5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (June 15)

2. There's A (Sh*tty) Riott Goin' On

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Jesus. Did Vince just find Grease 50 years after everybody else? Again, that's a genuine question. The man named a PPV after a '50s Rock N' Roll staple last year, and dipped his toe back into that decade by promoting Bobby Lashley as an aw-shucks American hero a few weeks back.

On Monday's RAW, The Pink (and green) Ladies of the Riott Squad caused a riot. The Nexus invasion, this was not; Ruby and her cohorts swanned through the backstage area like brats with the acting skills of...'a WWE performer' is the only analogy to make here. Liv Morgan kicked a Cleaning In Progress sign, which Ruby Riott picked up and launched against a nearby wall.

Can she do that?

In a visual metaphor for the entire segment, Sonya Morgan then covered the area and herself in actual trash, before Ruby Riott used a pair of scissors presumably left behind by Stephanie McMahon to cut off the tie of a Creative Writer. This at least met pro wrestling's wish fulfilment remit. Even worse was the Riott Squad's WWE.com exclusive post-show promo, in which, of all people, they stole Dolph Ziggler's gimmick by explaining that they have to "scratch and claw" their way to relevance on RAW, just like every other heel, really.

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