by bigh0rt on Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:17 am
The card had a crazy amount of matches scheduled so I think the squashes were largely planned beforehand.
The Becky getting cheered was a bit annoying for me, to be honest. I mean I agree that Charlotte is a better heel, but really Becky hasn't been super over or particularly interesting in some time, and I don't mind them turning her and seeing what kind of heat and interest she can garner as a heel (if any). What she did to Charlotte after the match was a bonafide heel move, and she deserved to be booed for it (Brooklyn I think is generally a pretty smarky crowd, and had it been in a different venue, the reaction may have been substantially different).
AJ and Joe was good, and as unsatisfying as the finish may have been, I don't mind it in order to set up a bigger blow off match (same goes for Miz vs. Bryan, where I actually didn't mind the finish at all to, though).
Who challenges Reigns for the title? I feel like there is a glut of faces near the top of the RAW roster. I'm afraid we're going to see someone like Jinder again. It's tough to send someone like Owens into the picture after he's had his ass handed to him for the better part of two or three months. Braun seems like a logical choice, but that doesn't help Reigns get over as a face at all (at this point, not much will). Maybe Ziggler/McIntyre?
I'm much more interested in the Intercontinental Title picture, where I'd love to see Rollins battle it out with a heel Bobby Roode, Elias, etc.