Monday, April 21, 2014

Welcome back to Creative Control, which is brought to you this week by Vince Russo Meteorology. Only with Vince Russo Meteorology are you promised 65 degree sunny days followed by 15-hours of torrential downpour that is turned into ice and snow that is capped off with 55 degrees, sun, and gale force winds. If it defies all trends in nature, it must be Vince Russo.
Last week, in my review of Wrestlemania and the apparent relaunch of an all new WWE, I talked about one of the few storylines that is continuing past Wrestlemania: Bray Wyatt and John Cena. I discussed how I felt that it was wrong from a storyline perspective to have Cena win at Wrestlemania, especially if the feud was meant to continue. Cena’s victory followed by Wyatt’s continued pursuit of him diminishes the storyline and makes Wyatt seem less like the master manipulator and more like a bitter loser that refuses to accept the outcome. I stand by this assessment after the last two weeks of Raw and Smackdown, especially the last episode of Raw and the emergence of Comedy Cena and his photoshop escapades.
I felt the Wyatt’s actions in the segment were done well. No one in the Family exploded in anger or responded to the pictures until Bray Wyatt spoke up and noted Cena was returning to his jokes, trying to laugh anyone who is a serious challenge to him. This caused Cena to switch into “super serial” mode and issue the challenge for the cage match at Extreme Rules.
Follow me if you will down the rabbit hole of alternate booking and let’s, “Turn Left” at Wrestlemania. We pick up where Cena has the chair, has threatened to use it on Wyatt, only he turns and nails Eric Rowan who is standing on the apron with it. He looks down at Rowan now outside the ring and yells at him, but still holds onto the chair. Cena then turns around and sees Wyatt standing incredibly close to him and flinches. Wyatt indicates for Cena to use the chair on him, and Cena looks ready to do so. At this point, Luke Harper has gotten up onto the apron, Cena uses the chair on him and sends him sprawling as well. This time, Wyatt uses the distraction and hits Cena with Sister Abigail and secures the victory.

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