by Ali » Apr 19, '17, 10:59 pm
At this point, what if Bray Wyatt beats Randy Orton and takes the WWE Title back to RAW? Sure, they have Brock Lesnar as Universal Champion, but he leaves for 58 months at a time. It'll give RAW something to do.
It feels like a weird version of the Rock N Wrestling Era, where the biggest stars like Hogan, Savage, and Warrior had the main belt, while the IC belt was the prize for the best workers, like Bret Hart and Mr. Perfect. I can see how the IC and US belts are valued now, Miz-Ambrose is a good feud even for a rerun, and AJ-KO is sure to bring the house down... but the main belts don't have that STAR POWER behind them, except Brock, and he never shows up.
The big thing about this is that it is just so sudden. We have seen Jinder Mahal lose week after week, for the past few years, and now all of a sudden, he's supposed to be a threat to Randy Orton, a 13-time World Champion? Now he has a stable, and his gimmick is that the fans are jealous and/or racist? Where does this come from? Why should we buy him as a threat?
Although where this really comes from is that there are no good heels on SmackDown right now. Owens is US Champ, Rusev is injured, Baron Corbin is being protected so that he can really be built up for a push as a major player (which I'm fine with), and Dolph Ziggler is involved with Nakamura. And WWE's go-to "we need a credible challenger for a Title feud filler" guy Kane is busy running for mayor.
So with a lack of options, who could've been a better filler? A lot of people say Luke Harper, but why not the other guy, Erick Rowan? He's always been the low man in the Wyatt Family totem pole, sure, but it could've had that built in story of "I will avenge my master and finish what he started!" It would've at least made a bit more sense.
But my other unconventional choice is... Mojo Rawley. Granted, it would still suck just as bad as Mahal-Orton most likely will, but at least it would be a little less out of nowhere. Mojo won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, so it could've been built up as a "Hype Train" of momentum! Face vs. Face, sure, but it could have given some meaning to the AtGMBR winner.
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