5 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (Dec 20)
5. Promo Train Sets Up SHOCKING Match
Wow, who could have seen this shocking development coming? Four wrestlers preparing to battle each other, a brawl breaks out, and the face champion and tweener challenger clear the ring of the two heels…
Oh right, time to do your best Teddy Long impression and make it a tag team match, playa!
Predictability isn’t always a bad thing in professional wrestling. But in the case of WWE, they have one playbook, and they run the same plays nearly every time. So naturally, after Bobby Lashley and Big E verbally sparred, Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins attacked and led to the eventual backstage encounter with the authority figures, who made the tag match.
It’s so predictable, so even if it serves a greater purpose (trying to draw clearer tweener lines with Lashley) it automatically garners a groan and an eye-roll here.