Raw the Morning After 12-1-15

Raw was yet another lack luster effort by WWE last night.  They are putting a ton of energy into the Roman Sheamus feud as they should, but they are not finding a creative way to get the feud or the participants anymore over.  I really think having that title match last night hurt this feud badly.  It just lowers expectations.  The League of Nations is probably going to flop, but it's really going to if Sheamus drops the title at TLC.

One good take away was the Charlotte turn. I didn't like the setup, but I loved the match execution of the turn.  If I would have told you about it you would say, meh nothing to get excited about, but seeing it happen inspired some emotion, which is why it's so hard to fantasy book.

I still think the turn was poorly timed out.  They could have done this after the Paige feud, but WWE is so quick to rush angles it's not a surprise.  I think overall this is building towards Charlotte Sasha, which is where the money is.  

I had a thought this morning.  Daniel Bryan must be done as far as wrestling in WWE is concerned.  If he needed clearance and couldn't get it I'm pretty sure he would know by now.  By process of elimination I have to assume that he didn't get or can't get cleared.  So I guess he's just going to wait out his contract.

I don't believe Bryan is done wrestling, but perhaps he is for WWE.  I'm not sure the current term of his contract, but in the right situation Bryan could really help a company like ROH.  This is far fetched, but bare with me for a moment.

Imagine if DB leaves WWE and goes to ROH.  ROH then goes out and gets a TV deal with a legit company like Spike TV.  Let's say Samoa Joe bails on WWE and a few TNA guys head over and maybe AJ Styles stays part time with ROH.  Then you toss in the wildcard.  CM Punk bails on UFC after losing a few matches and debuts in ROH.  If ROH could get some investors they could become a successful #2 brand where TNA has failed.  

ROH isn't going over the top with their product lately.  They aren't overdoing sex or exploiting women, but they are far more rugged then WWE.  I think they could become a legit brand if they were to get Bryan and I think a company like Spike would have to seriously consider a good deal if one could be reached.  I think ROH needs some outside money to improve their production value though and have the ability to do live TV at least once a month.

At the end of the day I'm convinced that Bryan is probably done wrestling in WWE, but they might work hard to keep him on the sidelines.