The Road to Hell tour has been a little underwhelming so far. Were getting dangerously close to the hell part, and its not quite as hot as youd think. Brock isn't at fault, as all hes asked to do is smile while the crowd chants "Suplex City!" To start Raw off on a hot note this week, WWE opened the show with Brock. Not a terrible idea, as it reinforces the concept that anything can happen at any time. Theres a couple problems with how he was booked, though. The first is that he easily disposed of Big Show and F5d him, which was kind of the entire point of their match two nights earlier. The second flaw is that appearance was for Brock. Hes got a third match against Taker, and only one more Raw to go. That's all they could think of for him to do? Theres overexposing a talent, and then theres having him do so little to promote his upcoming match that it makes the showdown feel pretty normal. For some reason, Undertaker cant even be bothered to show up via video and talk about what this match means to him, or what hes going to do to Brock. WWE is almost out of time to make this potential WrestleMania main event feel special, but it seems like theyre just throwing money away by not even trying.
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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