Sounds stupid, right? So why start the story to begin with? Back when Vince McMahon himself was getting involved in matches in the late-90s, he said that as a character on a WWE show, everything eventually leads to the ring. He’s right, Stephanie McMahon, Shane McMahon and even Vickie Guerrero had matches in their time with WWE. Everything in wrestling will eventually lead to a match, which makes it so difficult to have a character like Bryan, who according to WWE doctors is medically unable to compete. Becky Lynch beat Ruby Riott This was a tricky match to pull off, and I’m not sure WWE did it correctly here. First, Becky Lynch needed a win. There’s no doubt about the fact that her character has been put on the back burner, and to heat her up again, she needed a big victory on TV. That being said, why is Ruby Riott and why is her Riott Squad, a new, fresh act, used as the fodder? The Bludgeon Brothers beat The Ascension In terms of optics, this looked like the Bludgeon Brothers beating a big and powerful team in the Ascension, but anyone who has watched SmackDown for any length of time knows that the Ascension are glorified enhancement talent. The Bludgeon Brothers, as an act, have a chance to get over well but their dumb name and dumb attire might hold them back in the long term. Mojo Rawley beat Zack Ryder Mojo’s heel personality is strong, but nothing about his look has changed since he went heel on Ryder a few weeks ago. His gear, with the popping colors, still comes across as something a babyface would wear. The Fashion Police beat Rusev Day I like that The Fashion Police at least have a different name now. There’s nothing more annoying than WWE pairing up two singles wrestlers as a tag team and then just combining their singles names. It screams “we’re lazy!!!” Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura & AJ Styles beat Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn The main event sent the crowd home happy (at least the television crowd, who didn’t have to sit around for 205 Live). On top of that, it gives Daniel Bryan plenty of ammunition in his feud against Shane McMahon for next week and coming weeks.
