5 Ups And 9 Downs From WWE Super Showdown 2019
3. What. The. Hell.
Remember how for the past few years, fans and critics rode Roman Reigns hard, as they bemoaned that he was being pushed down our throats – and yet he receive repeated stop-and-start pushes?
Friday’s match against Shane McMahon theoretically should have been a blow-off match, with Roman decimating the 50-year-old executive. After all, the match wasn’t a no-DQ bout, limiting Drew McIntyre’s interference to when the referee was distracted.
Instead, Reigns had to sell Shane’s punches and elbows, and his spear and triangle. Shane got to kick out of a powerbomb and Superman Punch. And then McIntyre’s Claymore gave Shane the win.
Because the feud. Must. Continue.
If you want a Shane/Roman feud to last through to SummerSlam, there are ways to do it and make it entertaining and believable. This wasn’t it.