Yeah. He's a company guy who knows what he's supposed to do. I am curious though what the plan is. Based on what he said he's like, "if things go well It'll be a year run", but would that mean a (secondary) title or something? Maybe a tag team run with someone? Can't just have him have matches for the sake of having matches.
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The last PLE, people were having trouble coming off them. Though, theoretically that should’ve been addressed on the following Raw. But they probably doing more spots, and more advanced, off them tonight.
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Their ratings have been up all year compared to last year. The show is very much on an upward tick, despite facing some injury issues (Cora Jade, Sol Ruca earlier this year, Nikkita Lyons etc.)
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They're dragging this out to Mania triple Threat Seth vs Drew vs Punk.
SS = Seth vs Punk
BB = Drew vs Punk (Hiac)
Then they'll do Seth vs Drew.
All three in the rumble, eliminating eachother.
I think the ratings being up is a byproduct of the WWE product in general being hotter than it's been in a while. That doesn't mean the talent down there is stout. Trick isn't anything special, Oba is basically the same guy... there's no Bron or Ilya or a #DiY (Axiom and Fraser aren't a true tag team). I mean Shawn Spears in the title picture??
Giving Drew a two minute run with the title is a bit lame. I get the reasoning behind it, but this isn't how you keep Drew heel no matter how hard you push his evil intentions.
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Trick is over huge, he made an appearance on Smackdown and everyone was chanting "Whoop Dat Trick". And Oba Femi is nothing like Trick. That is an insult to the Nigerian warrior! "Hu!"
Probably wants to help sell the lesser popular PLEs in the fall/winter. Not really gonna need him RR and beyond. Especially if and when the Rock comes back.
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Both are big, strong, physical guys but their matches aren't must-see tv by any means. Trick in particular has been fortunate to have shared the ring with legit good quality guys like Melo, Ilya and, hell, even Page. He's being pushed hard because he's a homegrown talent and fortunately it's paid off.
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Sucks the amount of botches tonight. The production botch in the WHC match was really bad though
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Priest looked really out of it after the count. I think he very well might have been knocked out briefly.
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I think that’s why they had him show up and get dragged away on the post show wrap.
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He said something a out January through to November? And Mania wasn't his last match, just his last Mania, which was interesting. 30 - 40 dates will cover close to, what 8+ months. He'll probably have little breaks in between.
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Tonight was especially egregious since they wasted what seemed like a half hour in the middle of the show with the extended, self-serving behind the curtain non-sense and the improvised meandering John Cena announcement.
I'm pretty sure the Cena announcement was meant for Raw but realized they were running super fast so they sent him out there ill-prepared to make the announcement to fill time.
