Don't forget that Charlotte is being punished with a triple threat because the two would-be contenders to the title are, in story, not good enough to get a clean win over each other. You don't punish the champ for the shortcomings of the contenders; that's nonsensical.

I love Good Ol' JR, but he would feel even more out of place than Schiavello did. Within the fiction of the show, LU is an illegal underground fighting ring/possible religious cult owned by a crime boss who might literally be The Devil. I think Matt Striker is the absolute limit of polish and respectability they can…