#Rawful Moment of the Week

A new offering on the blog each week will be the #Rawful Moment of the Week, where we select the worst moment of Raw. Of course, that's subjective as each person brings their own bias to such things. In other words, it's just my opinion.

For the premiere choice, it made sense to select something that somewhat tied into the Raw ReWrite storyline I've been crafting--and hopefully that you've been enjoying.  The selection was made for two other reasons as well, which will be explained in a moment.

So, without further ado, the initial #Rawful Moment is none other than.....

Daniel Bryan challenging HHH at Wrestlemania.

Unlike others, I have no problem with the match in and of itself. If anything, it should have happened at Royal Rumble, however, with the stipulation that if Bryan won, he'd be entered into the battle royal as number one.  It would have helped alleviate the ill will the company garnered by not featuring the superstar in that match.

What are the two reasons that make this worthy of being the #Rawful Moment of the Week?

First, the WWE universe is being cheated out of what they want yet again. Daniel Bryan needs his triumph at a Wrestlemania, which means we'd have to wait yet another year for that to happen. I realize he could win at another, lesser PPV, but let's be honest--that hurts the wrestler and the fans.

Reason #2: HHH did it again. What did he do? Once more, he lowered Bryan in the eye of the viewer.  Calling one of your superstars--your most over superstar--unworthy and a B class player doesn't help anyone. On multiple occasions WWE has lamented the lack of elevated superstars but that's difficult to do when those in charge need their ego stroked at the expense of the product.

People compare The Authority storyline to the Austin one, but I don't recall McMahon ever stating Stone Cold didn't belong in the company or diminish the character as a mid card enhancement talent. Austin got over on the powers that be as often as they did him. Why? Because the audience likes seeing the underdog overcome. One thing the audience doesn't like is a loser. Unfortunately it seems like WWE increasingly paint Bryan in that fashion.

The WWE is sitting on a gold mine in Daniel Bryan but have so far chosen to ignore the easy money. That's why this was our inaugural #Rawful Moment of the Week.

Hope you enjoyed the read. Please share the link if you did and please share what you felt was #Rawful this week.

Thank you.