10 Biggest WWE Creative Mistakes Of 2020
5. The Sasha Banks Vs. Asuka Feud
Even when WWE strikes an elusive note of brilliance, there's always a caveat. Always.
Very little is uniformly - undeniably - brilliant. This is a serious issue, and a major mistake, because WWE as a company is unable to grab you by the throat, spark your imagination, and take you for the full ride.
There's always a sense of trepidation, stepping into that car. Even when it's great, the endorphin rush is fuelled as much by relief as excitement.
Consider the Sasha Banks Vs. Asuka mini-programme, and its role in furthering the wider Bayley Vs. Sasha Banks storyline. A superb in-ring series - the electricity crackled through the acute struggle of every counter - it was nonetheless undermined by the abysmal, insulting finishes. At Money In The Bank, Bayley donned a referee outfit, thick enough, presumably, to think she'd get away with it. "It" being counting the finish despite not having the authority, as simply "Sasha's mate", to do so.
She was quickly b*llocked by Stephanie McMahon, and in a bid to grab a rating with a definitive conclusion, told Bayley that she could not interfere in the rubber match in any conceivable way.
She conceived a way - by drawing Asuka to Kairi Sane, pummelled in a backstage attack - which wasn't penalised, somehow.
This f*ckery makes it hard to truly invest - there's so little trust in the process - and a minor blot on a good programme was somehow more saddening than...