Sasha came off as a real a$$hole on Talking Raw. Face, heel, worked, shoot, the "You weren't a fan growing up so you don't count/respect DIS BIZNESS" shyt is the cringiest, most self-serving and self-aggrandizing martyrdom promo one can cut. It makes EVERYONE who says that shyt look like a whiny bytch. Especially when they're in their early 20s and didn't even start being aware of wrestling themselves until the Attitude Era.
Real sports are full of top tier athletes who didn't like the sport their in as a kid, nor do they enjoy playing it as a pro, but they're really good at it and it makes them money. No one ever shyts on those talents. shyt, WRESTLING ITSELF was almost exclusively non-fans until the 90s and on. It was full of real athletes or bouncers who flunked out of whatever other career and took up wrestling as a second option, or who did a sport that didn't really have a pro level to get paid and went into wrestling, or were just big dudes and someone said "hey, you ever try wrestling?".
Some of the biggest stars of the past 40 years weren't fans growing up. Nash, Angle, Hall, Goldberg, Nikita, Magnum, Warrior, Sting, Bruno, Hansen, Jack Brisco, Harley, etc etc etc and on and on and on. After all that hand wringing over the Alexa/Bayley angle where the heel made fun of the face for being a loser wrestling fan, the follow up feud has the face prove the heel right in a promo meant to be endearing to the fans. Loool.
all a few minutes would've done is add more Germans and a kickout or two. Joe took the fight to Brock, who hit a flash F5 to win. It was a perfect length, it gave you just enough action to want more but didn't linger too long to overstay it's welcome.
