10 Impulse Reactions Following WWE Extreme Rules 2017
8. The Singer
Seemingly moving away from the 'Drifter' persona, WWE spotlighted Elias Samson in the singing role that has thus far generated the most vitriol from live crowds.
'Baltimore is bathed in filth', he began, following on by suggesting that 'these people are all the same' He went on to lambast the city and residents, in a similar effort to his hugely irritating efforts on Monday Night Raw. It seemed to work - fans seemed thoroughly displeased with his presence.
It was cheap heat of course, but it was heat all the same, and not the type of reaction many thought Samson was capable of achieving after a middling run on NXT.
His strained vocals weren't the only thing that suggested he might actually be getting over. Bathed in the glow of a single spotlight, a crowd plunged into darkness responded with phone lights identical to the 'fireflies' that greet Bray Wyatt upon his own blackened entrance.
The very image conjured up by Wyatt's arrival has long been the argument for why he continues to deserve a place in the upper echelon, but if knocking the house lights off for Samson generates similar ambience, what can the 'Eater of Worlds' really offer instead?