Daniel Bryan returned Monday night as The GM for the night, and wasted no time humiliating Kane, and booking revenge matches in Team Cena's favor. The matches booked included, Mark Henry versus Ryback, who dismantled Henry in under a minute to win the bout.
Another match was Luke Harper versus Dean Ambrose for The IC Title, that match ended in disqualification, when Harper pushed Ambrose into the referee, forcing him to call for the bell. Ambrose started to go on a frenzy but was halted by Bray Wyatt, who hit him with Sister Abigail at ringside. The post match was great and definitely furthered the storyline between Wyatt and Ambrose, but did we really need a DQ victory to do that?
The main event was little more then a joke, with Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury teaming up with Seth Rollins, to take on Cena and Dolph Ziggleri n a handicap match. The match itself had some fun spots for the crowd, but it was really just a matter of the babyfaces getting revenge on former authority members.
The only big storyline fans were really offered last night, was the return of the anonymous Raw General Manager. A storyline that was used before in The WWE in 2010, and majory failed, when Hornswoggle was revealed to be the one running the show.
Im not against a authority figure in The WWE. I realise good must fight with evil to make a story compelling, but there is absolutley nothing compelling about a angle that failed two years ago, and looks to on its way to failing again.
The WWE had a chance to go in so many other directions. They could have announced Sting as GM of Raw, or hell even bring back Eric Bishoff. Pual Heyman would even be a exellent choice to run the show compared to a dinging computer and a email read by Michael Cole.
Why not get rid of the The Authority angle altogether and introduce something else. Maybe bring in a new faction from NXT to ravage the main roster, or maybe even bring Brock Lesnar back and have him run roughshot on the main roster himself.
My point is, if this is the best The WWE writers can think of right now, then we desprately need The Authority back in power for awhile longer We only have one match booked for TLC next month, we have no idea when the title rematch between Cena and Lesnar will be booked, and on top of that, all the momentum that WWE came out of Survivor Series with, seems to have dissapated.
The Authority angle may have been a annoying storyline at times, especially when The Authority would constantly screw Daniel Bryan out of the WWE Title, but at the end of the day, it told a good compelling story of fighting the system. With the anonymous General Manager storyline, we dont even know who the system is to fight it!
With all this being said, one question remains. Do you miss The Authority yet? Or are you willing to give the new General manager storyline a chance?
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