8 Baffling Questions From WWE SummerSlam 2018

8. What Are Agents For?

You really can't blame WWE's road agents if they couldn't be arsed with SummerSlam's pre-show, though their decision to better spend the time watching the uncut version of Das Boot, reading the complete works of Proust, or just staring blankly into nothingness in a fit of existential dread did bugger up some of those de facto dark matches somewhat.

Shortly after Lana fell foul to the dreaded roll-up at the hands of Zelina Vega, Drew Gulak likewise came a cropper to the devastating manoeuvre during his Cruiserweight title tilt opposite Cedric Alexander. Of course, the purpose of the pre-show is to sell wireless internet and massage the Network's performative metrics, but is it really so difficult to devise two different finishes for consecutive matches? Apparently, it is.