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As a wrestling fan I was annoyed when Shane McMahon showed up to run Monday Night Raw 24 hours after losing to the Undertaker at WrestleMania. The stipulation for the Hell in a Cell was of course that if Shane won, he got control of Raw. He lost. So why did he get to run things Monday? Now it appears Shane will be back for week two of playing the role of GM.
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| "The Money" returns April 11 to Raw |
However, as a dad I
get it. Vince McMahon was trying to teach his son a lesson. If I
had a dollar for every time I made an idle threat against one of my kids I too
would be a billionaire running a wrestling, I mean sports entertainment
company.
Our parents did it to
us and if you have kids you probably do it too. "Stop fighting or
we'll turn this car around and go back home." Yeah that never
happened. "Eat all your vegetables or you won't get dessert."
Twenty minutes later there's a trail of cookie crumbs on the floor.
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| Family feud Courtesy: WWE |
Simply put, Vince
made a bold statement out of anger. He really had no intention of
following through on his threat. And face it; WWE had no credible
opponent for the Undertaker this year. It was really the best option
given the list of Superstars currently out injured. At the same time it's
clear the company hasn't done its job in developing the next wave of talent. Plus, look how popular Shane has been
since the announcement of the match.
It’s a nice slice of nostalgia.
I’m sure Triple H, Stephanie and Vince will be back to their shenanigans
in no time.
But as Jim Cornette
recently said on The Ross Report, "What road you take depends on what your
destination is. Since we don't know the destination we don't necessarily know
whether somebody's taking the right road or not. Trust your cab
driver." So that's what I'm going to do. Trust our cab driver in
this case WWE Creative. And remember, Vince is doing what dads do.
He may be human after all.
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