Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 26, 2023 16:11:18 GMT -5
I get what they were trying for, but Darren Young and Bob Backlund together wasn't any good.
I am glad Fred Rosser (Darren Young) has been have a pretty solid past couple of years. He put in the work to get back on track after the final stretch of his WWE career was botched so badly from a booking standpoint.
He then faced Miz for the IC championship that ended in a no contest and was pushed down the card accordingly. Even feuding with his former partner and fellow mostly jobber Titus O'Neil before being phased out and quietly released. Seriously what is so hard about following through on his underdog push? If he didn't win the IC title at the PPV, have him continue chasing it and upset The Miz shortly thereafter and have a 3 month reign as champ, barely scraping by(and with Backlund's help) in the process.
It's shit like this that makes me think WWE goes out of their way to piss off fans. They make a potential star that fans are willing to accept than they do what they can to reverse it because no ones allowed to get over when the script tells not to.
I liked what they were doing with Darren with the "Makde Darren Young Great" thing. Having the no contest with Miz and then not doing any follow up afterwards was dumb. They did a roster split draft right after that PPV and they were drafted to separate brands which resulted in the feud being dropped. Then he was put in that terrible feud with Titus and he was pretty much toast. I think he was still on the roster for about another year afterwards but I can't even remember him doing anything after that.