Right now, he’s the real cold fish in this love triangle. Either Dolph Ziggler needs to come back sooner or later or Rusev needs to resume squashing opponents in the interim while regaling us with more odes to “hot Summer” (still my favorite would-be wrestling meme of the year). But without the hard edge of him kicking ass week after week, the hijinks between him, Lana and Summer Rae are making the former U.S. I’ve been supportive of how WWE’s softened Rusev a bit, making him more of a character than caricature. Just figured a comedic setup was apropos to talk about what’s happening with the Bulgarian Brute. Guys like Orton and Sheamus will be back in the mix for a major title again soon, but till then, it’s hardly a demotion for Owens to hang around them every third hour of Raw heading into SummerSlam, and it certainly doesn’t hurt his impending opponent. The Swiss Superman has finally found a definitive heel to flex his babyface muscle against, and his run-in to save Randy Orton from Sheamus and KO was thrilling stuff. And judging by this brewing rivalry with Cesaro, it’s working. Moreover, one would think this was the plan: Get Owens over with an established veteran so he can credibly headline and help elevate the middle ranks. title, not Rollins’ Heavyweight belt, and he and Cena never once main-evented a PPV or WWE Network special. We can discuss whether Kevin Owens should have been made to tap to John Cena at Battleground, but all this hubbub over KO moving “down the card” after his feud with John-John seems shortsighted. 'Silence of the Lambs': 'It Broke All the Rules' The Divas benefitted from more screen time than we’ve seen in years, Kevin Owens’ newest feud picked up a notch and Rusev romanced us all with further wooing of “hot Summer.” So without any further flopping around the particulars like a still-warm fish (had to be there), here are the five key things (in addition to the usual Twitter-friendly sidebar observations) that I took away from the July 27 edition of Raw. And last night featured a celebrated string of mostly premium, first-ever televised matches (unless you’re cynical enough to think of it like a house show with cameras present). I know what you’re thinking: How am I supposed to focus on wrestling when the Rockies just reportedly traded All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to the Blue Jays for a package including equally injury-prone shortstop Jose Reyes? I hear you, but did you see what happened to John Cena’s nose against Seth Rollins? When was the last time one of your precious MLB superstars suffered a spontaneous, bloody blow to the face during three hours of otherwise PG entertainment? Oh, wait.
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