

It’s also a trio that can be configured into several different fresh, adversarial angles, including a resurrection of the Bellas abbreviated sibling squabble. Point is, Brie looked great last night, Nikki’s excelled as top mean girl and Paige is dynamite as the punk-rock ass-kicker striving to make her toxically tanned foes pale in comparison. And potentially lead to more screen time to flesh it out. There’s some kind of magic happening between Paige and the Bella twins, and to borrow the above euphemistic motif once more, a triangulated feud between and among these three Divas could definitely have legs. You have to wonder if there’d be a bit less heat on Roman Reigns if the past month of Raw hadn’t cooled off so many fan favorites.Īnd they know how to use them…to perform modified scissor locks and execute precise dropkicks.

Ryback barely registered indifference from a very hot Columbus, Ohio crowd when he emerged to face Seth Rollins (perhaps because they knew an inevitable, anti-climactic DQ would ensue), Rowan essentially made a cameo and Ziggler had to share sympathies with smark-approved Bray Wyatt during their rematch (which, incidentally Ziggler lost clean, just like the last time). And then they started losing (or, in Ryback’s case, being generally bullied). And then they were “fired.” And then they disappeared. With John Cena as spiritual leader, a returning Ryback, reenergized Dolph Ziggler and re-packaged (slightly) Erick Rowan were presented as the forces of rightness. Coming off Survivor Series, it appeared WWE had put together their choice coalition of superheroes to supplement Roman Reigns’ run to the top of the food chain.
