How in the hell do you go from a three pay-per-view program with John Cena (including a WrestleMania match) to becoming largely a joke by the end of the year? The answer is you become a victim of WWEs comedy antics. As stated earlier with Dolph Ziggler, the ill-conceived romance storyline was a case of lethal poison for the careers of everyone involved. At one point, there were rumors that Vince McMahon wanted to build the Divas division around Lana. That looks downright impossible now. Her act with Rusev has fallen so far backwards since they became an on-air couple that its hard to comprehend. Theyve been dating in real life for years, but as soon as it became a storyline, they became hard to take seriously, and morphed into showcasing nauseating displays of affection. That's not the good kind of heat that you can draw. The two went from a legitimate monster and ruthless manager to a couple of cuddlers. What were they thinking?
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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