10 Live Observations From Attending WWE Raw In Minneapolis

6. Arm Wrestling Isn’t Over In 2016

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Seeing Bayley’s wacky, wobbly, whatever the f**k things live is kind of fun, but this segment died the moment Dana brought out an arm wrestling table. Two of the oldest tropes in the business are contract signings and arm wrestling; you can’t do them both on the same night!

It was just pointless and stupid. Last week on Raw, Dana beat Bayley cleanly. So uh...isn’t that the end of the feud? Why would she then challenge her to an arm wrestling contest?

Well, whatever WWE was going for last week was quickly reversed anyway. Dana started losing the test of arm strength (what?), and then attacked Bayley, and then got her a** handed to her about two seconds later. So the underdog beat up the bully despite the bully having a huge advantage. So...story over again? Or we going to keep doing this despite no one caring?

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