Sometimes it’s done decently like when they do the ones for Mania matchups. But this is different. Not like it’s a feud or a big match. And not like people in Saudi will buy it
Putting Braun in that match is a real bad idea. Only possible good booking angle would be creating something with him and Bryan for WM...but I cant see turning either heel. So instead we'll get some dumb elimination thing for Braun to protect him
Rumor has depending on the Saudi show Cena will wrestle either the fiend/or bill and whomever is the champion gets Roman. lol
Also I like those matches for Cena. I also like Taker vs Styles which is supposedly the rumor. Styles could drag anyone in this thread to a good match and I’m sure he’ll be able to get one out of Undertaker
I'm good with never seeing taker wrestle again, its a waste of using AJ when he could be in a good middle match imo
same, and they gave him that “fiend next” shirt also, it doesn’t make sense to have a shirt like that matter for less than a month
I didn’t even see the shirt. End me I agree but he seems pretty adamant on going until he explodes. I’m still in the ‘Black should get that match’ boat
Yea, if anyone should get the taker rub it definitely isn't AJ. It makes sense though, considering he might not be back for awhile so who could he feud with with a short amount of time left until mania? Unless it's joe haha
If the outcome for WM is Goldberg/Roman and Taker/AJ, then Smackdown wont be putting on a single watchable match. If Braun is still IC champ, they also might not put on a match that lasts 10 minutes (though if they run out a SD tag match on the main card...maybe that will). I'll take Roman being the one to beat the Fiend if it avoids another Goldberg match
There’s no way they put all this effort into the Fiend just for Goldberg to randomly show up and win. Even if the point of the Fiend is just to be fed to Roman, he still gets more out of beating the Fiend than beating Goldberg
They put a ton of effort into Jeri-KO, including multiple Roman losses and the Festival of Friendship right around this time....and Goldberg still randomly showed up and won.
and I could see them thinking they need a “big moment” in Saudi, so letting Goldberg win seems like the way they would do it.
But Jeri-KO didn’t take 45 curb stomps and still kick out! Look, I know they are stupid. But just this once I’d like to believe they are not that stupid.
They ended a HIAC match by ref stoppage. They're absolutely stupid enough, even with the Fiend. I didnt think they were dumb enough either...but seeing Goldberg spike the ratings like that, I can see them being dumb enough to keep him champ if the story turns on Roman (like WM34)