Boring matches, botched spots and a renewed sinking feeling around a returning star have already rendered the Karrion Kross/Drew McIntyre feud one of the early bust of the Triple H era.
Kross was one of the first to make a return, coming in at the very highest level during 'The Scottish Warrior's feud with Roman Reigns. Having then been forced to take a back seat until all that concluded, he then failed to cleanly defeat McIntyre at both Extreme Rules and Crown Jewel. The latter was a defeat, even though the former NXT Champion will likely crow about not being pinned or submitted just to claim an ill-gotten rubber match.
Almost the whole thing has sucked, and while 'The Game' wisely dropped the black-and-white camera effect over Kross' beatdowns after only a week, it's a shame he didn't park this completely and try something a bit more committed with his pet project.
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