{"id":61937,"date":"2019-09-20T12:30:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=61937"},"modified":"2019-09-20T11:30:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:30:48","slug":"perkins-blog-ring-bearer-the-fiend-bray-wyatt-becomes-the-hottest-act-in-the-business-raw-segments-left-several-wrestlers-looking-weak-nxt-on-usa-network-baron-corbins-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2019\/09\/20\/perkins-blog-ring-bearer-the-fiend-bray-wyatt-becomes-the-hottest-act-in-the-business-raw-segments-left-several-wrestlers-looking-weak-nxt-on-usa-network-baron-corbins-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Perkins&#8217; Blog: Ring Bearer &#8211; &#8220;The Fiend&#8221; Bray Wyatt becomes the hottest act in the business, Raw segments left several wrestlers looking weak, NXT on USA Network, Baron Corbin&#8217;s improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2717447831\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><strong>By Nick Perkins<\/strong>, ProWrestling.net Staffer (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternRebel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WesternRebel<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Hello friends, neighbors, readers and my Nanna, who just got her first computer and has liked every single picture I\u2019ve ever posted on Facebook. My name is Nick Perkins and I am your flag-bearer, your Paul Bearer, your Ring Bearer in the world of professional wrestling. Take my hand and follow me as I lead you through the week that was. We\u2019re delving into the highs, lows, mediums and \u2018mehs\u2019 of pro wrestling and there is nowhere I would rather be than right here, right now, with you. Whether you\u2019re an old fan,\u00a0\u00a0a new fan, or you land somewhere in the middle and just hate-watch these shows out of habit, I am proud to be the bearer of good news, bad news and the downright ugly news from WWE, AEW, ROH, Impact and more. With that being said, let\u2019s step through the ropes and into the proverbial ring, as Pro Wrestling Dot Net presents Ring Bearer: Exploring the Week that Was in Professional Wrestling.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s been a weird week in the world of wrestling, you guys.<\/li>\n<li>I hate to be the bearer of bad news all the time, so let\u2019s start with the good news.<\/li>\n<li>WWE is really,\u00a0<i>really<\/i> onto something with Bray Wyatt. Without even having a single match on Raw or Smackdown, Wyatt has become the hottest act in WWE. When this new version of Wyatt first made his presence felt, I didn\u2019t know what to make of him. But through the following months, he has somehow turned out to be the highlight of any show he is on.<\/li>\n<li>For proof of this, look no further than this past weekend\u2019s Clash of Champions, as well as the following night\u2019s Raw.<\/li>\n<li>Clash of Champions itself was fine for what it was. The problem is, what it was, was a non-vital pay-per-view where the rules were made up and the points didn\u2019t matter. Rollins and Strowman lost their tag team titles, inevitably, to Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. But it didn\u2019t matter. Because Rollins and Strowman were a team that had only been a team for a few weeks, and Ziggler and Roode are a team that has only been a team for a few weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Rollins ended up beating Strowman after four Stomps and a Pedigree, thus completely removing any sense of invincibility that Strowman somehow still possessed. So, whatever. The end of the show, however, featured an appearance by The Fiend and it was a hot close to an otherwise lukewarm Network Special.<\/li>\n<li>The same can be said for Monday Night Raw. This time, instead of losing a match to one tag team, Strowman came out by himself and absolutely obliterated both sets of tag team champions, showing that it must have been Rollins who was the weak link of the team. Except then, later in the night, Rollins beat Strowman. So now everybody looks weak, from Rollins to Strowman to The Revival and Bobby Roode and Dolph Ziggler. Everybody looks weak. Or maybe nobody looks weak. My head hurts.<\/li>\n<li>The Fiend was on display once again, this time attacking Kane who surprisingly came out at the end of Raw to save Seth Rollins from a beatdown after Seth Rollins was already beaten down. No matter. Kane saved Rollins and then The Fiend attacked Kane. Imagine how much more powerful this would have been if Kane hadn\u2019t been made into a joke for the last five years. Regardless, The Fiend taking out the former BMOC (Big Mask on Campus) firmly cemented himself as The Devil\u2019s <i>new<\/i>\u00a0Favorite Demon (Clown).<\/li>\n<li>Elsewhere on Raw, Baron Corbin became King of the Ring, pinning Chad Gable after a (I know\u2026I know, I don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening either) surprisingly good match.<\/li>\n<li>I cannot believe I wrote that. I hate myself and I hate WWE for making me do it. Baron Corbin was supposed to be bad at his job. That was his whole thing. It\u2019s why we hated him. He talked a big game but actually sucked. Now, he talks a big game and is starting\u00a0<i>not\u00a0<\/i>to suck. It\u2019s like his whole identity has changed and now art is dead and nothing matters.<\/li>\n<li>What does matter is the fact that Luke Harper returned at Clash of Champions, helping his bludgeoned brother, Erik Rowan, defeat Roman Reigns.<\/li>\n<li>On Smackdown a few nights later, Harper and Rowan again attacked Reigns, but they also attacked Daniel Bryan again, after Bryan delivered an impassioned speech. All of this has me questioning myself about whether this was all a ruse. Again, Daniel Bryan\u2019s character is unhinged and pedantic enough for him to make his supposed \u2018sacrifice\u2019 work. But now, I\u2019m not sure. But it\u2019s kind of a lose-lose situation. If he turns on Reigns, it was predictable and we saw it coming a mile away. If he doesn\u2019t, then this was the most anticlimactic \u2018babyface turn\u2019 the former biggest babyface in the world could ever have.<\/li>\n<li>The bottom line is this whole story has sucked. If WWE just wants to reset and pretend it never happened, along with everything else that has happened with Daniel Bryan this year, then I\u2019m all for it. Let Daniel Bryan be Daniel Bryan, now that he\u2019s done projecting his own inner-angst into a wrestling angle. He got to be mean to the fans for a while; now it\u2019s time for us all to love him again.<\/li>\n<li>Most fans loved the live NXT show this past week, even though the layout of it was weird. The first hour of NXT aired on the USA Network as promised, but the second hour returned to WWE Network and, due to technical glitches, many fans didn\u2019t even see the whole hour. This won\u2019t be the case for much longer, but it makes you wonder why they didn\u2019t just wait until they had the full two-hour time slot to debut NXT.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday nights are about to get a lot more interesting though, as things are heating up with AEW. Much of that heat can be attributed to the \u2018Dynamite\u2019 that will serve as the name of the Wednesday night show. AEW: Dynamite doesn\u2019t impress me so much, but the talent in front of and behind the camera do. So I\u2019ll reserve judgement of the show until I actually see the first episode.<\/li>\n<li>A story that deserves all of my judgement, and yours, is the story between Kevin Owens and Shane McMahon. On Smackdown this week, Owens served McMahon with a lawsuit, like the true badass he was.<\/li>\n<li>Listen, we get that Owens and McMahon is trying to be this generation\u2019s Austin vs McMahon. That will never work, but let\u2019s roll with it for the sake of this argument. Do you remember what happened when Steve Austin did not fulfill his obligations as a referee during a WWF title match between Kane and The Undertaker? Vince fired him. When Kevin Owens did not fulfill his obligations as a referee during a match I don\u2019t even f&#8212;ing remember now, Shane fired him. Okay, so far so good. But what happened after? Owens, as we saw on Smackdown, served Shane papers. Do you remember what Austin did to Vince after Vince fired him?<\/li>\n<li>Go on, I\u2019ll wait. You remember.<\/li>\n<li>HE PULLED A F&#8212;ING GUN ON HIM!!!!<\/li>\n<li>Now, granted the gun was a prop gun with a funny punchline, but still. &#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin would never threaten Vince McMahon with a lawsuit. He would literally threaten him with murder before threatening him with a lawsuit. You can see the issues here.<\/li>\n<li>Oh, also Brock Lesnar is taking on Kofi Kingston on the live Smackdown premiere on Fox. It was fun while it lasted, Kofi. Thanks for the memories. Maybe, just maybe, we can get a proper Lesnar vs Daniel Bryan feud now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks for reading this week and please feel free to give your opinions below. Just like, be smart about it. Don\u2019t be a troll. This is a safe space. Any offensive comment will either be deleted or, more likely, completely torn apart by me. But we certainly want to hear your opinions, so share them below and be sure to follow me on Twitter (@WesternRebel). 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