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I suspect the Nia Jax disappearance is at least partially because they don't really have anyone for her to feud with, especially since they probably don't want her to take any losses before some major program. Not a defense on the subject, but I guess a general challenge when trying to get over a monster heel in a

Fair enough, although to my slight defense my point here wasn't on Sasha's delivery, but rather that they keep having her do the same promo so often. Although having reread my comment, I understand how it does come across as repetitive on my part as I connected it to pondering on how she will do as a champion.

While it was short, the match between Cesaro and Kofi was just great for me. There was just something special about how clear Sheamus made it that he did not have Cesaro's match during it. Apparently he was really doing a live feed to the WWE Facebook site there.

As a sidenote, Sasha continues to puzzle me. I think this was the third time in recent history I have listened her to give that same speech about girls, dreams and stuff, and while it is touching, it is also becoming repetitive. I'm honestly starting doubt about her ability to be that narrative engine in the feuds,

Personally, I absolutely hated the opening segment. I understood the pragmatism of it as they desperately needed to put heat on Rusev in an attempt to get people to rally behind Roman. In addition it allowed them to have these strong women stand up against this dismissive man and all that. However, as they were making

Jericho is a gift that keeps on giving. This episode, in addition to the excellent match with Seth, we received:

I absolutely loved that at the moment that Dana layed out Bayley, the inflatable guys also fell down and the lights turned dark red. All of this tells me that Dana apparently has a really evil aura with her.

I'm not yet so far with Luke Cage to comment on the plot points here, but for me they aren't that bad and nowhere near the Agents of SHIELD plot insanities.

For me, Luke's simply style of pushing through opposition due to his strength and invulnerability sets up really intriguing possibilities further on. We know that Diamondback is out there and probably has access to some high-tech weaponry. So what happens when Luke is hit with something that can hurt him? What can he

There was one moment in this episode that was so dumb that it almost destroyed the whole episode for me. And no, it isn't the RPG scene.

My favorite exchange in the show was:

I agree on that read on Tahani and that is actually what makes her such a compelling character for me on this show. She seems to be someone normally classified as a superficial 'good' person, someone who does it just for the credit, and which the reviews, and this is not a slam, constantly classify her as. Yet instead

I don't know if it is intentional, but I've noticed that there is this constant subtle theme of names and their power in this show. Stokes's reactions to being called Cottonmouth, the dual meaning of the name Pop, Misty not wanting to be called by her given name, Coates's reflection on the name of Luke, Shades

You know, watching shows like this requires a certain suspension of disbelief, I get that. That allows us to accept that Luke Cage is superstrong and nearly indestructable, which are necessary for the story. It is also required for just nodding when Tone shoots up the barber shop while dual-wielding SMGs and still

Yeah. To be truthful, even the teasing of the No DQ felt more like Smackdown trying to steal that thunder from Sasha/Charlotte as Raw was clearly building up for it while Smackdown suddenly shrugged and went what about a No DQ match, eh. It was this almost blatant reaction to Smackdown realizing what Raw was most

That final face-off between Styles/Ambrose/Cena was done so insanely well. Something that really struck me was that both Styles and Ambrose, when cutting in, were actually responding to things almost certainly would have said in the promo. It added that great intensity to it as it didn't feel like these were two guys

There was so much to love with the elegant brutality of 'The success of a failure'. My absolutely favorite moment was when they build for Doplh finally getting that title after all those humiliations and then just 'For only ten minutes.' That was the moment I knew that this documentary needs to be made. Also kudos for

I feel this is already a weekly comment, but I honestly don't get what they are doing with Roman. I mean, when Lana brought up him ruining her wedding reception, he decides to grin as if he was so great then, coming across as this insane dick in a promo trying to establish why we should cheer him.

As a sidenote, I thought they did a great job with Dana in that Bayley confrontation. They gave a logical reason why she wasn't at the match. They established why Charlotte would be furious at her as Dana once again screwed things up by trying to be the big dog. And more importantly, it was this great character moment

That Women's main event was so good starting from the backstage interaction between Charlotte, Bayley and Dana. The match was excellent and I'm still getting over how beautiful that corkscrew to the outside was. And while it wasn't as technical as their previous encounters, the way they, especially Charlotte, sold