The moment the match was announced, it was pretty obvious that Dean Ambrose versus Bray Wyatt wasnt going to be a one-off match, blown off at Survivor Series. Rather, fans had to expect some kind of shenanigans or screwy finish to end the match and set up a rematch. Not only did they do that, the match perfectly set up the kind of match (a TLC match) and then WWE booked and announced it the same night. When was the last time the company announced a rematch for the following PPV while the current event still was going on? The Ambrose-Wyatt match itself was going well until the DQ finish. It was a breath of fresh air in terms of spots, with both guys showing off how they are different than a lot of the other wrestlers on the roster. The action was pretty much nonstop, with no restholds, and the crowd responded accordingly. So while it was disappointing that a good match was cut short and ended up being a setup for a future match, it was refreshing to see the DQ directly setting up the next bout and even setting the stipulations right away.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
