Tiffany’s Takeaways

RAW: LOVED the ten-woman tag match. Nattie and Alicia aside, we have the makings of a Women’s Tag Division in that match.

I still want to see Sasha vs Trish Stratus.

Seth vs Dean is the hottest feud on RAW and it’s only the first week.

Elias’ turn last week makes much more sense.

I LOVED Nia vs Ember.

Seth throwing Roman into his argument AND calling Dean selfish blurs the heel/face lines because Dean’s injury was in part to him working so hard to cover for Seth and Roman when they got hurt or in trouble.

Who did Revival piss off?

SmackDown: I guess the clean submission was Bryan’s receipt for not going to Saudi Arabia, but WWE will keep him in the picture.

Charlotte’s entitled brat storyline continues with her seeming to think she’s too good to be relegated to SmackDown’s Survivor Series Women’s team, even if she didn’t say it out loud.

Trick or Street Fight is always fun.

Becky is the Man.

NXT UK: Flash Morgan Webster looks like a demented Paul McCartney impersonator.

I enjoy all the introductions they’re doing, but I hope they wrap it up soon.

Burch and Gradwell was really good. I normally don’t like super stiff matches, but this was very good and had a real old school feel.

Noam Dar is SO over in the UK.

Isla Dawn really impressed me this week. Mae Young Classic was the first time I’d seen her and I don’t recall being all that impressed with her.

205 Live: Maverick’s continued excuses for why Alexander can’t have the rematch he’s owed is getting on my nerves. Unless they plan on turning Alexander heel, they need to quit screwing around.

I loved Ali vs Nese!

NXT: Candice LeRae’s confrontation with Nikki Cross is interesting. Why would she be angry about Nikki telling Aleister Black who attacked him? As far as we know, Nikki never told Regal or anyone in authority, she just told Black. Also, I love Candice’s hair!

I’m not a fan of the NXT version of War Games, but the story going into it is interesting.

Tiff’s Tantrums

To everyone praising Cena for backing out of Crown Jewel: Stop. Cena only backed out to protect his brand, not to make a moral statement. Unlike WWE, backing out won’t hurt him financially. Whatever he loses on not going to Crown Jewel, he’ll make back in movies and merchandise.

I hate how WWE basically made the World Cup into a joke. I understand that Crown Jewel was for the Saudi fans, but for all the hyping they did, presumably to get some US viewers to watch, to make this seem like a big deal, then have Shane win it just feels like a cop out. You’re capable of more than this, WWE, act like it. There are better ways to do a Shane turn than making your roster look like idiots.

From my understanding, Dean Ambrose was in Saudi Arabia to do press and escort Renee Young, so Renee could take part in Crown Jewel, but why didn’t they use him in some capacity? At least move the Seth feud forward? Still, I give him props for agreeing to go so Renee could make a statement about women’s place in sports in the Middle East.

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