10 WWE TLC 2017 Impulse Reactions

7. Fresh

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Credit to Jason Jordan for finally earning a babyface pop after launching catering leftovers at Elias on two separate occasions midway through the Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view.

To be honest, the whole thing had the look of a new gimmick for Kurt Angle's troubled progeny. Sporting his recently purchased bright green shorts, ripped abs and half of the Whole Foods produce aisle, he looked as if he was set to to go off on a talking tour to American schools about the importance of healthy eating in the same way his Dad wore a sandwich board for abstinence almost twenty years earlier.

Elias was outstanding in the skits as he is ordinarily on Monday Night Raw. His imperfect pitch on the microphone contrasted just how nailed on the persona is at generating heat in every town they visit.

Reportedly one of the best for reactions on the house show circuit, multiple airings for the former Drifter before his match with Jordan perhaps highlighted the confidence the company currently has in him to perform time-filling duties or even create a slither of tension for a dreaded 'bonus' match. And about that...

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