Perhaps it's all that fake snow, but a cold snap has now descended on the warmth that greeted Sting's original arrival.
In an effort to understandably maximise all of 'The Icon's uniqueness, his intentions and future plans have been staggered up to this point. Last week's appearance bordered on a bait and switch, and while this week's chat with Tony Schiavone went a long way to rectifying that, the tone and direction all remained the same.
Some nice sentiment about Dusty Rhodes fed into a predictable Team Taz interruption, a predictable Darby Allin save and the predictable Allin/Cage match confirmatiom. All functional, but not that fun. If the one thing about Sting that's for sure is that nothing is for sure, why did all of this feel such a sure thing?
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