Poor Shield, they just got the Flair seal of approval. The seal of doom you could say. Not since the days of The Miz has someone been given his blessing. That probably makes them the front runners to stare in The Marine 5. I must say that it was very nice of Flair to forgive The Shield, considering that the last time they met, they violently beat him up. Besides that gap in logic, Flairs appearance on Raw was just awkward. Instead of saying anything interesting, he relied on doing weird head movements the whole time. He started by appearing to put over Evolution, and said that HHH was usually home eating a steak on Saturday nights. Okay then. Wooooo? Then in the ultimate swerve, he put over The Shield by saying they exemplify, power, style and grace. Style? They wear matching black flak jackets. Grace? Does a flying Superman punch count? Then he walked away, probably bobbing his head off into the night and looking for a place still open to buy a steak himself. Now if Flair does end up turning heel and rejoining his old stable mates, this will make up for some of this segment. However, it was so weird and uneventful that it felt like it was thrown together at the last minute.
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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