12 WWE TLC 2018 Impulse Reactions
2. Sickness
...because Dean Ambrose Vs Seth Rollins - like the storyline that fed into it - was an unmitigated disaster.
A triumph for the destructive micromanagement the company sometimes deploys, WWE missed countless open goals in the build-up and hamstrung the wrestlers with a card too bloated to cope with another lengthy battle so late on.
That's not to take blame away from the wrestlers either. This match was a systemic failure - the company had scripted Ambrose to be a pantomime villain and Rollins his gormless foil. These were not the Shield "brothers" the fans adored nor the motivations they wanted to invest in.
Few through-lines could be drawn between the contest and the wretched angle, which also didn't help. The blood feud playing out like a wrestling match wasn't ideal, but 'The Lunatic Fringe's completely convoluted characterisations didn't jive with a crowd for the bulk of the time he held control. Seth is lauded for his ability to extract excitement from the churn - but he failed profoundly to grasp it here. He lost too, but if rumours of a WrestleMania meeting with Brock Lesnar are to be believed it could be the greatest upward fail of his career.
This entire angle started with a real life cancer diagnosis. It descended almost immediately into terminal patter.