New Champs but Stale Storylines at Saturday Night's Main Event
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New Champs but Stale Storylines at Saturday Night's Main Event
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Jade Cargill and CM Punk cut through the haze, claiming the WWE Women's and vacant World Heavyweight Titles in bursts of brilliance. Cargill's Jaded crush on Tiffany Stratton was raw power poetry: chokeslams booming, a torture rack toying with the champ like a ragdoll, blood on her brow as confetti fell at 14:22.
Punk's double GTS on Jey Uso, post-barricade brawl and trainer tribute, sealed his comeback at 22:47—the Best in the World defying 47 years of exile. These highs? Must-see. But the card's core rot?
A damning exhibit of WWE's Netflix-era slop: titles tossed without build, heat, or heart, turning epics into empty athletics.
The opener screamed symptom: Cody Rhodes holding the Undisputed WWE Championship over Drew McIntyre, DQ stipulation a lazy urgency patch. McIntyre goaded ref bumps and table wrecks, but the feud? Vapor.
No Raw rants shredding Cody's "Nightmare" myth, no vignettes of Drew haunting Rhodes' homestead. Just spots—dodged Claymores, a Cross Rhodes pin—crowd chants mechanical, not manic. This is Netflix WWE's playbook: bingeable clips over brewing beefs, chasing global metrics while gutting emotional hooks. Why invest in arcs when highlight reels go viral sans context?
Worse was the Intercontinental Triple Threat: Dominik Mysterio weaseling past Penta and Rusev with chairs and distractions, Frog Splash pinning the brute in spot-heavy chaos. Penta's masked enigma and Rusev's raw fury screamed for stakes—Dom torching Luchador pride, Rusev fueling Balkan vendettas. Delivered?
A soulless spot parade, alliances dissolving into shrugs. No heat, no narrative glue. It's the post-Netflix plague: belts as set dressing, not saga fuel, optimized for overseas scrolls where lore's a luxury.
Cargill and Punk's wins barely dodged the drought. Stratton's knee gimmick? Stale trope, absent prior hits to hype the flip. Jey's YEET blaze ignited the main, but the vacant clash skipped the spice—no Bloodline ghosts or Punk grudge deep-dives.
Cena's retirement gauntlet (Raw kickoff Nov. 10, D.C. finale Dec. 13) and Vegas WrestleMania 42 teased tomorrows, but spotlighted today's famine: feuds rushed, buzz buried.
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