Kairi Sane Progressing
The Kabuki Warriors – Asuka and Kairi Sane -came up short in their Women’s Tag Team Championship match against Sasha Banks and Bayley, but it was still very encouraging. Sasha, Bayley, and Asuka looked great in the match as they have for years. But, what is really encouraging is the fact that Kairi Sane (in my opinion) looked the most fluid and comfortable in the ring she has ever looked since being moved to the main roster from NXT in April 2019 after WrestleMania 35.
Sane is still a young superstar at just 31 years old, so it’s very encouraging to see so much growth on her part in a little over a year.
Lashley feels completely free to be himself with the Presence of MVP (I believe)
MVP has provided Bobby Lashley with that little bit of extra confidence – almost like a permission slip – to be his authentic self and allow the WWE universe to see his full personality (Lio Rush was a valuable stepping stone on this journey for Lashley). Bobby has clicked with MVP in terms of personality and it is probable on screen. This might be the perfect time for WWE to get the feud going between Lashley and Brock Lesnar for SummerSlam 2020. This rivalry has needed to take place for a long time but has never actually ignited because Lashley has never had quite enough momentum character-wise to be viewed on the same level of superstardom as The Beast. It would not have made sense within the framework of the storyline – but now Lashley’s character is at a point where it might make sense for him to be involved in a rivalry with a star as big as Lesnar.
As for Ricochet, he will most likely be around for the long haul (he said on his recent WWE 365 documentary that he plans on being around in WWE for many more years) because he is so unbelievable in terms of his physical gifts.
Randy Orton is clearly doing the Best Work of his Career at age 40
Randy Orton has easily done some of the best work of his career in the year 2020. The return of someone he is so close within Edge brought the best out of him in the first half of the year – and he has followed that up by taking out the likes of Christian. And, he is currently doing a program with Big Show. Orton is embracing his heel roots which made his character blossom back in 2005 (in a rivalry with The Undertaker).
Speaking of Big Show he has been extremely unselfish over the past few months. It started with him challenging Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship right after he beat Brock Lesnar at ‘Mania 36 (this went a long way towards establishing McIntyre as a prominent WWE Champion by defeating a legitimate threat right after slaying The Beast. He has also done comedy segments with tag teams like The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders.