WWE is one company booking two shows, so how have they found themselves in a situation where they're doing a substantially better job with one than the other?
That's felt like the key question over the last few weeks, mostly due to the differing fortunes of The Usos following their divorces from The Bloodline and each other. Jimmy has been clowning around in the absence of Roman Reigns while Jey - selling the genuine trials and tribulations he went through - has tried to settle back into life on Mondays alongside a number of people who want absolutely nothing to do with him.
This was especially the case going into this week's show following his predictable but nonetheless dramatic decision to pie an offer from The Judgment Day to align with them in their quest to run all of WWE. He noped them in the grandest possible fashion and forged a deeper bond with Cody Rhodes in the process.
'The American Nightmare' brought him to Mondays in the first place, and seemingly he's the one most committed to making it work. Sami Zayn's on board too, but Kevin Owens is less convinced and on all this goes as the flagship seemingly looks to lay the table for WarGames at Survivor Series in November while servicing both Fastlane and Crown Jewel along the way.
Lots of characters, lots of potential twists and turns, and lots of trademark Triple H plotting. But did any of it thicken?
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for 10 years. Alongside the production of daily written, audio and video content covering WWE and AEW, he also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years.
As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot on the UK's wrestling podcast charts with over 10,000 episodes and 70,000,000 total downloads. He also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House!, Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast, and has guested on long-running Sunderland AFC podcast Wise Men Say.
With WhatCulture, he has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. He has also been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana, 411Mania and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling.
Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.
