WWE gave little more than an hour of their WWE Network schedule to the televised portion of Starrcade, and even then they couldn't deliver the match they'd promised.
Bullsh*t.
'The All Mighty' was at least taped up after Rusev battered him on last Monday's Raw, but that was as much as the company were prepared to give the crowd despite advertising this Last Man Standing match when they didn't need to. After a bit of the usual from Lana about festive shagging and that, the 'Ravishing Russian' was used to deliver the news like it was a heel scheme rather than a cheap company cop-out. Restraining order, innit.
Nobody held a gun to WWE's head in prepping this show, nor yours or mine in choosing, foolishly, to watch it. They loaded it and pointed it towards their own face yet again here.
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Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.
