7 Worst Wrestling Moments Of The Week (May 28)

6. Ember Likes The Moon...And Rocket League

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Kayfabe is dead. Or whatever. So they say. Still, why does WWE continually go out of the way to damage their own narrative?

At Backlash, there was a butt load of commercials and promotional pieces to break up the boredom, but one, in particular, stood out: Ember Moon playing Rocket League. Hey, Rocket League is a damn good game. But why choose her for that spot? Doesn't that go against what we've learned she's about in WWE's fiction? Though admittedly they haven't explained much...she has red eyes and lives on the moon or something? Not quite clear on that part.

In NXT, when she cuts promos she talks cryptically about the moon and such. There’s supposed to be an aura of mystique about her. That doesn't translate well to her yelling “Here we go, I got a whole bunch of boosters!” Maybe Ruby Riot or Kassius Ohno's characters could say that. Not Ember.

Yes, she’s shown up on Up, Up, Down, Down to play Tiny Toons! on SNESwith Xavier Woods/Austin Creed, but that’s non-canon. So if this is fine with WWE, then they may as well go all-in and have Bray Wyatt play Minecraft during Raw or Aleister Black struggling to beat Super Mario 2 while hanging out in a coffin.

Why bother putting any effort into protecting acts if people know it’s fake? Because it’s more enjoyable that way, just like every other scripted show on TV aims for.

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