And while Smackdown is coming tonight, that Dean/AJ match on Backlash was probably one of my favorite matches this whole year. The psychology and storytelling was just so on point there and I loved the finish. Styles, who had loudly proclaimed how he can outwrestle and outfight anyone, just could not beat Ambrose and…

Seth continues to do really great character work here. The way he sold his expressions when KO exploited every doubt he had and threw them in to his face. I also do really like his interactions with Mick as it does feel like a stepdad/son interactions in the best possible way. Like Seth is rebelling because he is…

While I do enjoy Sasha's in-ring work, even there something feels off to me in the main roster. She is really repetitious in the way she fills the silences as she keeps proclaiming. This is why I'm the Boss, this is how the champion does it, etc. And it is to become a litte distracting to me.

Charlotte continued to make me laugh a lot during the opening of the episode as her character work is just superb. Below are a few of the lines that just killed it for me last night. And seriously, she got the crowd to pop for Dana Brooke.

On the other front, and I realize this might be because I've watched Enzo and Cass already at NXT, I do keep wondering when the other shoe drops with them. They are over, there is no denying that, but the thing with NXT is that you don't come out every week or even two weeks there, but you do on the main roster. And I…

Even while I understand the foreign issue with it, I actually loved the Shining Stars in this episode. While it is a simple twist that they are lowly scam artists, it finally made verything about their approach make sense. Why should we boo two guys talking about the beauty of Puerto Rico? Because they are trying to…

Somewhat amusingly, my second thought about Alexa after 'She is so good with her character mannerisms' is 'She can never be in the same ring with Charlotte'. I think she can work with Sasha or Becky because it wasn't that big of an issue with Bayley, but Charlotte is so tall for that division.

I honestly have no counter for that. Well played, Sir, well played.

I mean yes and no. I love Becky and think she has a clear character. Becky is a trusting person that has been betrayed many times and who will return fire with fire. It is an excellent character, which makes it so easy for the crowds to connect with her, but I wouldn't call it a layered character. That is a personal…

And as a final note, which I actually made yesterday, I actually listened to the two episodes of the reviewers podcast and just wanted to mention that I enjoyed quite a bit even if I disagreed a couple of times. The curses of watching such a subjective product is that people just don't understand what they should…

I'm still struggling how weird the six woman tag match felt from a structure point of view. It was 13 minutes, but it was really slow with traditional beat the face for eternity periods with very short come backs. For a match that long promoting an elimination six pack match, which should also be long, they sure out…

Two quick notes on the social media front.

I am still in awe of that Usos turn even if I was expecting it. Just the way it was all executed was near perfection as it didn't make it just a random turn, but instead made it clear why the Usos did it. These were the former champions who had been drafter relatively late, were already making excuses on why people…

As a slight sidenote on layered characters, I was deeply amused recently when I realized that three most layered characters, for me, on the roster currently are Dean Ambrose, Miz and Charlotte. And when thinking on it further, I also realized that they are all that way by almost accident as they've had to adjust their…

I've mentioned it before, but for me one of the things that makes Ambrose special is his ability to understand how to use promos to sell his opponents and their match. With Ziggler, Ambrose was more confrontational and prodding, putting Ziggler down. With Styles, though, Ambrose was essentially the guy who wouldn't…

I absolutely loved the finish for the Miz/Crews match due to the simple way it told of the Miz and the way he wrestlers. He realized what Crews was going for even when having a confrontation with Ziggler, used Ziggler to his advantage before brutally finishing Crews. And then when there was that moment of…

But the rest of the speech then wouldn't have meant sense. Sasha came out to give out an emotional speech about how much women's wrestling had risen to give some bad news…. for Charlotte.

Don't forget KO confirming that he is that with his seven day reign. Not only do we have the Gift of Jericho, we also have the beautiful friendship of JeriKO that will never know the taint of betrayal.

Okay, I would actually love it if Roman's issue with KO isn't the title, but rather the beautiful friendship that is JeriKO.

That actually hits on the central point on the Henry thing. It wasn't a betrayal because it was an angle for Henry trying to get a title shot, which was successful. Henry pulled that swerve for a reason.