I thought it was a assuredly a step in the right direction, but more importantly, it was a pretty damn good show for what is typically considered the off season.
The look of sheer hatred on Reigns face when he went after Sheamus and subsequently HHH was incredible. If he goes back to being a happy-go-lucky guy on RAW then they will have missed the golden oppurtunity to do something interesting with Reigns.
I kinda like Charlotte being the new dirtiest player in the game. Especially with pops at ringside.
They should have found some way for Swagger to go over at the end of the US Title match with Del Rio still retaining. Maybe have had Zeb come out and Alberto messes with him, only for Swagger to get DQed for using some illegal tactic to beat Del Rio down. Give them another match at RR. Besides, IT'S FUCKING SWAGGIE TIME AND IT NEEDS TO STAY SWAGGIE TIME.
New Day is incredible. The tag match in general was awesome and had just the right number of insanoplexes. The only bad part was the ending seemed a little phoned in and something just seemed a little off about it. No problem with New Day going over there though, it was just a little anticlimatic for such an exciting match.
Ambrose and Owens. What can I say. Super stoked to see Ambrose get some gold, especially considering Reigns doesn't have any. Might make for some interesting interactions between the 2. Owens as always puts on great matches. This has the potential to be a great feud through the winter.
The Wyatts had to go over big and they did. I only wonder why they chose to have Rowan be the only Wyatt eliminated considering he just donned the new mask; could have been used to make it seem like he has a newfound edge. Personally, I think Strowman should have been the one eliminated, and only then by the entire ECW team.
Ryback and Rusev put on a decent match, but I feel like this is an ill conceived feud to begin with. Both of these guys need to be winning right now; pitting them against each other ensures that one of them is going to come out the loser here. It's just bad timing to do this one right now IMO.
But yea, really good show all in all, especially for this time of year.
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