WWE And TNA: 7 Worst Moments Of The Week (Aug 14)

2. Make It Stop!

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For a brief moment, I thought that WWE was pretty damn smart by booking Roman Reigns in a feud with Rusev. After all, most American fans aren’t going to choose the guy who hates America as their hero. The Olympics are going on, so national pride is at a seasonal high.

After this week played out, I’m back to thinking they’re still pretty, pretty stupid when it comes to booking Roman.

This four hour wedding recreation they had on Monday was absolutely brutal. It went on way too long, and failed at being entertaining at any single point. This segment exposed a big part of Roman’s problem, in that creative has no idea how to write for him, so they just give him lines they’d give to Cena. You can easily imagine Cena calling Lana a mail order bride and Rusev a “Bulgarian Sasquatch.” It’s just dumb.

They should have just booked Roman to come in, not say a word, spear Rusev, and then Lana falls in a cake or something. All of it within five minutes. It's obvious to everyone but Vince that Roman just isn’t good at delivering lines, especially comedy ones, so the fact that they’re still writing for him like he is a stand up comedian is ridiculous.

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