neither of them has made any noticeable moves on the world heavyweight title — i.e. the whole reason Rollins assembled the alliance in the first place.

As my colleague Drake Riggs has noted, their motivations don’t even make sense a lot of the time. Look at what happened on “SmackDown” two weeks ago when Bronson Reed was given a title shot against Cody Rhodes for the Universal Championship ... only for the match to be called off when Bron Breakker launched an underhand attack on the champ.

We get it: The Vision likes attacking the good guys. But why would such a dominant faction voluntarily throw away its chance to take home the biggest prize in professional wrestling? It’s like an NFL kicker being handed a game-winning field goal attempt only to boot the ball at the opposition coach instead.

At the same time this has been going on, this year's men's WarGames match has been morphing into a different beast. Rather than putting The Vision front and center, Paul Heyman has instead assembled a supergroup alliance of heels, roping in Drew McIntyre, Logan Paul and Brock Lesnar.

That might make for a superstar matchup. But it also risks the Brons being hugely overshadowed just when it really counts. Do we really think WWE are going to let two upcoming talents outshine a future Hall of Famer like Brock Lesnar? I doubt it.

While we’re at it, what happened to all those rumors about WarGames being the moment when The Vision would get a new member? We had weeks of speculation about a returning Austin Theory, a call-up for NXT’s Tony D’Angelo, or even an LA Knight heel turn. Yet none of it happened.

If WWE doesn’t have a plan for The Vision, you have to wonder whether Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed might be better off as singles competitors. Yes, it would mean one of them giving up the patronage of Paul Heyman — a trump card if ever there was one — but the gamble might pay off in the long run.

Who knows, maybe that will change on Saturday. It’s not impossible to imagine WarGames having the sort of ending that would make everyone sit bolt upright and pay attention to The Vision — imagine Bron Breakker getting the pin on Cody Rhodes, for example. But it’s harder to see WWE having the cojones to go for it.

More likely, they’ll stick with the more obvious option: Having Brock Lesnar pin Cody Rhodes or Roman Reigns. That might set up a big-ticket match for a future WrestleMania later down the line, but where does it leave Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed in the meantime?

To be honest, I think we all know the answer to that question. Within 24 hours of the event wrapping up, The Vision would probably be back to doing what they usually do: Terrorizing the likes of Jey Uso and LA Knight on “Raw” over and over again.

It wouldn’t move Bron Breakker any closer to his breakthrough moment, nor give us any reason to fear Bronson Reed — a man who managed a rare singles win over Roman Reigns just a few weeks ago. Instead, they’d be stuck in the same position they've been in for weeks, interfering in every second “Raw” main event without rhyme or reason.

It’s a vision, I suppose — just not a very exciting one. And both of these guys deserve much better.