Most of the important wrasslin-related stuff happened outside of RAW this week - what with Joe winning the NXT title and Joanie "Chyna" Laurer passing away. RAW - which could be Shane-o-Mac's final feetsy feet dance
as "guy in charge because people like him" - was fairly basic. Not bad, just no real effort made to spice things up or surprise us.
The confusion over whether or not there's "collusion" (Cole and Saxton's oft-used ten dollar word) going on between Styles and the Bullet Clubsters is the main storyline right now. And, as mentioned last week, there are several ways to go with all this. AJ could turn heel. Balor, now that he's dropped the NXT belt, could come to RAW as the faction leader. Rollins could be behind all of this. It's a good story. It's just, really, the only story. Everything else is just bottom line "this guy hates this guy." Cesaro (now with full Bond opening) is after Miz's title. Owens and Zayn can't standsk each other. Jericho's clothes cost too damn much. It's all very Smackdown.
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as "guy in charge because people like him" - was fairly basic. Not bad, just no real effort made to spice things up or surprise us.
The confusion over whether or not there's "collusion" (Cole and Saxton's oft-used ten dollar word) going on between Styles and the Bullet Clubsters is the main storyline right now. And, as mentioned last week, there are several ways to go with all this. AJ could turn heel. Balor, now that he's dropped the NXT belt, could come to RAW as the faction leader. Rollins could be behind all of this. It's a good story. It's just, really, the only story. Everything else is just bottom line "this guy hates this guy." Cesaro (now with full Bond opening) is after Miz's title. Owens and Zayn can't standsk each other. Jericho's clothes cost too damn much. It's all very Smackdown.
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