{"id":180068,"date":"2024-06-16T12:35:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T17:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=180068"},"modified":"2024-06-18T15:25:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:25:04","slug":"wwe-overs-unders-the-trash-ending-at-clash-at-the-castle-otiss-popularity-melraws-place-drew-mcintyres-pause-scotland-trying-to-out-french-the-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/06\/16\/wwe-overs-unders-the-trash-ending-at-clash-at-the-castle-otiss-popularity-melraws-place-drew-mcintyres-pause-scotland-trying-to-out-french-the-french\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE OVERS &#038; UNDERS: The Trash Ending at Clash at the castle, Otis&#8217;s popularity, MelRaws Place, Drew McIntyre&#8217;s Pause, Scotland Trying to Out-French the French"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3034451621\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>It\u2019s been a roller coaster week of expectations, disappointments and one of the worst endings of a PLE in WWE history. With all of those emotions waiting in the wings, let\u2019s fly into this week\u2019s Over and Unders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNDER-APPRECIATED ON RAW &#8211; DREW MCINTYRE\u2019S PAUSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Drew McIntyre\u2019s pause during his promo on Raw created a painfully long runway for a \u201cC.M. Punk!\u201d chant. I\u2019m not sure if I enjoyed the absurdly long commitment to the bit, or the tone deaf-length of waiting out the chant, but either way, this was pure Scottish gold. Drew is doing the best work of his career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OVERRATED ON RAW &#8211; J.D. ADVERTISES THAT HE IS NOT IN THE JUDGMENT DAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did anyone else notice during The Judgment Day\u2019s segment with Drew McIntyre, that J.D. McDonagh was wearing a shirt that said \u201cFinn, Damian, Rhea, and Dom\u201d? Because I sure did, and it was a firm reminder that McDonagh is NOT a part of the faction, because R-Truth exorcised him from their ranks, and for that, I will forever reciprocate (rhetorically) \u201cWhat\u2019s up?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNDER-APPRECIATED ON RAW &#8211; MELRAWS PLACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio\u2019s acting in the clubhouse was phenomenal. Dom is playing his role of a conflicted, but maybe probably into it, victim, perfectly. I\u2019m also fairly certain that Liv could even make Dom\u2019s well-known, go-to order of chicken tenders seductive. Who am I kidding? Deep-fried meat shaped like dinosaurs is always sexy. Great segment of MelRAWS Place this week, or as my co-host of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/acknowledging-wwe-kevin-charlie-discuss-if-piper-could-take-bailey-s-title-is-it-time-for-priest-experiment-to-end-clash-preview-more--60380903\">Acknowledging WWE<\/a>,\u201d Charlie Cate called it, RAWsons Creek. Oh puns. And make sure to check out \u201cAcknowledging WWE\u201d, every Thursday, right here, on PWTorch (insert Mankind-style thumbs up).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=60380903&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>OVERRATED ON CLASH AT THE CASTLE &#8211; SCOTLAND TRYING TO OUT-FRENCH FRANCE<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2486281303\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>There were some highlights to the Scotland sing-a-long, such as re-wording a classic song with Sami Zayn\u2019s name, but for the most part, I found this pandering and distracting. It was a noble effort, Scotland, but you\u2019re not going to out-French France this year. In particular, it almost completely detracted from the Cody Rhodes and A.J. Styles match. Fortunately, those two are pros and got the people reinvested, but it was so disconnected from the action that it landed about as well as Roman Reigns\u2019 first ill-fated attempt at a face run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNDER-APPRECIATED ON CLASH AT THE CASTLE &#8211; OTIS\u2019S POPULARITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This tension between Chad Gable and Otis is like a can of soda that has been shaken up with a jackhammer. It is ready to explode. The crowd is rabid for it. I\u2019m screaming at the TV for it. By the time Otis finally takes out Gable, he\u2019s going to be so over that they\u2019re going to have to call his version of the worm, once adorned with the moniker of being a caterpillar, a venomous python. I really hope this isn\u2019t teeing us up for a swerve and heel turn though. Gable is doing a phenomenal job and doesn\u2019t need an evil number two that could overshadow him. The only number twos that work are the henchman in the Austin Powers films (appropriately being named such), and a weight-dropping release after an all-you-can-eat buffet. Number two jokes from the number one of puns aside, Otis needs, among other things such as a new name, a comeuppance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OVERRATED &#8211; THE ENDING OF TRASH AT THE CASTLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Look, for the most part, I genuinely enjoyed Clash at the Castle. Cody Rhodes and A.J. Styles had one of the better \u201cI Quit\u201d matches in recent memory, that successfully avoided the trope of grunty, heavy-breath responses. Sami Zayn and Chad Gable stole the show. Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill losing was a huge shock (though I expect them to regain their titles this week), and Piper Nivens had a main event-cementing performance with Bayley. All that said, the ending of Clash at the Castle turned it into Trash at the Castle.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, the Damian Priest experiment didn\u2019t work and I\u2019m over it. He\u2019s about as main event as a Prime logo on the mat. Sure, it\u2019s in the main event, but it\u2019s just a flat distraction from greatness.<\/p>\n<p>Second, why on Earth would you deprive a red-hot Drew McIntyre, who\u2019s arguably doing the best work of his career, a career-crowning moment such as winning in front of a vocally supportive (albeit self-indulgent) crowd?<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, and most importantly, that was the single most heel move they could have had C.M. Punk engage in. He could have shaved McIntyre\u2019s head, wore a \u201cTony Kahn knows booking\u201d shirt with a hat adorned with a picture of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, and it still wouldn\u2019t have been as bad as this ending. James Cameron could have rewritten the ending of \u201cTitanic\u201d to include all of the passengers inexplicably growing gills and swimming off to live under the sea with a jolly, singing crab named Sebastian, and it still would have made more sense than this conclusion.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-196020505\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Even if they\u2019re planning on turning Drew face and Punk heel, this was still just a big old skid stain on the undergarments of a very solid PLE. And it was more telegraphed than Morse code on the Titanic (and look how that ended). You know something ended badly when it warrants two Titanic references in one monologue.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be back next week to weigh in with a eulogy on the death of Drew McIntyre\u2019s momentum.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/06\/15\/wwe-clash-at-the-castle-results-6-15-priest-vs-mcintyre-for-world-hvt-title-cody-vs-styles-for-wwe-title-in-i-quit-match-bayley-vs-niven-for-wwe-womens-title-sami-vs-gable-for-ic-title\/\">WWE CLASH AT THE CASTLE RESULTS (6\/15): Priest vs. McIntyre for World Hvt. 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