First things first, I hate how RAW has ended the past few
weeks. In my opinion, wrestling should always be the main event to close out a
show. The best match of the card should go on last to send the crowd home happy
with a good match regardless of the outcome. I mean that’s the point of the dark match after the
show but shows can still end with no dark match if the face or faces end up on
top. What I have problem with is Stephanie and the Bellas ended the broadcast.
Stephanie is without a doubt the top heel in the company now, which is not a
bad thing. At the height of the Attitude Era, her father character the evil Mr.
McMahon was the top heel at the time, quite possibly the greatest heel of my
lifetime so far. What the WWE is trying to do is build Steph up to be Vince 2.0
which works to a point. I feel the Authority as a whole works best when it is
the behind the scenes power player role. For example, calling Daniel Bryan a B
plus player or the video of Triple H’s burials, or even tonight with the whole
Seth Rollins versus RVD getting turned into Rollins versus Heath Slater. That
sort of corporate, behind the curtain shenanigans make the sort of character work,
this though the physicality of being a heel is not lost on that type of
character. I have no problem with the Stephanie/Bella feud; it keeps the whole
Authority/Daniel Bryan feud going despite Bryan not being there. What I have a
problem with is the fact that the past two weeks have seen Stephanie/Bella
match get a build the likes of Cena/Lesnar certainly a build far beyond
Rollins/Ambrose. I have a problem with
contract signings and catfights getting a billing over great solid wrestlers.
If the main event gets bumped back to the next to last segment people forget
that there was even a main event. I can’t believe I am even typing this
sentence but Heath Slater was the winner of the main event of RAW. HEATH
SLATER! I mean props to him for it, but this is absurd to me. Rollins/RVD would
have been a solid main event, so would ADR/Ambrose. Now that being said, my
wife did tell me during the Rollins/Slater match that she was actually enjoying
all the hijinks of Ambrose so I am completely ok with Slater winning., just not
that main even of Monday Night RAW, the flagship of the WWE. But what can you
do when the most over face in the company is injured, the part-time wrestlers
only have limited dates to work with, you have cut most of the jobbers, and the
top heel is Stephanie McMahon. It is no wonder that the crowd was very loudly
and angrily chanting for a superstar who walked away from them. The voiceless
are trying to make their voices heard. On a side note, major respect for both
Bellas and Stephanie for that pair of Pedigrees, both moves looked very well
done and sold excellently. Finally I must comment on the genius that is Triple
H. Slowly he has been transferring his heat onto Steph. By announcing a DX
panel for Axxess and taking a backseat in the feud, he is effectively
distancing himself in the eyes of the WWE Universe. While he was the one
keeping Brie pinned in the corner tonight, his entire $9.99 shtick was pure
gold. By going after smarks he is playing them like fiddles. He follows up a
great anti-smark promo with this throwback to DX and shills the Network. This
not only makes him appear softer to the WWE Universe but is also legitimately best
for business. Thus he kills two birds with one stone, making him more of
tweener and giving Steph even more heat.
It is pure genius. I guess that’s why he is the Game.
Until later,
Kyle
