If you weren’t already convinced of what the true “A Show” is, RAW made it crystal clear – with most of the show either revolving around Baron Corbin or scenes in a hospital room. Between that and various recycled matches, it’s no wonder even the announce team lost track of what was happening by the time the main event came around.

Meanwhile, SmackDown has somehow made Mysterio / Orton and Joe / Hardy worthwhile feuds capped off by exciting booking around a SmackDown Women’s TLC match. NOW they have our attention.

Featuring: ‘Captain Kaveman’ Derek Montilla (@cap_kaveman) and Joshua Schlag (@thesteelcage / @schlizzag).

Music by The Black Furies, courtesy of Music Alley.

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Joshua Schlag

For most of the last 30+ years of my life, I've been watching WWE. As a kid, Monday Night Raw hooked me from the start. From Bret Hart and Razor Ramon, to Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock, to CM Punk and Daniel Bryan.. I've witnessed the ups and downs and I'm proud to have enjoyed pro wrestling through the years.

Though I now watch in a much different fashion than I did when I was a kid (finding out Vince McMahon was the owner and Jack Tunney no more than a figurehead was like finding out Santa Claus did not exist), I feel like I have a much greater appreciation for the hard work pro wrestlers do and the things they sacrifice to entertain us.

It's still real to me, dammit!