5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (July 6)
Gigantic leaps of faith and logic.
WWE doesn't do long-term storytelling. Well, it technically does, but repeating short-term storytelling to the point of complete parody - like a novel in which every chapter is the exact bloody same - doesn't count.
WWE recently attempted a long-term arc in which Nia Jax bravely overcame the bullying of Alexa Bliss. She then became a bully, delivering her promos in the exact same disingenuous way. WWE recently attempted a long-term arc in which AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura waged war over the WWE Heavyweight Title. Billed originally as the Dream Match, WWE contrived to: enervate an evidently dynamic pairing in New Japan; promote a No Disqualification Match that ended inconclusively; rob AJ Styles of his status as the best wrestler in the company; accomplish nothing except a heel turn - usually a step forward - that if anything has set an act on a backwards trajectory...
The Artists's arc will end in pure satire, when he defeats Jeff Hardy for the United States Title and becomes Shinsuke Nakamura: Anti-American heel! Either that, or he is both a main event also-ran and midcard loser.
The only way is down.
Even when a long-term project is handed to them, WWE tends to make a complete hash of it. Asuka was a made woman when she arrived, formidable aura and all, from NXT.
Was.
It's little wonder, then, that Daniel Bryan is somewhat cynical about his imminent feud with The Miz...
5. Daniel Bryan Is Amazing
Speaking to the Gorilla Position podcast, Daniel Bryan gave a resounding NO! NO! NO! to an incredibly optimistic question. Asked whether he would be "up for" a programme with The Miz that builds toward and is settled at WrestleMania 35, Bryan had the following to say:
"You ask me that question. I will answer it with a question. Do you trust WWE with telling that story from now until WrestleMania 35? HAHAHAHAHA! What in the last several years has shown to you that something like that is possible here?"
This was absolutely glorious. The man literally laughed in the face of the notion of WWE - his employer! - doing something worthwhile with him. The interviewer in response made reference to WrestleMania XXX. Bryan reminded him that the events of April 6, 2014 were a complete "accident" that followed a convergence of incredible, once-in-a-lifetime factors. WWE's broken clock isn't even right twice a day, and Bryan knows it.
To answer his question, what in the last several years has shown to you that something like that is possible in WWE?
Consider this time last year. On the July 10, 2017 RAW, Bray Wyatt defeated Seth Rollins in the main event. Nowadays, Rollins is on a tear, and Wyatt is meandering in an unfunny and repetitive tag team feud, holding the RAW gold with only slightly more credibility than a small child. A week later, The Revival scored a win over the Hardy Boyz, and Bayley defeated Alexa Bliss.
Where are these winners now?
HAHAHAHAHA!