Jericho did come out – as expected – but it didn’t validate how Owens can be caught off-guard and make it okay to let Goldberg have another smash-and-grab. It wasn’t tricking the audience, we know how long these things run and there was less than four minutes on the clock. On Sunday, Kevin Owens delayed the match, rolling in and out of the ring. We’ll probably get a two-minute match where Lesnar destroys Goldberg and the veteran will retire again with less than five minutes of wrestling to add to his history. That’s WWE’s problem heading into the next PPV. I’ll make no bones about it: Goldberg is being protected because he’s physically unable to wrestle a bout of any note. The longest reigning Universal Champion dropped the title in the time it takes to sneeze. What we got was a match that lasted 21 seconds. ![]() After Sunday’s shenanigans, it may actually turn some viewers off. But Vince McMahon in his wisdom believed otherwise. It didn’t need the Universal Championship attached. Let’s be clear, Brock Lesnar vs Goldberg at WrestleMania will sell perfectly well on its own. Speaking of bull, I can’t skip around the houses for another minute. We didn’t even get the expected Undertaker interruption to set-up a WrestleMania bout and protect Strowman from a clean loss. It’s been pointless building Strowman for this result to occur. Roman Reigns defeated the unstoppable, invincible, monster of destruction, unassailable Braun Strowman. Instead “creative” has an extra ball to juggle. Speaking of annoyances, Jack Gallagher got over despite losing to Neville. It should be a good division but it’s an annoyance on Raw and its PPVs. When I see the purple ropes, my mind wanders. I guess you need to be invested in the division. That’s like picking your favourite illness. Indeed, it was for many the best match of the night. The Cruiserweight match deserves a mention. Now we have a weak but fan-favourite heading into the year’s main PPV with a strong chasing pack. The belt has been passed around too much. The match itself wasn’t great, the result at least makes some sense. Interference from Banks prevented Charlotte Flair from reclaiming gold. Bayley seems out of place in this division as a leader of the pack. Banks scores a needed victory over a dominating figure.įlick to the Raw Women’s Championship bout. Jax still looks strong, it was her application that let her down. This is clever booking (see, they can do it sometimes). First up Sasha Banks avenged her Royal Rumble defeat to Nia Jax. We’ll tie the two women’s results into one thought because those four women will (probably) go to WrestleMania in a four-way for the title. Maybe even Triple H and Seth Rollins?Īs for Zayn, he has been painted as the popular trier that will more often than not, come up short. A clean win here is a major step to injecting him into a major feud. But unlike so many before, this one can handle himself without the need for mob mentality. ![]() The big man is being portrayed as Triple H’s newest henchman. I’m not going too in depth – because quite frankly, if WWE don’t care and can’t be creative, why should I? – but a look at some highlight the points that will close this piece out.Ī semi-positive note is Samoa Joe’s submission victory over Sami Zayn. Let’s skim the other key matches from the night. And if they are, at least be creative with it.īefore we get to that travesty. There’s always hope they won’t be so dumb. Being honest, we can’t act surprised, the signs were there (in blazing big neon, more distracting than a Chris Jericho jacket) that Kevin Owens would be made to drop the belt to Goldberg.īut come on. They did that when they served up the crock of sh*t that will go down as this year’s WrestleMania foreplay PPV. I really didn’t want to do what The Rock always insisted and Just Bring It, but WWE “creative” forced me. Sure, it’s tops when I’m smashing out detailed match-by-match analysis (as seen with the recent Elimination Chamber) but he wanted that viscous WWE-knocking viewpoint I’d printed elsewhere. ![]() I now realise why Danny Simms brought me to the site, for events like 2017’s Fastlane. Clive Balls back at the helm with another WWE review.
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