Seeing Chris Jericho make returns these days is lackluster. There was a time when I would get excited. I am not even a fan of the guy that much, but there was usually that hope that something big would happen. It is hard to get excited for a part-time jobber. He might win some matches here and there, but it is usually to build him up to feed to someone else. And the WWE always seems to fumble with whomever he puts over, which makes his appearances even more pointless.
Randy Orton is back from vacation for revenge against the guys that took him out. Why do I get the feeling that The Wyatts will still win? Even if the faces win, Luke Harper will probably take the pin. They will keep Braun Strowman strong.
And will Reigns and Ambrose need to find another partner after that? Or will another trio need to face The Wyatts? That is a real possibility as to how the WWE can handle The Wyatts. And I don't like it. This is the kind of booking they did with The Shield. They would put together teams of three guys and have them feud against The Shield. When Randy Orton came back to be the new partner for Reigns and Ambrose against The Wyatts, I realized the WWE could go back to that booking they did a few years ago. It might lead to great matches, but the booking isn't great.
Why don't I like this kind of booking? First, it is lazy. If you have nothing to do for a few guys you want to feature, just toss them together and put them against The Wyatts. It is one thing when you have two guys with nothing to do and make a tag team out of them for a while, but the WWE might get comfortable doing this with trios now. Second, it can ruin the personal feel of some feuds. Bray Wyatt had a personal feud going with Roman Reigns. That has gotten watered down. There was a time I was expecting Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton to have a personal feud. It looks like the feud they have now will involve a few other players. Last reason I do not like this booking, it can hinder the individual development of some wrestlers. Can they push Roman Reigns right as a singles competitor? Dean Ambrose sometimes felt like he had no real direction since breaking away from The Shield. He sometimes looked like he was just a jobber to the stars. Bray Wyatt could have had a great solo career, but they put him back in a stable just a year after ending his first stable run.
It's not just The Wyatts. New Day is a trio. Stardust has teamed up with The Ascension to form a group. The Wyatts are obviously above these other group, but you see all these three-man stables, which might often lead to six-man tag matches. I won't even bring the diva division up here. You can imagine that some of these groups might fade in the coming months, but will others rise up to take their place?
I have said before that it is not efficient for the WWE to hire all these people, including bringing back legends, and not release people on a consistent basis like they used to. You just get more people than you can properly handle. And here you see one of the things the WWE is doing. They aren't doing a brand split. They aren't creating another main show. They aren't creating more feuds and storylines. They are adding people to the feuds and storylines already there. Things are still getting crowded. Less is sometimes better.
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