5 Burning Issues For WWE Raw Tonight (Oct 16)
Desperate Measures
Just a week removed from SmackDown Live!'s Hell In A Cell, WWE have elected to trot out the (topless) mesh yet again to promote one more go around of the sensational Roman Reigns/Bruan Strowman combination.
The two have been responsible for some of the red brand's best efforts of 2017, and a caged rematch feels like a dependable placeholder ahead of The Shield's presumably triumphant pay-per-view return at Sunday's Tables, Ladders and Chairs supercard.
What, you weren't aware?
Indeed, WWE will present yet another Sunday special despite superlative showdowns between The Usos, The New Day, Kevin Owens and Shane McMahon still lingering in the minds eye of most fans that appreciate the stunt-n-bump nature of the brawls.
Its perhaps why the show has felt somewhat overlooked until last week's explosive coming together for 'The Big Dog', Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins. But after dedicating mammoth portions of the show to the terrifying triumvirate last week, the company would be well served to flesh out the remaining issues currently at large.
With so many of the brand's titles trapped in the handicap main event, the stakes of the other battles need to made as artificially high as Bray Wyatt's 'Sister Abigail' voice. About that metamorphosis...
5. Wyatt Family Values
Last week, Bray Wyatt added makeup, a lisp and a dress to his usual facade in 'morphing' into Sister Abigail some four years after first teasing her presence and mere months removed from Randy Orton definitively destroying her when he burned Bray's house to the ground ahead of their tepid WrestleMania war.
In short, it's utterly batsh*t, and without doubt the worst thing the 'Eater Of Worlds' has been involved in. Same too for Finn Bálor, with the poor former Universal Champion now seemingly as trapped in this angle as Bray himself in a perpetual state of silliness on the main roster.
Wrestling is a weird, weird game though. The reaction to the ludicrous portrayal was overwhelmingly negative, but few could deny how curious they were to see more. Such a response has been missing from virtually anything Bray Wyatt has been involved with on the main roster, even if poor Finn is caught in the crossfire of his cross-dressing.
Bálor said he 'knew what he needed to do'. Even that is fascinating? He's beat him as a demon, and a man - could Finn's feminine side show itself this week and allow for a 'Woman Vs Woman' match to become the latest bizarre chapter in their insane arc?