10 Easy Ways Of Injecting Realism Into WWE
6. Build Credible Title Challengers
What did Bobby Roode do to deserve his place in this year's Men's Money In The Bank Ladder Match? He won a qualifying match over Baron Corbin and No Way Jose, obviously, but he has since stared at the lights on virtually every episode of RAW, losing most recently to Kevin Owens after weeks of jobbing to Elias - a man deemed not good enough in the storylines to compete for the briefcase.
So that's Roode not winning, then.
Zero attempt has been made to elevate Roode as a possible contender. Had WWE tried, we may actually anticipate a finish when he ascends the rungs. Instead, we will wait, bored, for the poor b*stard to fall from a stupid height. Cheers for taking an horrific bump and all that, Bobby, but we already knew you were a loser.
Fellow participant Owens finds himself firmly in 50/50 territory, too, having tasted defeat last week only to pour yet more soil over Bobby on Monday. There are just four RAW stars set to scale the ladder on June 17. How difficult is it to book each of them favourably - interaction is still possible, with guest commentary stints and the like - in a prolonged game of oneupmanship at the expense of goons we're expected to receive as jobbers, of which there are an alarming number on the red brand?
It's simple, really: earmark the performers who require protection - a stab in the dark, but perhaps those set to wrestle in a number one contender's match - and actually protect them by not jobbing them out.