10 Things We Learned From WWE Raw (May 22)
2. Five Guys
Raw reverted to a safe space this week, offering a main event tag match ostensibly as a teaser for the multi-man affair at Extreme Rules.
Lazily pairing off the goodies and baddies as Teddy Long had done for years on Smackdown, Kurt Angle put former Shield colleagues Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns together against Samoa Joe and Bray Wyatt after an aborted singles match between the 'Big Dog' and 'Eater of Worlds' ended in chaos.
With Finn Balor otherwise engaged elsewhere on the show, it was a simplistic way to stir conflict between the remaining combatants, especially with WWE's horrific grasp of human behaviour evidenced in the Seth Rollins/Roman Reigns 'tension' that ultimately cost them victory in the main event.
With the exception of Samoa Joe's presentation as a merciless killer, the reckless abandon in how the company treats characters was far too apparent by the close of this week's episode.
Rollins and Reigns have buddied up enough since the former's babyface turn that unease between the two felt completely forced. Furthermore, that freewheeling buffoon Bray Wyatt is even in the conversation for title contention at this point exhibits how little the company want viewers to care about the last six months. As it stands, none of these goofs belong anywhere near Brock Lesnar or his shiny red title.