C.S.

While I don't think this short match or fuck finish does anyone any favors, the result was such a foregone conclusion anyway that I feel it doesn't really matter.

Ali > Ricochet

I can't get into this. I know that sounds like sacrilege because all three are busting their butts, but when the match feels so thrown together and the result is such a foregone conclusion, it's hard to get fully invested.

Tamina's is even worse. Looks like a collection of disparate parts from Fire Pro Wrestling CAW mode.

Joe submitting Rey surprises me (instead of, you know, R-Truth). Rey is an actual star. Lends credence to the Cena rumors.

New gear for Joe that finally doesn't look like it's been faded by hundreds of wash cycles. Guess being the U.S. Champion gave him that paygrade bump to splurge on clean pants.

Fair enough. Hard for those to be anything more than "fun" at best.

Yeah, because I'm psychic and knew it would last only 12 minutes...

Maybe my expectations for The Revival are too high?

That was a surprisingly underwhelming match.

Not sure what the point of that Bar match was, unless they're the newest members of Bryan's environmental entourage.

I am enjoying it, and I'm glad Shane was the one who turned. I wanted MizDad to turn too, but you can't have everything.

Big test for Mandy Rose... ...let's see if she can carry Asuka to a passable match.

Can MizDad be any more lethargic about all of this?

These surprised fans have to be plants, right?

What the hell was that nutty top rope spot? LOL.

Maybe they're saving it for WM, which is the better idea, honestly.

If there's going to be a pointless turn between Miz and Shane, I hope MizDad turns on his son and aligns with Shane.

Really fun pre-show match, especially for something with no stakes that I didn't care about at all going into it.

Anyone hoping against hope for Dean to turn on Roman? The Lunatic Fringe vs. The Big Dog would actually be a compelling WrestleMania match with history, emotion, etc. and the perfect way to send Dean out of the WWE (if he is indeed leaving). Sure as hell beats Roman vs. Corbin or whatever the hell is rumored.

Dave Scherer apparently posted this phony baloney on his website: (I've never been there because it used to have a massive reputation for infecting its readers' PCs with spyware. Whether that's still the case, I don't know. But I will never support or respect a site that doesn't care enough about its own fanbase to give them a safe browsing experience at the very least.) 1. I do not believe for a second that a fan - much less multiple fans - actually wrote these letters and/or cares what Scherer, of all people, thinks about Meltzer (who has laughably been given the Voldemort treatment here). 2. Even if multiple fans who obviously have no life did indeed write these letters, Scherer's fake "white knight" act is so nauseating and disingenuous to me.

Agreed, but at least Bryan is still entertaining even within WWE's limitations. Gallows and Anderson don't get that much. I'm not saying they're this amazing act, but I was surprised when I saw how charismatic and charming they could be when left to their own devices. That, and tag teams have never been a priority in WWE.

Maybe, but when you see that they have zero personality on WWE shows but tons of it outside of WWE or even on WWE YouTube videos that aren't as tightly controlled, there's obviously a massive disconnect. At the very least, WWE could be tapping into their innate charisma and charm a little bit more. No one is suggesting that they're suddenly going to be megastars, but their presentation certainly has the potential to be more entertaining than it is right now.

I feel the exact same way. I think they have the potential to break out as big personalities, but their ring work has never wowed me. I'm surprised they weren't a massive success, actually, because character > in-ring in WWE usually. Then again, it's not like they got a chance to show off their natural charisma and charm anyway.

It doesn't help when you have bottom feeders like Dave Scherer and Ryan Satin (a friggin' TMZ guy somehow being a respected professional wrestling journalist tells you how low the bar is) piling on Meltzer for something they probably didn't hear him say firsthand. I'm no Meltzer apologist, but this rush to judgment by other "reporters" on Twitter strikes me as gross and jealous.