10 WWE Elimination Chamber 2019 Impulse Reactions
3. Brains Over Braun
Back in December, Braun Strowman was too injured to deck Baron Corbin by himself, but WWE asked us to forget about this and heap scorn on Raw's three tallest goobers as the combined to take out the 'Monster Among Men' in a worthless No Disqualification encounter,
WWE pay-per-views are now so long that it's all too easy for a show that starts hot to career of a cliff, and ahead of Lacey Evans walking halfway down the aisle before f*cking back off and Shane McMahon and Miz soaping up what had otherwise felt genuinely organic, the very worst of Raw threatened to derail the very best.
Ronda Rousey was still selling the shots from Becky Lynch's crutch when 'The Lone Wolf's music hit and it's no wonder she looked so confused - it's probably the first time she was made to react to entrance music with no crowd reaction. How on can earth audiences still be expected to give a toss about a man WWE themselves threw under the bus when Raw's ratings circled the drain last winter?
The company weren't bothered about answering that question. Their only task was get to a finish that broadly protected Braun. How the f*ck did we get here, and how can we get as far away from it as possible?