WWE And TNA: 7 Worst Moments Of The Week (July 31)
2. Save The Viper!
It often seems that WWE deliberately goes out of their way to make their superstar wrestlers feel super ordinary as soon as possible.
Randy Orton wrestling his first match in nine months was intriguing. Or at least it should have been. That’s something that a lot of fans were interested in. Saving him for SummerSlam would have added an extra little boost to the show. Or, building up his return for next week would give SmackDown a hook. WWE instead chose to throw Randy out there with no hype, and then for no good reason booked him to destroy the Intercontinental Champion.
What was their line of thinking for this? “Miz has to have an opponent tonight! The entire brand split will collapse if he doesn't!”
Of course, Orton isn’t going to come out and demand a re-match with the title on the line. So basically, the way things went down says that the belt is beneath him. It’s a waste of his time. He showed us he could win it easily in a few minutes, but it’s not worth the effort to ask for another match and do it again.
Now Orton already feels a bit bland, and Raw’s second title feels a lot more important than SmackDown’s. A weird and bad move all around.