- While Daniel Bryan is known for keeping his mouth shut in most situations, we’re told even he questioned the logic of him “running scared” of Kane on this week’s Raw. The booking was greeted with an overwhelming degree of pessimism with one observer commenting, “if this is Hunter’s way of slowly killing Bryan’s momentum, it’s working.”

- Paige isn’t the only one that has underwhelmed so far during her time on the main roster. The word from backstage at Raw was that Emma has been considered a disappointment and her gimmick worked better in NXT then it has on the main roster.

- Creative is searching for the “next step” for Big E. He’s someone that has peaked and we’re told a turn could be coming.

I think WWE is deliberately leaking news to try to get fans to stay with Bryan and Paige.

That is just terribly dangerous if that's what they're doing. Not only does this make HHH look bad but if they were smart they would try better booking first, not leaking news that throws everyone under the bus to retain fans.

"The word from backstage at Raw was that Emma has been considered a disappointment and her gimmick worked better in NXT then it has on the main roster."

It doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure that one out

Of course Emma is doing horribly. They paired her with fucking Santino.

I agree 100%. WWE didn't touch The Wyatt Family gimmick and it's succeeded on the main roster just as it did in NXT. If the company wants to get a full return on their investments, they shouldn't tinker with their successful gimmicks.

It's Triple H's shovel! IT'S BACK!

Emma and paige are doing horrible because they dont give two shits about the divas, they expect people to just instantly care without giving them alot of time to develop their personalities. Emmas dancing caught on with NXT because she had the time for growth, with main roster shes barely getting a chance to do anything.

^And seeing Paige having matches with jobbers like Aksana... it's kind of an invitation to check what's going on on Foxnews (really, Aksana makes matches become boring).
They're focusing too much on Total Divas! instead of actually focusing on the product they have on their hands.

the other heel divas they have not counting AJ and Tamina are Alicia, Aksana and Eva Marie. Layla is doing her own thing and Summer is making a movie

Am I the only one that thinks Paige is doing fine?

^ Well I do too. Her matches with Alicia Fox are good(though are short). She sells the moves from Paige well.

You know Triple H always does something big that will keep momentum with DB.

They need a different storyline for Emma or something. I think Paige is doing fine..

I hope it's good for Big E.

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Am I the only one that thinks Paige is doing fine?

Her matches are pretty underwhelming right now, it'll probably pick up once AJ and Summer come back.

That's harsh on Paige, if it's true, because she's been given a total of one angle and that was her debut. There is only so much she can do in a match when the divas are a clear afterthought when preparing the show. I could be wrong, but I think the only time she's been given time to talk on Raw was, again, her debut and even that was extremely limited to the scenario in hand.

And Emma's gimmick is crap, I've said that all along. All she does is that stupid dance to probably the worst entrance music in WWE today...not to mention the Santino factor was always going to ware thin sharpish because his crap worn thin about 4 years ago <_<

WWE surely can't expect to just dump these guys on Raw and for them to be instantly over because a group liked them on NXT?

And if HHH was wanting to bury Bryan, I highly doubt he would have put him over at Mania AND booked him to walk out the champion. Kane is meant now being perceived (and rightfully so) as a legitimate monster once again, so Bryan trying to flee and protect his wife only make logical sense to me. Kane has attached a dude's nuts to a battery and burnt people - who the fuck wants to mess with that? lol.

They had no choice but to have Bryan go over, the backlash they would of gotten had Batista won would of been off the charts.

^^ Poor Shane

^^
They always have a choice. If they wanted, they could have found someone else to stick the belt on or keep the thing on Orton. If they didn't see faith/money in Bryan, they wouldn't have stuck the belt on him no matter what the fans think.

It's not like WWE would've died if WWE did whatever they wanted to. At the end of the day, people will still tune it. I'm still pissed about Taker losing and I havent gotten over it nor will I ever, yet I still watch RAW. Sure, I've missed a few episodes recently, but I keep track anyway. It'd be the same any other way.

Nonetheless, I'm actually glad they're making Kane look this strong. Kane deserves more than being a jobber. It isn't burying Bryan, it's making Kane look even more badass.

Now we wait to see how long they turn Kane into a big red goofball again.

I'd be more worried about Bryan being "buried" if I thought there was any chance Bryan wouldn't go over Kane at every PPV.