After watching Raw this week I’ve come to a couple of conclusions. Number 1 the WWE is out of touch with its fans. Number 2 the WWE universe is really sick of the PG era and they really want a return to the Attitude Era. Or at the very least a return to the Ruthless Aggression Era. In all honesty I agree, maybe not the wild west everything goes culture Attitude Era. Just go back to a little bit of an edge. I think that would, at the very least, make some of these guys more interesting.
Sadly they have been pushing this Roman Reigns thing to exhaustion for two years now and the WWE Universe is not buying in. Fans are getting so sick of Roman that he is bordering on X-Pac Heat. It’s not Roman’s fault at all, it’s just his super hero persona doesn't fit in today’s reality world. Roman Reigns is an incredibly talented in ring worker, just not oozing with charisma. He is somebody who would really benefit from having a manager to be his mouth piece. Sound Familiar? (In my best Paul Heyman voice) Brock Lesnar! Roman Reigns can be the man. Just not the way they are currently marketing him.
Now all that being said, I only have one question? Are you ready? Oh wait wrong era. However, that era Triple H is who came out and savagely beat Reigns to close out Raw. I’m guessing he did that to play up the I’m the bad guy thing. All that did was remind us what a bad ass Triple H is and how bland Reigns is compared to him. I have zero interest in seeing this story plays out. I realize they had to scramble when Seth Rollins got hurt since Seth vs Triple H is what they were building to, but they had to realize a year ago that Reigns wasn’t connecting as the hero they want him to be. I have even less interest in seeing these two collide on the grandest stage of them all.
What I do have interest in seeing is a Brock Lesnar (again I channeled Paul Heyman) vs Dean Ambrose. The only problem with this match is that they have made Dean look like a cartoon character against Brock. The Triple threat at Fastlane was a horrible match, In fact I only gave it 3 stars. In that one match it seemed like there were three separate matches going on. There was Brock vs Roman, Roman vs Ambrose, and Brock vs Ambrose. It was puzzling to watch Dean just get pummeled by Brock at every turn, but actually hurt and bring the fight to Reigns who was able to hold his own against Brock, the whole thing just made no sense. Throwing punches that Brock couldn’t feel and the ridiculous spot where he couldn’t lift Brock for the German suplex just made Dean look like he didn’t belong in the same ring with Lesnar. The fact That Brock keeps beating Dean down on every show and Dean hasn’t looked strong against him at all makes me not want to see Wrestlemania. Why would I want to see the guy, who should be in Roman Reigns spot, get beaten mercilessly. There is no reason to watch this match if you don’t believe that Ambrose has a legitimate chance at beating him. This is also hurting Ambrose long term, if he can’t hang with the beast he will never get out of the mid-card because will believe him as a champ.
Which brings me to Shane-O-Mac. Look I marked out just as much as everyone in the crowd did when he walked out. It’s incredibly great to see him back and he will bring a lot to product. The storyline of his exit and reason to come back makes sense, and is a compelling story but that is where this ends. Let’s not even bother with getting into the fact that here we are in 2015 dealing with more McMahon family drama. Let’s focus on all the other illogical holes in this. Number one why would the Undertaker fight on Vince McMahons behalf? They haven’t been involved in a significant story line together for almost a decade and nothing in their history together even slightly suggests they would be friends. The other problem I had is that this match will be for control of Raw. Great Idea, let Shane win and let’s get back to brand extension so talent like Cesaro, Neville, Cody Rhodes, Heath Slater don’t continue to get wasted because there are too many people we need to see every show. My problem with this is that when Shane asked for it Vince’s reply was “Then you’ll control the company”. Wait what? So you mean to tell me that I am wasting my time with Smackdown and the Pay Per Views on the WWE network because, according to what Vince just said, they really don’t matter.
Then there is the corner the WWE has now painted themselves into. On one hand you have the Phenom, 22-1 at Wrestlemania. A legend a guy that even at 50 has gone into Wrestlemania and dominated. Shane McMahon is a 46 year old man who was never a wrestler and last competed in the ring in 2010. If he comes out of a boardroom and beats the Undertaker, it devalues Brock Lesnars win. It makes Bray look like a weaker person then they have already made him and it makes the Undertaker look like an old man that can’t cut it anymore. If the Undertaker wins then the fans are treated to another disappointing McMahon family storyline that makes Vince look good.
One last point and then I’m done. Where was Kevin Owens? We are on the road to KOMania and the Intercontinental Champion was nowhere to be found? I think the WWE has some major work to do but this is seriously shaping up to be one of the worst Wrestlemania’s ever right on par with 29 and 11.
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