Agreed but I think fans are so ready to be on board with her that it would be akin to how Rollins was in the first few weeks since he came back. Sasha needs to ride out a face run until they call up Bayley for the inevitable Sasha/Bayley III.

The "match" was beside the point (though was roughly as memorable as any Hardy vs. Hardy match I've seen)

Totally, BUT I think the low production values of The Final Deletion carried their own charm (and had more of a sense of bonkers auteurism on the part of Matt Hardy).

My hope is that it leads to Shane and Steph being more off-camera figures, like in the way Vince is only brought in for BIG NEWS, except for each brand while the GMs are the week to week authority figures.

Underrated:
1. Matt dropping character to go, "Oh shit!"
2. Jeff's response: "You damn right 'Oh shit'"

Agreed on point 1. If this is another situation where Cena goes over (or KO style Cena loses then goes over in 2 rematches in a row), they will kill AJ Styles' main event momentum dead and he'll be basically in the Dean Ambrose role at MITB next year.

Paige seems to remain popular despite being off TV so much (she gets a lot of the extracurricular work in stuff like Camp WWE, Total Divas and movies). Honestly, not having creative mess with her character probably helps her in the long run, since they have only bungled it every time she's had a major feud on the main…

Well I mean, it's very hard to top a freaking NUNCHAKU MATCH.

Nia's scream before she lost was the most terrifying thing I've seen since Brock laughing at Undertaker's sit-up.

Very sad that the Iron Bank has left Cersei betting with marbles instead of gold.

I think Owens and Ambrose are the top 2 guys for the spot, but I think Ambrose makes the most sense and opens up the most avenues for interesting storylines.

Dana patting Natalya's (? or Becky's) head while Charlotte had her in the choke hold is so fantastic. The woman really knows her character.

POOPY

I think this was a throwaway show, but that was decided last-minute. They said they'd announce the seventh entrant in MITB but probably chickened out after realizing they'd be up against the NBA.

Yeah, I was watchint with my roommate and we both just burst out laughing. After like 2 segments of not saying much, I was like, "How would you even turn Ziggler heel at this point?"

The heel team was so reminiscent of the villain team-up in the Adam West Batman movie it brought me back to my childhood.

I think the things I didn't like about it were mostly the crowd's fault. Also Ric's opening bit where he kind of rambled aimlessly. I think they wanted to convey a Big Emotional Moment and the crowd were being awful about letting Charlotte speak. Then she looked like she might have gotten unnerved by seeing Ric cry…

"SHUT UP, COLE, I CAN HEAR YOU FROM HERE" made my roommate and me explode with laughter

I wonder how long the temptation to actually do this will stay with me.

Indeed. Love it. "Do your anger like you do at home" would be so much darker in 90% of WWE segments.