Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24439254-20141026170541/@comment-5011123-20141027151357

That list was partially right. Honestly, HIAC 2014 was a huge disappointment and not surprisingly so. What the hell are the writers thinking lately? As Mickey from Rocky III said "does anything normal function up in there?" I don't understand their motives in how they've written their "talent". Why is Rusev constantly winning? Is WWE promoting an anti-American sentiment? Do they support the Russian leader who is so set on returning his country and people to the old days of their nation? With Rusev, WWE has ventured into a poorly-conceived story with no clear way of ending it. My solution is simple: just stop showing Rusev, thereby, stop promoting this "Russia vs America" story. They have done this plenty of times in the past, writing off people from television and phasing them out. Send Rusev back to NXT or just pink slip him.

Moving on to the lineup of HIAC 2014, we see again the same people facing each other. How many times do we have to see the Usos lose to Goldust and Stardust? How many times must we see AJ and Paige face each other? How much longer do we have to see meaningless matchups with Mark Henry facing Bo Dallas? Either winning or losing to Dallas?

And since Nikki won her match against Brie, I'm assuming Brie must be wanting out of the WWE limelight for a while? That was a storyline that was senseless also. And Cesaro seems to slipping off his game seeing as how he was supposed to be Triple H's golden prospect. He's been losing frequently lately. Is he taking over Damien Sandow's jobber role? And speaking of Damien, what in the hell is the point of his team-up with The Miz? Damien spoke of moving towards a big push soon. If this is what he was referring to, his career's in some serious trouble. I felt Cena was wasting his time facing Orton (AGAIN) for a contendership status? We all know Cena should be facing Brock and (next time) beating the title off Lesnar's non-wrestling ass. It seems to me that Randy just needed a match to get paid.

And what is with Seth Rollins? Why is Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble accompanying him like they're his new guard dogs? I just don't see it. Seth Rollins is not THAT good! It's as though they're struggling to make him catch on with WWE fans. He needs to cash his damn briefcase in or the GM needs to make that null and void. Dean Ambrose should have been allowed to beat his ass inside the cell last night. But apparently, Rollins is better than Ambrose. Honestly, I'll be glad to hear the end of that storyline. It's clearly a weak one.

I was pleased at least, to see Dolph and Sheamus retain their titles in their matches. That might have been the only thing that went right last night. AJ retaining her title was little surprise to me. It was too soon for her to lose it anyway (although that has happened before to other champions. Anyone remember 24-hour WWE Champion Kane back in 1998?). Before I close out this thread, I want to remind you fans and contributors here, that this is just my opinion on WWE and it's HIAC 2014 PPV. You all may have enjoyed the PPV, that's great too, but I certainly wouldn't have paid to go to it or watch it.