Rusev Stuck in Neutral With Another Win
Let me be honest here. I really enjoy Lana and Rusev’s gimmick. There is a nice way that they present it and it has everything to do with simplicity. They get heat for pointing out the specifics, but the specifics are always so logical and current. My issue is that Rusev will not have much of a feud heading into 2015. I fear that they are going to have him be champion and have him feud with main event guys, without a storyline.
Who is Rusev going to feud with next? Who is there left for him to use his Anti-American gimmick? There has to be small growth in his character. I would love to see someone come back and help Rusev get over. Could a Daniel Bryan or Chris Jericho be that guy?
Bray Wyatt defeated Dean Ambrose
This TLC match was focused on the strange and strong efforts of Dean Ambrose. Ambrose hit some big spots, including three elbow drops on various heights of ladders. He was able to really get the offense going and Wyatt did not seem to have an answer. Ambrose turns and reverses Wyatt for a Dirty Deeds for two, then he gets some more weapons from under the ring and watches a flat screen TV of the live broadcast. Ambrose notices something as the camera pans back across the ramp, and he goes and gets a really tall ladder and brings it to ringside. Bray hits Ambrose from behind and tries to slam a chair on the stairs into his throat, but Ambrose blocks it and hits Bray in the throat before throwing him on the broadcast table. Ambrose climbs the big ladder and elbow drops Bray through it, then he is slow to his feet but rolls Bray in and tries to smash the flat screen TV in his face. Ambrose stops short when the cables to the TV snap back, then Ambrose tries again but the cables spark and the screen blows up in his face, and Bray uses the distraction to hit Sister Abigail for the win.
I am not going to completely bash the main event because it was entertaining for the most part. I thought that Ambrose needed to do more than just an elbow drop from the top rope. It got repetitive and a little predictable. Dean Ambrose takes so much punishment to his body, but a Sister Abigail and an exploding television does him in. Sorry, this is not the way WWE should have booked the finish. Let Ambrose take a bump and miss Wyatt. Let Wyatt get more offense. The lack of creativity in this match was too much to handle for me. They could have done SO MUCH MORE. Also, why was this the main event?
