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But that wasn't what Dean said. He said that they are at different sides of the room, with him with the mentioned posse on one side and Cena alone at the other side. Dean's group had nothing to do with why Cena doesn't come there, but rather the fact that Dean and Cena don't like each other.

There were so many things to love about that Miz/Ziggler match, just from the fact that they worked it completely safe yet made it seem so thrilling, but to me the way it kept highlighting Miz's character was just superb. The whole match, the Miz just kept out-thinking the ever-desperate Ziggler. They've actively made

That Usos/AA tag match was such a great piece of storytelling and really makes me anxious for the full-blown feud. What I absolutely loved was how it gave both side so much depth. The Usos as these full-blown villains who seem to delight in physically injuring people and are scary good at it and AA as these two men

As a slight addition, over the past couple of weeks I've become more and more convinced that Smackdown is at the moment planning Ambrose/Cena being their big Wrestlemania feud. Just the way they have been planting the seeds for the animosity between those two seems to go beyond the No Mercy Triple Threat

Dean Ambrose was bringing the fire on Talking Smack. People seriously need to go and watch it as words cannot do it justice. However, a couple of really amusing parts from it:
-Uncle Dean telling kids to walk away from fights, but if you can't, go for the throat
-Dean explaining why if/when he kneecaps AJ Styles on a

I thought Tahani was a really intriguing character, partially because of the actresses choices. I agree with the review that Tahani did come across as this superficial do-gooder at times, but then she did also seem to genuinely have concern over Michael and want to help him. Additionally, she obviously just wanted her

I honestly don't believe they were planning the Women's title match to be a triple threat, as they didn't address the double pin at all a week ago and just started running commercials on the Network for Charlotte/Sasha at CoC, the match itself will probably be really good to great with those three.

Actually, according to reports, Vince is still the final word and is actively invested in the creative process on both shows

As a sidenote, I really respect WWE in doubling down on the Brand competition.

I don't know which felt more awkward: Seeing Roman win the match after kicking out of KO's finisher and then beat up the fresh Rusev trying to ambush him, or when Foley literally proclaimed to the crowd how anyone could boo a man like Roman Reigns.

Something I am really enjoying, if that is the correct word, the Charlotte/Dana dynamic as it is clearly an abusive relationship and they are treating it like. It is a surprisingly dark story where they are going with while clearly avoiding trying to score cheap jokes from it.

This was the weirdest go home show I've seen in ages as it didn't actually build any of the feuds going to the PPV. For a PPV where the whole point is that the championships are defended, they didn't have a single confrontation why someone wants to win that championship. They even went so far as to give Roman the US

I absolutely loved Cartman as he understands that someone is trying to stoke gender wars while being like him, but at the same time constantly shows that he has no idea what really makes him so aggravating. It was almost a perfect parody of a douchebag paying lip service on touchy subjects from the very shirt 'Token's

That Kaepernick spot was so weird, especially with what followed. I think they were perhaps trying to just reflect on people claiming, but it did really feel like they were just throwing shade at Kaepernick.

One of the most impressive things about Miz's current story has been how it has elevated the IC title. With him, being IC champion is vital to that prominence and the role that he plays, while with, for example, the Cena open challenge the main focus was to get a win over John Cena which meant becoming that US

Talking Smack was so good once again. First that Baron 'I put people down' Corbin interview, where he really continued to establish his character in brilliant ways followed by Alexa 'Daniel, I am nothing like you' Bliss just basically burning things down. I know it keeps repeating, but people owe it to themselves to

That opening segment was brilliant, especially the way Cena and Ambrose just tore in to each other instead being classical 'let's pat each other to the back as faces' moment and the continued to tell that story in the match as well.

It was a very close second for and the level of stuff the Miz/Ziggler worked in to was astonishing. Add the revelation that are the heel Usos, Becky finally winning the title and Slater going double wide, that was a really great PPV.

It's honestly ages since I've last felt as uncomfortable watching Raw than I did during that segment.

I know it is partially unfair, but I am certain that in the near future we will someone drive over Roman and he will still kick out of it.