WWE And TNA: 7 Worst Moments Of The Week (July 17)

by Andrew Soucek

1. Just Rename It Monday Night McMahon!

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WWE can be so incredibly frustrating.

In the span of one week they put on an entertaining, realistic take on professional wrestling with the Cruiserweight Classic. The show featured the best announcing team the company has had in years with Mauro Ranallo and Daniel Bryan. The two earned that honor simply by paying attention to what was going on, and not yelling dated references from 40 years ago. But on Raw, we’re subjected to another f***ing McMahon power struggle.

All the talk about a new era has been complete garbage. It’s the same damn thing with the same damn people, with the same damn exceedingly crazy man still in charge of both shows.

WrestleMania 2000 featured all four McMahons overshadowing their chosen wrestlers for the main event of the show. Somehow, 16 years later they’re still making the roster feel less important. There wasn’t much Vince could have done to kill off some of the excitement of the brand split more than by giving his two children power over the shows. Maybe him creating a SmackDown title and giving it to Big Show would have come close. But Show will retire within a few years, this McMahon thing will go on for the rest of their (and our) lives.

Time to kick out.

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