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You joke but that was the mentality behind some of the bookers after Daniel Bryan's story.

I got no clue. Maybe the answer is just "Vince doesn't like the guy and has no idea about the allegations" or something much more simpler. The thing is that this case doesn't only involve Riddle. They could part ways with him if it was just that, but you got Drake Younger screwing over Candy Cartwright, and he is seen as this inspiring figure in NXT, so you can't just part ways with him as well. Shit became a cult and they barely even noticed.

They seem to care enough that they stopped his push on its tracks the moment the story got traction. Like, he debuted on SD with a win over AJ Styles and was poised to win the IC belt before things took on a bigger proportion.

Gotta go with the better wrestler and the one who hasn't done terrible things. Riddle at this point is clearly a no-no.

Jordan is out there carrying grown men like they are babies. Holy shit.

Big Jordan's drip, tho.

Miz is just really damn good.

Are you alright, bubba? Don't want any cannibalism in my wrestling show, no. I can respect that. Personally I'm in the camp that thinks Orton would possibly be the best wrestler in this planet if he gave a fuck more often, but he wouldn't be Orton if he did that. If find his no fucks given personality very damn amusing. Dude at some point was doing the splits and fist pumps just for the hell of it. Wearing night vision goggles. Weird shit, man.

Remember when Wyatt was very over, won the title seemingly out of nowhere after pinning AJ Styles AND John Cena and then Orton proceeded to get more over than him during the course of their feud?

Life's rough for them!

Even Fox doesn't seem dissatisfied with the product. And truth be told, I think Cesaro might be a better example than Ricochet regarding talent being used below their capabilities. He looks better, is a better talker even with his accent and five languages in his head and has more charisma. Still never got close to a main event stint or anything past the IC title. Not sure he even had a singles World Title match, either. On that note, I think the Ricochet/OC comparison is not really an appropriate one. The overall point is absolutely correct, but Cassidy not only has an unique look and gimmick, his charisma is unparalleled. While I don't think WWE would have pushed him strongly or anything, they did have a very good comedy act with a strong connection to the crowd in Santino, and even then, they had him win a battle royal - to a huge pop - and nearly beat Daniel Bryan for the title. The question is: they have shown they are capable of using comedy wrestlers in more serious settings in the past. Could they do that now without pigeonholing them to the 24/7 Division?

While I think this Orton run has been actually really good, I totally understand the complaints here. I think, however, there was this attempt on making Drew legit. They are at least trying to do something with Cedric by putting him with an actually great group. Big E is poised for a big singles run, it seems. Jey had breakout performances as a singles wrestler. Like, to me what's infuriating is not having Orton or Cena run the place for an eternity, specially the latter. Instead, what is infuriating is how often they get cold feet with things that could've been great, or just have plain bad luck. They pushed Balor to the goddamn moon - he hurts his shoulder. They seem like they would have Roman go over Lesnar - they get cold feet (more than once!) They push Jason Jordan as this actually really fresh and entertaining character - dude has a career ending injury. They try to make Big Cass be his own thing - dude's got an attitude. They trip over themselves, make Rusev over and have him in this weirdly great tag with English, but decide he wasn't getting over the way they wanted. They go all in on Drew - a pandemic strikes. Plus there's other examples such as Braun being cold and shown to be... not exactly stellar when they made him champ, or Bray Wyatt's reign sucking ass because his character is just an invincibility cheat code. But yes, the decision to have goddamn Dolph Ziggler fuck around for over a decade being lame was theirs. So was the decision of not pulling the trigger on Luke Harper when he was absurdly over with fans. But at the end of the day, I think there's more to it.

I guess acts being around more is possibly a sign of the times, and it ain't just in WWE. There are many wrestlers right now who have been wrestling for two, sometimes three decades. Back in like the 80s or 90s that sure wasn't the case. Rick Rude was in the Fed from 1987-1990, and that to me is an insane stat. I think the issue is that there's no place for wrestlers to go. It feels like there ain't that many possibilities now than before.

no wonder nxt has become a qanon-adjacent cult filled with sex pests and nonces

Well, here's to two more months of this!

Miz needs to cash in on Orton now, tho

Randy Orton, brother. Won a title wearing slacks

He was tired of all the slander, man

Nah I love me some Drew and Orton, but Wilson vs Murray is a fresher match up.

Drew/Orton seems like it's gonna have some fuckery

Afa and Sika look like they're still strong as fuck.

Roman got to show his acting skills by crying instantly, choked two fools out and yeeted a ref out of the ring. Incredible.

THIS WAS FUCKING INCREDIBLE

HOLLYWOOD ROMAN MAN

YES GOOD ACTING