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The DB/Miz matches were booked and announced during the week of the draft.

Isn't this like the 3rd time Vince tries to recreate the D-Bry "screwed by management" underdog story with Roman? I swear I've read WWE trying to do that with Reigns before.

In his recent interview with Jericho he didn't say he had signed a new deal - and he did sound excited about working other places if WWE never cleared him - but it felt Jericho and Bryan were talking as if he staying in WWE for the long run was a given/formality. Makes sense tbh, I don't think the company believes he might be leaving. BTW, he also revealed his deal expired/expires September 1st and talked about how he wasn't sure if he would've been able to work the All In show even if he left WWE. RE: Dave's point.. I think it goes way beyond Bryan. If you really think about it, WWE has no real angles going on since Mania. Nobody has momentum because they have nothing to work with at the moment. Rollins got over because of his performances and they are now pushing him as the "hottest superstar in the company" but even he doesn't have a legit program waiting for him. I don't think they are being conservative at all. He's back to being a workhorse for them, 2 single TV main events and that 76 minutes performance at the GRR. In the Jericho interview he said that they never really got to sit down and plan out a special schedule for him and "all of a sudden" he's working every date on the European tour.

I have no question that Bryan does that on purpose. But I don't like that he keeps doing that dropkick, he's scaled back on everything but that spot. Austin was begging him to stop doing it when he had neck surgery.

Yeah, even if he is in the doghouse they will probably still run a Cass/Bryan rematch at MITB. Hell with Extreme Rules being the PPV after that it wouldn't be shocking if they do a "blowoff" with a gimmick match at that show. If he is truly in the doghouse, Cass will probably tap in every match

According to PWInsider once source believes she's getting surgery after the European tour, wtf.

Well, last week it seemed they were building to Lana making Rusev turn on Aiden because he kept losing and was too goofy - as shown in the Elias segment at Backlash - but now Rusev got the a huge W (they can even play it as the biggest in his career because it was clean) so they either scrapped those plans or may have something interesting going.

It also only took 1 Machka Kick to finish the match, I think nowadays crowds expect way more for a finish on a main event. I'm glad they went this way though, no need for excess, just a clean simple W that Rusev really needed. I was more curious about the camera focusing Bryan so much before fading to black, it seems they are gonna make a storyline out of him losing.

Hey, if Bryan is gonna lose clean I'm glad it's against Rusev. Nice main event.

The 90's porn theme gives it a nice touch.

Iconics are horrible as an act so far. I can only guess this is another case of WWE not getting what got them over in NXT?

Renee makes Nakamura's promos so much better

Yup. Just put Braun in the MITB match, destroy people and win it. Then do one of those in ring interviews they like doing were he says he's not waiting and is using his briefcase tonight making the main event a triple threat of Brock, Roman, Strowman. Braun wins it and they do an injury angle with Reigns. You have a Brock rematch, Lashley and Rollins for Braun to run through the summer before losing the strap. He doesn't need it for more than 3 months.

Beating Brock? He still hasn't done that. Isn't that crazy when you think about it? That Irom Man match were you can only score a pin after a Spear or F-5 will have the crowd going wild....for the exit.

People leaving in droves while he's main eventing. Honestly,what else is left?

I'm curious about this as well.

The crowd was PISSED at Roman waking up

This would've been a great WM main event.

In Chicago and with Punk having a fight 1 week before, I don't think the crowd is gonna be a fun hang.

First to hit his finisher 10 times win.

What was the point of having that match on this show?

Putting that song/video after the Nakamura/AJ finish was hilarious

It took two low blows for the crowd to finally wake up.

There's no way this show is ending in 50 minutes.

Yeah, that was really bad.