10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About 2017
6. The Monstrosity That Was The Beast Vs. The Monster Among Men
This was yet another occasion on which WWE attempted to have its cake and eat it, too; the aura of the Braun Strowman act was dimmed considerably after this monumental disappointment of a No Mercy headliner. It existed to achieve just one goal: to reinforce the power of Brock Lesnar's F5 finisher, purely so that Roman Reigns benefits from kicking out of it in New Orleans. The contrivance was as irritating as the inevitable failure of the strategy. Equally, Strowman's awesome and uplifting SummerSlam stint was forgotten after yet more bi-polar booking.
In the aftermath, we were expected to receive Lesnar as an invincible storyline threat.
In the aftermath of the aftermath, WWE attempted to compensate for the clean and comprehensive loss by feeding Strowman to Kane - a tactic that caught Finn Bálor in the backdraft, ironically cooling him down in the process.
This disastrous domino effect represented the folly of Vince McMahon's dire long-term plan; Strowman's defeat was obscured with an hysterical spree of burials and bullsh*t, the stench of which lingered over the Demon to such an extent that McMahon himself found him repellent.
The match, ultimately, was an inconvenience to WWE - something logic and organic sentiment dictated must happen, but probably shouldn't have.