Official Wrasslin' Thread (renamed to reflect the discussion)

cpg said
Sami's obviously not booking himself this way and I'd point out that he has cut numerous excellent promos over the years, often as a heel, but he is certainly capable of more. If he seems boring, it's at least in part because he's been relegated to a secondary character (and by extension, so has the belt) in his first program as a champion.

Stars know how to make booking work, even when it's bad booking.

cpg said
That's an impossible position to make work when the entire crowd is far more invested in Otis erupting on Gable.

Totally not caring about this. Not even close. :hihi:

Haitch messed up on two fronts...

1. He messed up on not booking Gable as the one to beat Gunther. Chad had earned that from his performance leading up to and after the match.
2. Using Gable to try to build up Sami to "reward" him for not beating Roman. Hell, he basically used Gable's story with his family to do so. It's clear they likely to finally put Gable over to win the title, but frankly, the damage has already been done to Gable and the IC title. Every singles title run with Sami has been meh.