How WWE Just Saved One Of Its Worst Ideas EVER

It's so encouraging - life-affirming for longstanding fans of all of this, actually - that WWE can still create situations like where The Judgment Day sit in November 2022.

Ahead of a Survivor Series where they'll have absolutely nothing to do with one another, red brand Women's Champion Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley ever-so-briefly stared each other down on the November 8th edition of Monday Night Raw. This is precisely how much interaction the pair need heading into WrestleMania season. Without question the most over woman on the roster not wearing a title (and arguably that qualifier isn't required), Ripley is too fantastic to be denied at this point.

At the other end of the scale but no less awesome, Dominik Mysterio is impeccable as the entitled tosspot son of a legend, and his own inevitable 'Show Of Shows' battle with father Rey could be yet another bells-and-whistles masterwork from the same people behind Dom's blinder with Seth at SummerSlam 2020, Brock Lesnar tipping the ring with a tractor, and a Roman Reigns/Logan Paul match-of-the-year-candidate.

All of this doesn’t even consider the revenge original leader Edge and his wife Beth Phoenix will surely want to enact soon too, Lofty comparisons, multiple fantasy booking avenues and WrestleMania-sized expectations. There’s no greater feeling than this specific confluence of ideas and excitement when an act clicks, and - right now especially - there’s no greater representation of WWE’s new management making earnest creative strides.

The mountain was never omnipotent, but it looked almost impossible to scale. Not so anymore, and the only thing left now for the group is to try and locate the peak. Here’s hoping the continuation of that trek is just as gratifying as this summer’s remarkable climb.