3 observations from WWE RAW (October 14, 2019)

Seth Rollins went berserk and burnt down the Firefly Fun House!
Seth Rollins went berserk and burnt down the Firefly Fun House!

The final night of this year's WWE Draft concluded on RAW this week, which featured a lot of contrasting moments but failed to make a huge impact amongst the fans.

Many segments and matches booked for last night's episode could have made it a huge success but, for some reason - mostly the underwhelming execution or creative direction - made the episode hit-and-miss.

The Tyson Fury-Braun Strowman segment ended before things could escalate and some fans were mixed on Seth Rollins burning down the Firefly Fun House, too.

It wasn't all bad though, as there is potential to still capitalize on certain feuds at the moment.

Let's take a look at some observations from this week's episode of Monday Night RAW (October 14, 2019):


#3 The Lashley-Lana-Rusev love triangle is an entertaining mess of a storyline

The Attitude Era was controversial for a variety of reasons. Both the excessive violence and the cheesy segments were a huge part of WWE's most celebrated era.

The Lashley-Lana-Rusev love triangle embodies the 'cheesy' aspects of the Attitude Era.

It is scandalous, suggestive and definitely not something you'd want to watch with your kids running around. But, it is undoubtedly entertaining.

Now there are 'cleaner' ways to entertain your audience in today's political climate, but to be quite honest, this hot mess of a segment was made to create controversy in the first place.

The latter half of the Draft was quite dull, and it didn't seem like fans were actively responding to several matches on last night's card. It's hard to sit through a 3-hour weekly event especially when you know that the writers are banking on one particular moment to steal the show (Rollins-Wyatt segment at the end of the episode).

So while most of the night felt like a drag to sit through, maybe a 'little bit of the risqué' wasn't the worst thing to happen during the episode.

#2 'Night 2' of the WWE Draft was more balanced than 'Night 1'

In its entirety, this year's WWE Draft was fairly predictable when it came to results.

If there is one good thing about the second night of WWE Draft on RAW, it is that both brands balanced each other out with some positives and negatives.

RAW started strong and picked some of the most sustainable and relevant Superstars that will elevate the brand in the longer run. But, their picks became quite random towards the latter rounds last night.

For example, Titus O’Neil seems like a choice that came out of nowhere. It makes no logical sense to pick him over other stars who have been relevant to some extent recently.

At least the Red brand can mix it up and rely on other Superstars when big names get injured.

On the other hand, SmackDown had fewer picks, to begin with.

The Blue brand kept this disadvantage in mind and it seems like they excelled simply because most Superstars they picked are relevant today in some way.

On top of that, names such as Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman might push their counterparts (Cain Velasquez & Tyson Fury) to appear on SmackDown too.

Which brand won this year's WWE draft in your opinion: RAW or SmackDown? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

#1 What the destruction of Firefly Fun House tells us about Bray Wyatt as a character in general

"Seth! Why are you doing this to me?"

This is the line that gave away the nature of Bray Wyatt's new character in a nutshell.

He yells the name of Seth Rollins in fury and rage, which resembles The Fiend's violent outbursts to some extent. But just a few seconds later, we empathize with the same character, who begs for mercy (as Fun House Bray Wyatt) in front of the Universal Champion.

A certain section of people didn't like the fact that they completely took away the aura of Bray Wyatt's mysterious Firefly Fun House skits by having Seth Rollins enter the frame.

But that is what exactly the segment intended to do - Rollins burned down the Funhouse, just like Randy Orton burnt down the Wyatt Family Compound in the past. This tells us that Wyatt's sacred space is all part of his delusion as a complex character.

The Fun House was nothing but a gimmicked house in the end - it was a literal manifestation of the character's delusions, just like The Fiend.

Could this have been executed in a better manner? Well, there is always room for improvement.

But that doesn't take away from the fact that Bray Wyatt has mastered the art of storytelling in Professional Wrestling.


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