5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (Dec 14)

5. WWE Admits Own Flagship Show Is Terrible

In a truly bizarre opening segment, Seth Rollins laid into fictional character Baron Corbin for his scripted role in the modern, very real demise of WWE's flagship television show.

"Under your leadership," Rollins said, "Monday Night RAW has sucked. And it has sucked because of you," he continued, "you" being a character scripted entirely by Vince McMahon. Rollins continued his rant, in which The Revival were put over in a "first time ever!" we can actually buy, before burying the Constable Corbin experiment as an "abject failure". This was a rare, striking self-own from Vince McMahon.

Somebody in the crowd held aloft a sign proudly proclaiming that this was their first live show. It'll probably be their last.

But it's OK now: WWE has recognised and must now strive to improve the show, because there's no going back after that, is there? Well, there is: WWE has recognised that RAW is terrible, subsequently booked a terrible show, and is now trying to get Baron Corbin over as the guy whose fault all of this is. Rollins ended his incendiary rant, designed to rouse the WWE Universe into a response with its promise to put an end once and for all to the juvenile bullsh*t we've endured these past few weeks by...calling Corbin a coward, refusing to shut up like a small child, calling him 'Coward-Elect Baron Corbin', and prodding him repeatedly on the shoulder.

It's a bold strategy, Cotton, let's see if it pays off for 'em.