Finn Bálor’s Loss To Kane On RAW; Cesaro Talks Vince McMahon’s “Brass Ring” Comment

Cesaro On The Brass Ring

Back in 2014 on an episode of Stone Cold Steve Austin’s live podcast on WWE Network, Vince McMahon made his now-infamous “grabbing the brass ring” comment about the lack of ambition in WWE’s “millennial” locker room. A lot of people took that as an insult, including Cesaro.

McMahon alluded to Cesaro not getting over and making it farther on the main roster due to “being Swiss”. Cesaro spoke about the incident during a recent interview.

“I was actually listening to it on the drive to the next city…I was not very happy about it to say the least because I couldn’t disagree more. The next day I walked into his office and said ‘challenge accepted.’ That’s how I deal with things – head on…I’d like to say I’ve been doing pretty good so far.”

A lot of fans see Cesaro as someone who should still be higher on the card and in the main event and title picture due to his extraordinary skill in the ring, but at least he seems happier now than he did for a while after that comment was made.

Finn Balor’s Loss To Kane On RAW

One of the more shocking (and downright stupid) moments on RAW last night was Kane beating Finn Bálor. Just 24 hours before, Bálor and AJ Styles put on the match of the night at TLC, and then, he’s losing to a part-time, small-town mayoral candidate in Kane.

On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said that his sources backstage in WWE were scratching their heads just as much as fans were, with one saying:

There is no explanation, there is no defense, he (Vince McMahon) just whiffed.

The general consensus is that WWE feels it needs to make Kane look strong heading into a match or mini-program with Braun Strowman, but did it really have to be at Bálor’s expense, especially after the Styles match and with the rumor going around that he and Brock Lesnar are on a collision course for the Universal Title at The Royal Rumble?

Kane has been around long enough that he doesn’t need to be fed top stars to look legitimate. Bálor just came off of a dumbass feud with Bray Wyatt, had a stellar match with Styles, and then got sacrificed to a 50+ year old man for no logical reason. And, people wonder why WWE has such a hard time maintaining credible, stable stars on their roster.

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