While I’m never going to be upset about doing well in our predictions contest for the year here at WINC, these predictable WWE shows, after what I thought was a pretty lame and mostly predictable WrestleMania 42, are getting old, fast. I don’t know if Paul “Triple H” Levesque is past his booking prime already, but I have to say that I’m borderline bored, even with premium live events.
I thought it was extremely obvious that the most over talent, World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns, WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley, and Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, were staying over. Meaning, none of them were going to lose their titles, so of course, Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch was going to lose hers to fan-favorite, the super-over Sol Ruca, despite Ruca not yet scoring a victory on the main roster. Something had to happen on this show, and that was the only place it was ever going to. Even though I hated the fact, Brock Lesnar beating Oba Femi was also pretty obvious, as we’re going in the direction of a rubber match between the pair for Femi to hopefully officially retire Lesnar in his adopted home state of Minnesota at SummerSlam.
When Fatu walked out to little noise from such a loud crowd, I knew that no matter how much I wanted him to beat Reigns, there was no way WWE was going to book Reigns to lose in front of such a hot, international crowd. I didn’t think the match was bad or anything, I just saw the outcome coming a mile away, and even at the end, the reveal of Solo Sikoa and the MFTs at ringside was super lame. Cool, they’re on “SmackDown,” I guess they just randomly showed up to gloat to Fatu that they were right, or something.
I was hoping for a major return, and I thought that may have been Randy Orton during the opening match pitting Rhodes against GUNTHER. Nope. That match, with its predictable outcome, just had a seemingly quick, lame finish, though at least WWE set up a rematch for “The Ring General.” I don’t know what Orton is up to right now, but live on ESPN, in front of an international crowd, would have been an excellent place for him to return. Sadly, that wasn’t meant to be, and now I guess we’re getting Rhodes vs. GUNTHER again somewhere down the line, perhaps at Night of Champions if they’re not doing Rhodes vs. Reigns.
I didn’t think any of the wrestling on today’s show was bad, by any means. I’m just quickly growing bored of everything. Something exciting and unpredictable needs to happen to pull me back in.
Written by Daisy Ruth
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