I'm not a hundred percent what they were trying to do with this episode of Raw. It proved that the roster is really thin, so that was accomplished, but as for furthering story lines, that weren't the women, no idea why any of this happened.
I did like Dean's promo against HHH. Dean is so over. People love him. And they love that it doesn't matter how much you beat the shit out of him, he's still there, he's still taunting you, and he seems to be crazy. It's part of his appeal. And Dean is the perfect foil to the authority.
The Sasha vs Becky match was good for the whole three minutes it was on TV. And the finish was just like Samoa Joe vs. Sami Zayn. It's a crap finish but I do think it's helping to set up for the three-way match at Mania. If they do that, then I'm not sure how much I would like it if Snoop is in Becky's corner with Ric in Charlotte's corner. Who's there for Becky? Unless you plan to allow Becky to come out on top, which I can't imagine at this point in a three-way match as I see her there only so Sasha doesn't pin Charlotte clean. Anyway, this was one of the few angles that seems to be moving in the right direction.
Don't care about Ryback. At all. Don't care about the Social Outcasts.
AJ Styles is entirely too good to be stuck in a group. Jericho is entirely too good to be stuck in a group. Turn Jericho heel and be done with it.
I'm not sure what has happened to the New Day. There used to be an anticipation to seeing them come out, but now it's just the same ole same ole. And it's not their fault. It's management because they've over saturated the product with them to the point when I don't really care if I ever see them again. Also, are they trying to turn them face? Why? That doesn't make any sense. They're excellent heels. The WWE has so few truly good heels. Bring up Cas and Enzo and let them battle against them. They're someone who could have really good promo battles against the New Day and give them new things to say. I understand that they're still in a feud with Dash and Dawson in NXT, but move them up. It's time.
Break up the League, please. ADR and Rusev are both better than this group. And Barrett is in his last go with the company. Pull him out of there and let him have a good singles run before he leaves.You get three good heels out of that group and I don't really care what happens to Sheamus.
I do like the idea of Brie and Lana feuding. Everyone keeps talking about how great Lana is in the ring, well, let's see. Brie is a great first opponent for her. I'd like to see that match.
Stephanie was the one bright spot on this show. I'm not sure what's going to happen exactly, but I feel like something big is coming. I can't see them keeping Shane off TV for long considering they want to build up this feud between Taker and Shane. But I feel like the biggest build up is Shane vs. Stephanie.
And then there's the spot with the Undertaker and Vince. Taker's intro took longer than anything else. Also, I don't understand the Vince hatred on Shane. So, he has something on his dad. Blackmail only works if you let it. So, just expose your secrets. And then there's the disowning Shane. But the truth is that all the stuff Shane said last week, was true. So, if they're going to use it as Stephanie and HHH are at fault for the decline of WWE (which I think we can all agree is not their fault as the success of NXT proves that at least HHH understands what should be happening) then wouldn't it make sense that Vince would at least give Shane a chance? And what if this is all a swerve.
But here was my biggest issue with this entire thing...it took Taker longer to walk to the ring than anything he actually said. And are we supposed to be against Taker? Are we supposed to be against Shane? There is no heel in this situation except for Vince and that doesn't work because we're supposed to assume that Taker is willing to do Vince's bidding for what purpose? I just don't understand this.
That's the big take away from this episode. I don't understand anything that's happening. Promos are supposed to make clear what's happening. Nothing is clear. Everything is murky. They wouldn't actually put the belt on Ambrose just to have Roman take it from him, would they? He'd be the most hated person in the company. He's already beat Ambrose more times than I like to count. Ambrose is over as fuck and it just makes no sense what's happening unless HHH starts beating him up next week and Roman saves him. But that doesn't help establish Ambrose as a bad ass. It establishes him as Reigns' little brother that needs saving.
Keep in mind I used to watch teen dramas so I'm willing to take a leap of faith with you about story line, but so far none of this really makes sense.
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