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Today we’ll be taking a look the latest developments in the The Fiend and Randy Orton’s
Storyline because we actually got a lot of little things this week compared to last week
where we didn’t get much
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So let’s start of with the latest new development in this storyline
Randy Orton was originally set to face Drew McIntyre this week, but due to Drew McIntyre
being unable to compete, WWE went with an emergency back up plan and that was Triple
H
Triple H returned to Raw for the first time in a long time to take Drew McIntyre’s spot
against Randy Orton
WWE kicked Raw off with the Triple H and Randy Orton interaction, so that they’ll have
3 hours to build up that main event for raw
That’s exactly what they did, we got interviews from both Triple H and Randy Orton
Obviously, this was a one night storyline, so we don’t have to look too deep into what
Triple H said, but he had a good reasoning for accepting the fight with Randy Orton
Triple H was standing up for all of the legends that Randy Orton disrespected last week on
Raw, so they did have a great story in place for this main event fight
What we do have to pay attention to is Randy Orton’s interview.
Randy Orton mentioned again about how much he hates himself now.
This is something that he first mentioned after he couldn’t light Alexa Bliss on Fire
He said that he started have this hatred for himself, but he’s learning to embrace it
and turn it towards his opponents
The commentators are also stressing the idea that this the most dangerous version of Randy
Orton that we’ve ever seen
I sort of agree, I love this storytelling from Randy Orton and the changes he’s going
through thanks to The Fiend
Randy Orton has had a lot of great heel runs in his career, but his character never attempted
to light superstars on fire before, so technically yes, this is the most unpredictable version
of Orton that we’ve ever seen
So Triple H and Randy Orton come out for this main event match, but if you paid attention
then you would’ve noticed that this actually wasn’t a match
It was never confirmed to be a match, there was no referee, or a clear way to determine
a winner, it was just a rule-less brawl, so you figured something had to happen
Triple H grabs his signature sledgehammer and is preparing to hit Randy Orton with it...
That’s when the lights in the arena started to slowly shut off with The Fiend’s sound
effect
Triple H and Randy Orton both pause for a moment and take a look around
The camera cuts and we come back to see Triple H’s sledgehammer on fire
Triple H nervously holds the sledgehammer before everything fades to black
The only lights that come back on is the purple light in the ring, which is always an indicator
for Alexa Bliss’ presence
Triple H has vanished and Randy Orton is confused, he turns around to notice Alexa Bliss in the
corner of the ring
Alexa Bliss raises the “pain” glove to her chin with a seriously upset face
Alexa’s hair is up and she’s wearing all black.
We mention this in the last storyline breakdown, but whenever you see Alexa’s hair up and
she’s wearing all black, she isn’t there to crack jokes, she’s there to cause harm
The hair up, dressed in all black version of Alexa is the closest thing we have right
now to a “Fiend” persona for her
Alexa takes out her other hand and throws a fireball at Randy Orton’s face
Raw ends with Randy Orton crying out for help and rolling around the floor.
The commentators mention how he may be blinded as well
Side note, WWE pulled this moment off be pre-taping the Alexa Bliss moment of this match
Everything was live up until the moment of Triple H’s hammer being on fire.
You can notice because the blood on the both of them disappeared and WWE also shut down
the fan screens in the background
Whenever you don’t see the virtual fans in the background of a segment, that’s usually
clear indication that the segment was pre-recorded earlier in the day
Of course when WWE uses any special effects like the hammer being on fire and Alexa’s
fireball, that’s usually another sign that something is pre-taped
Reports claim that Alexa Bliss’ fireball was something out of the ordinary for WWE,
so they pre-taped it because they wanted to make sure they got it right
So let’s take a look at this again from a storyline perspective.
What was that?
What did Alexa Bliss just do?
Some people thought Alexa has powers now which would actually be interesting
The Alexa Bliss character is quickly going from ordinary woman to a supernatural character
like The Fiend, Undertaker, and others
So I really don’t mind Alexa having special abilities and powers like this, but I don’t
think that’s what WWE was going for
Even in the official images and digitals released by WWE, you can see that Alexa Bliss has something
in her hand that she likely used for the fire effect
So if WWE wanted to make it seem like Alexa shot that fire from her bare hands, I don’t
think they would’ve released the images that clearly show her holding something
So I like the hidden powers theory, but I don’t think that was WWE’s intention.
Yeah, Triple H’s hammer catching on fire was pretty supernatural, but I don’t think
alexa throwing the fireball was meant to be supernatural
WWE’s writing obviously isn’t as deep as a high quality TV show or movie, but they
have stayed true to the theme of fire throughout this entire story
We had the burning of the house, we have the inferno match, Randy Orton nearly setting
Alexa Bliss on Fire, and now Alexa returning to throw fire at Randy Orton
I do expect this theme to continue, rather it he another fire related gimmick match or
The Fiend emerges through fire, I just feel like we’re building up to something huge
once again that involves fire
As far as the actual segment itself, I don’t know how to feel about it.
I appreciate seeing the special effects, seeing Alexa Bliss play a role on the show again,
but I’m having trouble finding the purpose here
We did ask for more cliffhangers and technically this is a cliffhanger, but you know how WWE
is, they’re usually very poor with following a big moment up
The follow up to Alexa’s burning was a bit of a anticlimactic let down and I feel like
the follow up to the fireball will also be a letdown
This sort of felt like cheap way to close Raw and try to bring you back in for next
week
I would’ve rather had another short promo between Alexa Bliss and Randy Orton because
those two really know how to tell a story
But the quick fireball segment just felt like something for shock value with no actual substance
I think what would’ve made this moment better was to take us inside of Randy Orton’s head
And here’s how that would’ve played out.
It would’ve been similar to what we got, Triple H is approaching Randy Orton with the
hammer, the lights still go out, and Alexa still throws the fireball in his face
But now we cut back to reality, Triple H is just looking at Randy Orton all confused because
Randy Orton is just rolling around the ring in pain and no one even touched him
So the reason why that would’ve been a much more interesting way to close out Raw is because
we wouldn’t be able to tell if that actually happened or if that was just a hallucination
in Orton’s head
That would’ve opened up a whole big discussion.
Was Alexa Bliss there or was that just a look inside Randy Orton’s head?
I love that idea.
We’ve seen what The Fiend’s effect does to people, but we’ve never seen what’s
going on in their head after an exchange with him
WWE missed a big opportunity to show us exactly that.
That whole encounter with Alexa Bliss could’ve been used as a peak inside of Randy Orton’s
head and what he’s thinking about
Alexa Bliss and The Fiend aren’t actually there, but they’re still so present on his
mind that he can’t stop thinking of them
Raw could’ve ended with Randy Orton still freaking out on the floor, but Triple H and
the commentators would be confused because they didn’t see what Randy Orton and the
viewers saw
I think that would’ve been a way more interesting note to leave the show on rather than, Triple
H is gone, here’s Alexa Bliss and here’s a fireball...
Just feels clunky and weird, so not really a big fan of how Raw ended, but like we discussed,
if it would’ve been a vision, that would’ve been amazing
But what did you think of the Alexa Bliss moment?
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