6. Missed Opportunity
If WWE is indeed moving toward a feud between Bray Wyatt and Ryback, then Sunday night was a missed opportunity for an interesting development. During the pre-show, Bray cut in on the kickoff panel with his usual cryptic promo at a yet-unnamed opponent, leaving the panel to speculate that Wyatt would reveal his target when hes ready. Just before the main event, the directionless Bo Dallas Bray Wyatts real-life brother came out to insult the fans, drawing Ryback out from the back. The Big Guy made short work of Dallas, led the fans in a Feed me more chant, and that was it. Now, if WWE is pushing the Network this month, you have to assume there are some potential fish on the hook right now, watching Extreme Rules because its free. So why wouldnt you kick off a big angle during the PPV? Wyatt comes out and assaults Ryback and saves Dallas, reveals that he is Brays wayward brother and he wants to bring him back into the fold. Bo desperately needs some direction, and Wyatt could use new minions. Anything wouldve been a better use of time than what we got.
Scott Carlson
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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.
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