13 WWE Extreme Rules 2019 Impulse Reactions
9. Aleister Black Vs. Cesaro
What the f*ck did Aleister Black sit in that room for following WrestleMania? And why?
Not to downvote a superb technical scrap between Black and his apparent letterbox-botherer Cesaro, but if the payoff to that weeks-long build wasn't already odd enough, the match completed the backwards repackaging of one of the few developmental call-ups that had actually gone pretty well before this.
The two put on another one of those dreaded clinics for all of ten minutes before the 'Swiss Superman' fell to a wicked Black Mass, but the structure bizarrely favoured the loser rather than the winner. "Favoured", here, is pretty generous too - it was neither showcase for a reintroduced Black, not overwhelming losing effort for plucky runner-up Cesaro. Black went over but nobody got over.
It was, much like everything related to the repackaging of the former NXT Champion - completely counterproductive in achieving its stated aims. Where next for Cesaro following this defeat? For that matter, where next for Aleister Black? Back into his cupboard? This entire repackage should get locked away in there for good.