Network Failure (August 2, 2023)

We just want to watch the wrestling we want to watch.

Is there anything WWE does better than getting in its own way?

The company has a rich recent history of having storylines fall in its lap, only to add on some kind of convoluted scenario that makes someone in creative feel clever but ruins the moment entirely.

CM Punk winning the WWE title when his contract was said to be expiring was one such storyline…