10 Plot Holes On Every Episode Of WWE RAW

5. Bobby Roode's Win/Loss Record

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Bobby Roode received his opportunity to qualify for Money In The Bank a few weeks back. In the weeks since, he has suffered loss after loss on RAW of the sort that may account for Kurt Angle's constant consternation. Roode has proven himself such a calamitous loser that there's every storyline danger that he falls head-first from the ladder and breaks his neck.

He is evidently unqualified to contend for the briefcase. Acrophobic Kevin Owens has a better chance of climbing the ladder to success on June 17. Which begs the question: shouldn't Angle simply withdraw him from the match, and give another member of his RAW roster the "opportunity"? Perhaps Constable Corbin, as a means of safeguarding his job? That's much too clever for a GM as bumbling as Angle is written, intentionally and unintentionally. Or perhaps one of either Roman Reigns and Jinder Mahal, a match that the Chicago fans are going to - sorry - take a gigantic sh*t on, reflecting very poorly on his key responsibility as match-maker?

The wider narrative is completely inconsequential - warped beyond belief, even. In WWE, failure is rewarded and success is punished.

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