WWE Battleground thoughts

Battleground wasn't that bad really. A few, nice little surprises, if I'm honest.

The Usos and The Wyatts had the match of the night in the opener, but it surprised me that Jimmy and Jey retained. Surely, the script should have been different, given that they've been feuding a while and The Usos retained at Money in the Bank. Next should've been a title change, right? It's kind of due, isn't it?

It was a great match, and The Wyatts have a pinfall - as part of the 2 out of 3 falls stipulation - but that type of match is kind of a feud-ender, no? If so, The Usos have just done to Harper and Rowan what Cena did to Wyatt... yes, he's better for the opportunity of working with Cena, but he was outshined and owned when it was all said and done. Same kind of thing goes for Harper and Rowan.

They're probably drawing this out until Summerslam, though. The wrong Uso probably got the pin or something.

I loved the encounters throughout the night between Rollins and Ambrose. People were a little p*ssed that they didn't have a match but we all need to look at a bigger picture: sometimes the story progresses without a match. With Ambrose crazy-attacking Rollins, even when it was thought that he was gone for the night, and no match happening, it all points towards a Summerslam meeting; a much bigger stage to showcase the most interesting feud that there is at the moment. Now we get a few more weeks of these two and that can only be a good thing - I like long feuds because more layers can be added and more fuel can be added to the fire, which equals more investment into this feud - that's missing WAY TOO MUCH these days so I'm all for it.

Another match that now has some more legs is Rusev and Swagger. They really went out of their way to protect Swagger here, having him lose by countout. Nobody's gotten that close to blemishing Rusev's record yet and Swagger seems to be gaining support each week (even though he's an awkward looking face!). I know that they wanted to feed guys to Rusev and you can't give everyone that countout protection, but I feel that Big E deserved that type of deal against Rusev.

Who'd have thought it would be the less-popular one of the Real Americans to get the main gig against Rusev? AGAIN, these guys will bring the USA vs Russia feud to a bigger stage in Summerslam, where Swagger now has a better chance than we'd have given him before. Ultimately, Rusev will probably CRUSH him to move onto bigger things (a US title quest?).

The Intercontinental title battle royal annoyed me a bit. Loads of people in one match for the sake of getting them TV time. Zack Ryder, Diego, Khali, Woods and R-Truth (amongst other jobbers) were in this match with ABSOLUTELY no chance of winning. Surely they could've gotten enough mileage out of having JUST the main contenders; the ones that are relevant and have been presented as having a chance: Miz has just returned, is a former champ and seems to have a new character that they're getting behind. Sheamus is the current US champ and why not hint that there's a chance of unification? Rybaxel are borderline here, but Axel is a former, cr*p IC champion and Ryback has had feuds with WWE champions; both are still on TV every week. Cesaro is a win away from being something special. Big E is the last former IC champion, so why not? Alberto Del Rio has been pottering around the mid-to-upper card for a couple of years now so why not use his threat? And Dolph Ziggler has such a following of people that think he'll get a chance... one day. Bo Dallas has been getting loads of time lately, too. That's nine guys, who all have a credible claim to the title without putting all these jobbers in that we KNOW will NOT win that title! Nine credible guys only would mean that there'd be a much better chance of unpredictability.

Anyway, it was nice once it got whittled down to the actual contenders. Heath Slater did well to stay and get a pop. AND the ending leaves the door open to giving Ziggler something credible to aim for... hmmmm...

ANNNNNNDDDDD Cena won LOL (and I hate using 'LOL'...)

@jimmosangle