9 Hidden Meanings Behind WWE Stomping Grounds Attires
Dog Days Of Summer (and the Marvel equivalent..)
The level of expectation for Stomping Grounds was perhaps unlike any show from the last several years. Relatively consistent B and C-level events have done away with the unanimously awful per-views in recent memory. Weeks of dreadful television are temporarily erased by one half-decent monthly. Even the roundly razzed Great Balls Of Fire one-off booked its main event with titular testicular fortitude.
WWE's deal with Saudi Arabia - as it has done with just about everything else in the organisation - has knackered the model.
The bonkers shows require bonkers booking, or in the case of Super ShowDown, the bulk of Stomping Ground's main card. Ticket sales appeared to reflect this - a damning screenshot of a half-empty venue via Ticketmaster just days before the show told the tale of an event sabotaged not only by broader indifference but a complete rejection of the rematches weighing the event down.
Talent were presumably told to go and confound the critics, to shock the world, to mutilate their credibility on Twitter; whatever it took, just to make the whole thing look a lot better than it had any right to be. Gear, as evidenced by those in this list, was one of the quickest wins...
9. The New Day
Forming part of yet another beautiful Jonathan Davenport/ Jean-Michel Basquiat tribute, Xavier Woods and Big E sported a blue and white shimmering number for their banterrific guest spot on the Kickoff Show and again in their match against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.
Perhaps by fortune or marvellous design, Woods and Big E's entrance gear was decked in Space Invaders in keeping with Xavier's known love of video games. E's gold boots didn't exactly jive with the ensemble, but he's been out a while and was a gift to this entire event - he gets a free pass this month.