So Some Stuff Just Happened On Smackdown
One was really confusing and the other was just stupid.R-Truth won the US Title from Shinsuke Nakamura, followed by Rusev challenging Truth to a match. Truth beat Rusev too, so Rusev turned heel and formed a team with Nakamura.
The title change was weird enough as it was a small package where Nakamura seemed to kick out, to the point where Truth kept going after the pin. The turn is just stupid though, as Rusev has been getting more and more over every week. I guess that’s not in the cards though and we need some foils for Shane McMahon and the Miz, who are suddenly the top tag team on the show.
Just an odd pair of decisions, and I’m surprised to see both of them.
For Rusev teaming up with Nakamura I asume was more important then protecting and defending his wife.
All in all, I didn’t really mind it. It’s the first quasi-interesting thing that’s been done with the US Championship in a while.
As far as the turn goes, yeah it’s a bit of a head scratcher. After all, Rusev suddenly joining forces with the man whom he blames for causing injuries to his wife, the most recent of which took place only 48 hours earlier and resulted in Rusev losing a championship? Yeah…this has Vince logic written all over it.
Sometimes I get the strong impression that Vince Russo is still working for this company…
So when can we stop saying that WWE is spitting in the face of the fans and start saying they’re taking a dump all over us instead?
R-Truth shows up and does his job as well as can be asked of him, and has been featured on TV, so him winning, I thought, was pretty cool. He can have a short run and drop it to someone at Mania (Velveteen Dream answering an open challenge?)
The Rusev/Nakamura thing makes zero sense, considering their feud. I don’t get it. It’s more boggling than Rusev just straight turning heel. I was also confused by Gallows and Anderson confronting Rusev over it. Felt like a 2K moment.