Totally forgot there was a PPV tonight. Not sure it would have mattered. That Jinder push really killed my interest in anything SD related (not that I've been super invested in Raw either).

I'm sure my interest will pick up again at Royal Rumble time.

Was thinking this morning on why Shane didn't recreate this.

Sami pulled off the sympathetic, underdog babyface better than anybody in years in NXT in a day and age where that's really hard to do. They started to almost recreate it in his angle with Foley on Raw. I have no idea why SD never picked up on it.

Rusev should have gotten the Jinder push, but he's the wrong nationality I guess.

Lana looks lost when she has to get physical and her outfit is terrible.

What was the point of Nattie's post-match interview? She's already a heel.

I am really interested how they handle the DB/Shane stuff. Who turns? Does Orton turn with Shane? Do KO/Sami turn too? Was actually surprised DB took a semi-bump last night. Obviously, they're heading towards more physicality with him, but it was just surprising to see it happen.

This is my exact take on everything SD right now as well. It’s amazing how far and fast SD fell from where is was after the brand split.

Hopefully Nakamura can win the Rumble and face AJ at WM.

Glad I didn't attend this. Apart from RAW or a Rumble, the risk of going to a live event doesn't seem food enough for the reward anymore.

food enough

I'm awfully hesitant to go to a Raw anymore. Such a long show, so many commercials. My last live Raw experience really didn't feel worth the time and money.

I went to a RAW taping like eight years ago at Verizon Center in DC (or whatever it's called now) and had seats pretty high up, which may have contributed to my not enjoying it very much (being at ringside is pretty awesome, which I did twice when a teen). Anyway, the TV breaks were awful then when the show was an hour shorter, and frankly, WWE itself was pretty awful in that period (2008-09) as well.