4 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE Raw (March 21)

3. The Most Poorly Run Business EVER

Imagine working for a company where you’re publicly promised major recognition. There have been banners printed and materials distributed, and even a press release sent to the media.

Then two weeks before the big event, your bosses decide to put your recognition up for grabs against a whiny officemate who is upset he was left off the program. If he moves more units than you, he gets your recognition. Worse, this is the second straight time they’ve done this for this whiner. And on top of that, they’re handing out spots to other people randomly for just messing up other projects.

If this sounds insane, then you must be hating how Adam Pearce & Sonya Deville have been managing the Seth Rollins debacle. Sure, this is fiction and they’re just trying to fill a three-hour Raw every week, but we’re supposed to shut off our brains entirely and believe that the GMs were just going to take a heated rivalry and put it on the back burner if Rollins defeated AJ Styles for the right to face Edge.

No one consulted Edge, who wanted this match, much like they didn’t check with Stone Cold Steve Austin before putting his interviewer’s spot up for grabs last week. It all just defies common sense and is a groan-inducing moment.

Worse, it telegraphs the main event. Styles wasn’t going to lose that match, so you know it’s either going to be shenanigans or an outright loss for Rollins. How does any of that make for good TV?