Curtis Axel vs. R-Truth doesnt belong on a pay-per-view, any pay-per-view, unless it's one titled Craplane! The match doesnt belong on Raw, or even SmackDown. If it was taking place in the parking lot of a local gas station, you still probably wouldnt go out of your way to see it. But WWE found time to put it on Fastlane. Unannounced. Unwanted. Unloved. The match didn't really need to exist in any sort of storyline sense, which made the outcome inconsequential. Why was R-Truth so upset about losing? If he had won, then what? What would that have meant to his character or his standing in the company? No more skits with Goldust? That would have been worth fighting for. Matches which are thrown together devalue the very idea of a pay-per-view. WCW during its peak would often give us something like Glacier vs. Mike Enos for the hell of it, because they knew the NWO and Sting is what the fans came for. WWE doesn't have that luxury. It would have been better to end the show 10 minutes sooner, as it watered down the overall quality of the show. And if the idea was to bring down the crowd a bit so theyd be more excited for the main event, then, well, Edge and Christian already did a hell of a job at that. Speaking of which
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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