My nephew typed this up and put it on the WWE facebook page sometime back.
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Simply put, the WWE creative aren't exactly the best at executing "what's best for business". Like him or not, Bray Wyatt is over with the fans. Just take a look at one of his recent ring entrances. Yet, the creative does everything to squash one of the more interesting characters/factions in quite some time. It's been one misstep after another with Bray Wyatt since his arrival. He got off to the right foot against Kane, but overnight Kane becomes "corporate Kane, the enforcer" and fluctuates back and forth between the two personas (demon Kane) and gets put in bigger matches. I anticipated Kane's destruction at the hands of the Wyatt Family as a message to the Undertaker and a possible showdown at WM.
The decision to test Daniel Bryan, while Bryan was feuding with the authority made zero sense. Things began to look promising as they finally found the perfect "idol" in John Cena to destroy. Complete with the mind games and all, it was poised to be an incredible feud, but the way Bray was defeated pretty much deflated any steam he had left. Rowan and Harper begin to feud with the Usos and give us arguably the best matches week in and week out. It looked as if Rowan and Harper had finally ended the Uso reign, but poor booking killed that. Now they're gearing up for Stardust/Goldust vs the Usos? Good luck with that.
Bray's feud with Jericho was promising for a few reasons: 1. Giving Bray an overwhelmingly deserved win over a legit babyface. 2. Allowing him to work with one of WWE's better seasoned all around wrestlers. 3. Enabling him to implement more high impact moves into his arsenal (although I like his grimy style and he's not a bad wrestler- very agile). Still creative and somehow managed to kill that - with Bray losing straight up in the first match. Throw in Jericho's poor conditioning and ring rust and you get a less than stellar rematch at SummerSlam. But still Bray gets a win and it looks like he and the family are about to turn a corner. But no so fast. Enter John Cena.
I don't have an issue with Cena, but someone backstage has a legitimate hard on for the guy or Vinny Mac is that senile to forget that if developed correctly- a heel can also move tons of merchandise so long as they're over *ahem Stone Cold* cough NWO* (tired of hearing that argument). Monday night stuck the nail in the coffin. The buzzards have followed the carcasses of the Wyatt family to the grave where they hover around the grave markers of the members like it's s***. Because that's exactly what it is, an incredible pile of s*** that reeks of poor booking.
Lastly, this John Cena "never give up" BS is a rehashing of Hogan's demandments. It worked in the 80's but even Hogan knew when it was time to march to a different beat. Seriously, Cena is a 16-time world champ but they're still cutting that Daniel LaRusso karate kid act? C'mon..and Michael cole constantly promoting what's trending worldwide and pimping the WWE network during matches? Call the damn match and give an occasional plug. I see why Punk left.
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