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There's two things I learned from Luke on this series:
1. He doesn't remember a lot of things
2. He really likes TNA
Not enough to talk about TNA
He's just like me fr
And he knows his Paw Patrol lore. We are all Luke.
Not just TNA. He really likes TNA from the mid 2000s.
But specifically TNA in the mid 2000s.
I always thought that Matt Hardy should have won MITB instead of Swagger and cashed in on Edge. What a full circle justification cash in that would have been.
Dude that’s actually genius long-term booking
as much as I adore this idea, this is 2010 Matt Hardy you're entrusting a world title reign with.
FACTS dude.
@@jimmy3people0 I know I remember wanting it so badly too haha
Here’s a BIG issue with Theory’s:
IT WAS AN OPEN CHALLENGE!!!
EVERYONE FORGETS ABOUT THAT!!!
HE DID NOT NEED TO CASH-IN FOR THAT MATCH TO HAPPEN!!!
THE MATCH WITH LASHLEY NEVER HAPPENED!!!
I forgot it was an open challenge....
I can't believe they didn't mention that
@@michaelpagnotti4131 here's a bigger issue, TRIPLE H WAS IN CHARGE
Seth got laid out. It's a reasonable assumption that the open challenge was off.
@@asdf4evr doesn't excuse being able to cash in on a midcard title.
"This is my mark choice."
Luke, half your list was mark choices.
Austin Theory cashing in the briefcase for a shot at the US title is like burning a $100 bill in order to warm soup.
Since it was an open challenge: to warm FREE soup.
It’s like finding a Diamond in Minecraft , and deciding to use it to make a Diamond Shovel
Underrated comment 🤣🤣🤣
@@oceonmon1392 Dont knock the diamond shovel... i need to dig dirt for my dirt house
"We tried nothing and we're all out of ideas" it's going to enter my vocabulary for the rest of my life oh my god
Honestly, there's one thing they could've done: Wait.
It's from The Simpsons. Great quote
Simpsons Season 8, Episode 8. "Hurricane Neddy."
FACTS😂.
That Austin Theory cash in was beyond stupid. They wanted to get rid of the briefcase in someway and this was the worst way
To play Devil's Avacado...
In storyline, this was around peak bloodline and pre A-Town downunder, right? And if you're lone Theory, how the hell are you going to get a shot at Roman, alone, and hurt bad enough to cash in when he is in "god-mode".
In storyline, Theory wanted a championship. It's better to have guarabteed gold than fail your cash in. It's the next best thing
(Of course, all this is ignoring the fact that this is scripted)
Yeah that was truly a horrible situation, nobody was beating Roman. Only situation that could've salvaged it for me was him cashing in on the following years MITB to win it again because in kayfabe it's impossible to beat roman@@Winningkruseduh
@@WinningkruseduhWhat made it awful is that HE DID FAIL IT. If he succeeded I actually think the situation could have been played off as a clever heel using loopholes to succeed in a seemingly unwinnable situation with the bloodline on top, instead he cashed in on an injured midcard champion and still couldn't win the title.
As much as I don't see anything in Austin Theory he was at the time being presented as a possible big deal and even afterwards still was, but this completely killed any momentum that he was building
FACTS.
If they just wanted to do that and wanted him to be viewed as a star, they may as well had him lose to Roman.
I like how most of Luke's list is just him getting worked
Or him working you...?
I don’t always agree with tempest, but his statement “individually they’re all fine, collectively #10” is spot on
Theory's cash in was just blatant character assassination
FACTS like cashing in on a mid card championship in the wwe united states championship which was a OPEN CHALLENGE and still losing is still the worst booking decision triple h has done in my opinion.
@@cliffordjackson3 Losing in a competitive match against Roman would’ve been so much better, even cashing in on the NXT championship would’ve been better as it would’ve legitimised the brand and would’ve put more eyes on the product and imo he could’ve had a reign similar to Dom with the NA championship.
Take a shot every time “You didn’t bury this enough.” is said.😂😂😂 I love that running gag and I also liked that “Regular Show” reference during the results.
Corbin's upsets me the most because man... when I learned he was getting punished because he thought concussions should be treated with more concern and care. I lost my mind, what a horrible company. That being said, Theory's mitb run was the audience being told that this guy is a joke until he cashed in on a midcard title in an open challenge and lost to an injured champion. I don't see how anyone can even care about this guy ever again.
I don’t care how great the boombox was… BROCK👏WASN’T👏IN👏THE👏MATCH! He’s Brock Lesnar! He didn’t need a briefcase to get a title shot, but if you’re gonna give it to him, at least put him in the match! I will die on this hill
Exactly. He could've been in the match and the the same exact thing. Not show up until the end.
This is interesting because I don't think there are 10 failed cash-ins so successful cash-ins have to be on the list.
So it's like "Hey, I cashed in and won the title... but the moment is still kind of bad"
Also fun fact about Boombox Brock: Remember, he did that dance with Kofi and Seth standing in the ring with their world titles. Brock would go on to end BOTH their title reigns.
I still firmly believe Theory should’ve cashed in for the NXT Title. He needed time down there to hone his skills, he doesn’t have to challenge Roman, and it legitimizes NXT as a third brand
Actually not a bad idea. I just don’t remember who was champ at that time.
@@CEJRAIDIt was Bron which would’ve added to his big babyface push at the time. Theory easily could’ve replaced Dolph in that weird run where they thought Bron needed another championship chase
@@calmcmeekin3491 yeah actually that would’ve been great. I’m happy Dolph got the run because I couldn’t care about him on the main roster anymore. He became the Natalya of the men’s division on the main roster.
@@CEJRAID well Nattie’s a good wrestler. I don’t think I can say the same for Dolph in 2024 unfortunately
@@calmcmeekin3491 of Nattie is still a good wrestler so is Dolph. They both just have the issue of being very stale in 2024.
Baron Corbin and Austin Theory are the first I thought.
FACTS.
To add on to the Braun cash-in. Before Brock comes out, Braun and Roman do a double down spot, and lay there for about 7 minutes whilst Dean, Seth, Dolph and Drew brawl around the ring. Brock then comes out, beats them up more and then the match ends, about 10 minutes after the last time Braun and Roman actually touched each other.
So braun lost his money in the bank briefcase from no DQ after brock arrived in a HELL IN A CELL MATCH which is usually a NO DQ is a another reason why I am glad vince is gone.
@cliffordjackson3 I'll even do you one better, in the opener between Orton and Jeff, the closing spot with Jeff going through the table from the Cell roof, as Randy was going for the cover, the ref tried to stop him because "Jeff was hurt". In a parallel world both hiac matches in 2018 end in no contest.
Also I know not the Cash-in itself but a month prior Braun came out at SummerSlam declared he would face the winner and Brock punked him like a giant loser
You guys didn’t bury the Theory one enough. Austin Theory his entire time as Money in the Bank was made to look like a complete loser. He went out on tv against Roman Reigns and was called an actual child. He failed the cash-in during a time where the title was being defended in an OPEN CHALLENGE!!! And when he did win it, Triple H had the audacity of going on a press conference and saying “Uhhh see I told you uhhh not to worry about Theory uhhh”. If he was going to lose anyways, why not just have him lose to Roman?!?! He’d actually gain something from losing to him rather than one of the worst versions of Seth Rollins
Hogan's cash-in at Wrestlemania 9 was the worst... He didn't even bring the briefcase with him to Vegas!
Hulk hogan IS the money in the bank briefcase😂
@@simple9533 Hogan cashed in his “That works for me brother briefcase”😂.
@@cliffordjackson3hahaha
I think it's so annoying seeing people hate asuka's "cash-in" because like, she DID win the belt. The belt was in the briefcase and she won the briefcase, so therefore she won the belt. Also if the belt is vacated would you NOT cash in on vacant? I think it was nice and did not deserve to be on the top 10 worst list
Because it was a waste of MitB and led to ANOTHER woman who didn't actually carry the briefcase. We literally never got to have a female MitB for more than like 6 days.
youre wrong
You say she DID win the belt but if that matters, are their even 10 failures to do a full list then? Sounds like you didn't think this out.
Carmella held onto her briefcase for longer than anyone else, male or female.
@@markula_4040the whole point is that the Briefcase is it’s own unique type of title that gets you to the title match when cashed in. So managing a story that puts the briefcase to good use is important. If it’s literally being used as a holding case then obviously it’s not going to look important.
22:17 honestly, Braun should have cashed in successfully. He qas super over, his MITB match made him look incredible, and the crowd were desperate for anything other than Reigns or Lesnar. They popped so hard when he came down to the ring during their match.
His WWE title run wouldn't have lasted long, but it would have worked.
Thanks Tempest for digging into why Corbin was punished. Such a waste of the case.
The argument for Priest's being higher on the list is this: He's one of the few people who won MITB in a stable. A group of people around the winner who would (for the most part) take a bullet for him. Add that with Seth's wonky leg for a few months and all it takes is for Priest, Balor, Dom and JD, (of course Rhea could help, too, but they started writing her somewhat in her own world for while) to jump the champ at literally any time and have Priest cash-in. The fact that Drew won it first, Punk interfered, THEN Priest by himself, hit one move and won was just meh. It could've strengthened the Judgement Day if they were part of helping him win it. A 5 on 1 assault on a wounded champ would get way more heat. But for months Priest looked like a moron for not just sending the entire Judgement Day out there to attack then cleaning up the rest for himself.
Luke really popped me with "We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas." 😆 🤣 😂
Corbins cash in really pissed me off because it was Vince metaphorically telling us jinder being wwe champion is the direction we’re going in and you’re gonna like it
I cannot put into words how much I hated jinder mahal as wwe champion and people still try to make arguments for this turd of a title reign I’d rather watch big e and Kofi Kingston as wwe champion at least they had something behind them jinder had nothing besides muscles and for me it only works if you’re Gunther, sheamus or Drew McIntyre because they do more than 2 moves and they have personality to them
FACTS I agree with everything you have said.
I think we all knew what number one would be before seeing their choices.
“you did not bury this enough!” on a t-shirt soon lol
Luke’s list was so fucked.
Yeah because most weren't bad tbh
He always is like that
Luke is a funny dude, but he tries soooo bad to be individual and cool
Luke's a dork, guy makes anyone embarrassed to like wrestling
He hates Miz and is incorrect to do so.
Pete is slowly turning into 2019 Eminem.
Luke bashing the “Scotland hometown title challenger” but was marking for Saraya’s 3 week title reign that started in London……
He's an AEW mark, I expected nothing less
The truly terrible thing about Brawn and Corbin's terrible cash-ins is that neither of them has ever fully recovered from them.
Add Theory to that list
@num1Jaysta I've never been sold on the hype around Theory. I think he is at the level he was always going to wind up at.
I don't know if Corbin was ever going to make it as a top guy, but he was getting the level of reaction that you would expect of him for where he was at the time.
And obviously, Strowman was enormously over as an alternative top babyface to the bad old days of Roman.
@@mikeclark3223 That’s very true. I was never really into Theory as a top guy yet, but they definitely could’ve done a better execution of it.
Who is Brawn?
Luke really hates whenever MITB was used to put someone other than the briefcase holder over. Even by accident!
Orton cashing in during the Yes Movement? Orton's cash-in furthers *Bryan's* story. That's why it's on your list, Luke! It's not just your little mark heart, it's also WWE using the briefcase wrong in exactly the way you don't like!
The whole episode is Luke taking Ls, putting Priest on it because it's "lazy". It's lazy to keep the Drew/Punk/WHC feud going, with more Drew getting screwed for being a dickhead???
The stupidest thing about Braun's cash-in is that he announced it before and didn't try to capitalize on an exhausted champ, but turned heel right after that and tried to cheat to win the title anyways but gave away his best chance to do so with a surprise cash-in.
"You didn't bury this enough" sounds like a new show you guys will have within the next 3 months or so
In the exact same year an injured Cena lost the belt in a competitive match to Daniel Bryan yet a few months later and one armed (plus attacked) managed to pull through on the Sandow cash in.
My list
1. Damien Sandow (won 1/12 after winning the briefcase, cash in itself made him looking incredibly weak after he identified a weakness and attacked it before the cash in. He didn’t recover from this and was only able to get some fan support back years later as a comedy character.)
2. Alberto Del Rio for everything mentioned in video.
3. Austin Theory (was incredibly dumb.)
4. Baron Corbin (everything said in video.)
5. Jack Swagger (everything said and also ruined Jericho/Edge rivalry.)
6. Sheamus
7. Strowman
8. John Cena
9. Nikki A.S.H
10. Brock Lesnar ( him winning the case to end the match and ppv was pretty bad too.)
6.
The Theory cash in was also a waste of the "hidden" mid-card title loophole. Most people would not want to go for anything except the world title, but if there was a justification, it could be a pleasant surprise. For example, a Sheamus cash in for the intercontinental title to complete his title collection. It's logical why he would do that, and it would've made the "no-one has ever done this before, it was unthinkable!" moment... Instead, they threw that opportunity AND HAD THE GUY LOSE THE MATCH!?
Madness.
I hate same night cash ins. Used to be creative but most women mitbs cahed in on the same night. I liked when ziggler, rollins and edge kept the briefcase for months and had it as part of their character.
Wasn't theory's cash in during an open challenge? I seem to remember it adding another layer of stupid to the whole thing.
Yeah, why waste money in the bank on the one title that everyone is open to try to get? That's like trying to put a $20 bill in a $1 vending machine to get a can of pop.
FACTS.
The Roman Reigns "Who's your daddy" promo on Theory is what ruined him and his cash-in. After that promo any idea of Theory being a World Champion anytime soon was thrown out the window.
The Miz's cash in was a big deal because no one thought he would ever be the wwe champion, nor did anyone want him to win. Luke doesn't understand how this game works.
The thing with the Theory one is, the MITB briefcase was doomed in the one belt Roman run, he was never gonna drop it
i love when in these "the worst -blank-" TLCs, it's half either agreeing or saying u didn't bury this enough lmao
It's amazing how many episodes of this show feature Austin getting a clean sweep of the #1 spot
Luke's Randy Orton reason is ridiculous. It was a great cash in and a major heel turn.
Luke including Randy Orton, while not including/remembering Del Rio is peak Luke decision making.
Tempest’ rant about Corbin getting punished for the CTE incident is great.
Me, at the end of the video:
"Hey, at least Austin Theory won something due to the MITB turn in..."
Exactly.
As annoying as Theory’s cash-in was, at least he did eventually go after that title and win it (as underwhelming and boring as that reign ended up being). Baron Corbin got punished for literally speaking his mind and was rolled up by the worst WWE Champion by a country mile and got further devalued for no real reason as a result.
@@DariusFrench6273 Oh, no, that's not what HappyMcPunchface meant.
At least Austin won being on top of this list.
@@RobertJW Guess that counts too.
To be honest, it was REALLY difficult for me to pick between Baron and Austin because both cash-in’s were really stupid, made both of them look like idiots in the process and neither of them really recovered from that.
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The Tucker heel turn didn’t lead to nothing! It lead to him getting fired!😂
Maybe Luke should’ve taken a look at wikipedia…
I feel like they could have justified the Theory cash in at least a little bit if they tried. At that time Roman barely defended his belt, and when he did he had a whole posse around him 24/7, it would have been pretty much impossible to cash in on him. Maybe his justification could be that it's better to cash in and succeed on a midcard belt than cash in and fail on the world title. He'd still look like a bit of a chump, but at least there's some logic behind it. Of course, that would have required him to actually WIN the midcard belt...
NEVER FORGET. they had Cena win the MitB that year because they wanted him to be the first failed cash in and not a young guy. Only for Cena to WIN the match by DQ, WIN the belt at Mania anyways, and then BEAT SANDOW IN HIS CASH IN! meaning Sandow "the younger talent" is STILL the first cash-in failer.
I actually think baron Corbin's cash in is the worst cash in, worse than Austin theory's and ill explain why. There is one big difference between the two, Austin's cash in, while to make Seth look better and get rid of the briefcase, also tried to do another thing. It tried to make the US title look better. It tried to establish the US title as the main raw title because it was being booked as the main raw title at the time, it was Seth and Bobby Lashley feuding over it lol Austin cashing in on the title was supposed to make the title look better, it didn't BUT I still think that due to this baron's cash in is worse because baron's cash in was to punish Corbin and make jindef look better, nothing else.
Austin theory wors
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Come on, Boyz! When are we going to get the TLC episode for the 10 Worst Wrestling Belts of all time?
Been dying to see that episode.
Luke is my spirit animal, and people angry at his 'bad' opinions don't realize that he provides one pov that some people like to ignore:
No matter how good wrestling can be, how awesome the stories told can be, wrestling is, as a concept, absurd and camp as hell.
Luke is just along for the ride, and I love it
I hard disagree with the Miz one. Because even though the wrestletalk lads were upset when he won. I loved it because I always felt Miz was underrated and it made sense to burn the briefcase and make MVP and Bobby seem smart by trying to sneakily get the belt off Drew and take it from an easier opponent.
This series shows off the best of each person shown at this table.
Pete: The joyful but very naive wrestling fan who is a by the book, E Drone.
Luke: The guy who seems to forget stuff that happened on pay per view events from the biggest/most well known wrestling promotion, despite knowing evrything that happened in TNA.
Tempest: the father of the other two guys having to constintly remind them that they quote "didn't bury this hard enough", and also being the best guy to hear. (maybe that's just my Canadian bias.)
Worst 10 for me
10. John Cena on CM Punk
9. Sheamus on Roman Reigns
8. Damien Sandow on John Cena
7. Bayley on Becky Lynch
6. Brock Lesnar on Seth Rollins
5. Nikki A.S.H on Charlotte
4. Alexa Bliss on Nia Jax
3. Baron Corbin on Jinder Mahal
2. Theory on Seth Rollins
1. Braun Strowman on Roman Reigns
MVP Luke. He makes this show perfect
How was Edge 2007 not listed at all? Took advantage of 2 injuries that could have been storied differently individually. There was no point. This made me detest Edge, & I still detest him even today.
You can't have Austin Theory beat Roman and can't wait for the new world title, sure.
NXT world title would count as a world title and be an interesting idea. Cashing in on a midcard title isn't as bad idea to me than it is to others (though I understand where they are coming from) but it is a massive mess of bad ideas
We want Sullivan for all the worst TLC lists
What i learnt from this is, i don't mind Cena (and Orton and even Jinder) compared to others. I guess it is equalled on the other side by me not really warming to Bryan or Roman
Also i don't really understand why people complain about wrestlers being put into a match they weren't in, but like the Becky Rumble win, but that's a different gripe of mine
Hey guys, love all the episodes with the lists.
How about a top 10 best and top 10 worst signature moves. Similar to the finisher list but a little different.
And maybe top 10 best and top 10 worst decisions in wwe history?
Keep up the good work!
Tempest shouting KEVIN NASH and the slow zoom breakdown is peak wrestling frustration. Entertained, i was.
9:41 wait, isn’t the moment Luke’s referencing here when the guy he forgot about was Jinder Mahal? Which means he fortgot about him AGAIN and I find that so funny
The intro for this needs to be more concise, Pete always feels like he's rushing through it.
Pete doing the Roman Reigns cry will never fail to make me laugh.
I would've approved of Otis using it on the tag titles, because it accomplishes something. It says something about his character. It tells us that he values his friendship with Tucker more than being world champion. That his a selfless, good friend. That's a legitimately good story and would've made Tucker's eventual betrayal way more emotional.
Would love to see you guys do Best/Worst WCW PPV matches with Laurie and Best/Worst TNA matches with Luke. I love hearing you guys talk about non-WWE stuff and both those companies made some bizarre choices.
I'm reminded of almost a superhero Nikki almost a superhero everytime Justin Roberts says "Maxwell Jacob Friedman, 'MJF'".
The worst part about Swagger’s cash in and subsequent world title reign is that when he cashed in, he goes from this cocky smiling goofball dressed in red white and blue to this super serious intense bad mofo and it’s just death
Pete just not getting reactions from Luke or Tempest for his jokes. Or his over the top reactions.
Sorry Pete, but for me, you're just not cutting it presenting this.
At least this one didn't have too many repeats where they just said the same points three times over.
Luke's "Damian Priest" reason makes no sense to me.
Also, Luke's giant mouth takes up too much of the screen.
I was absolutely one of those people who thought it would have been brilliant for Otis and Tucky to cash in for the tag titles. Against a proper heel team, and having the announcers slowly come to the realization as to what they were doing...would have been epic. They had two great ways to get Heavy Machinery over in into the championships, and this was the other one. Heavy Machinery had everything needed to be mad crazy over...except for the fact that Vince didn't think the tag division was worth spending any time on.
I think Otis having the title taken from him in Wrestlers' Court was so bad an idea, it deserved a spot in this list. They didn't even bother to have him try and lose, there was just a universal nodding of heads that this was one of the worst idea Vince ever had (it wasn't - see above) and they decided to all but Patrick Duffy In A Shower it out of existence.
Was trying to listen to this while doing odd jobs around the house, so no visual cues, no idea who was being spoken about, and it feels like this series is ‘let’s see how many bad words we can bleep and how many ‘funny’ rants we can do)
Love these! I'd say the worst cash in was Baron Corbin? and the worst successful one was Jack Swagger
Let us not forget that Austin Theory cashed in on what had moments before been an open challenge for the mid-card belt.
I get the idea of giving Cena the briefcase in order to be the first one to lose it, since that would have buried most other people….but they booked it so poorly and then they buried people with failed cash ins anyway
Why is Tempest always so angry?!
Tempest had a Sullivan/Luke meltdown during the 6th pick😂 I'm here for all of it😂😂😂
I think this is my favorite trio for serious, negative top tens. 3 people just super willing to unload both barrels of righteous anger at stupid wrestling bollocks.
Luke's list being only stuff that annoyed him personally because hes forgot everything else is relatable.
Luke: "This was easy to do, I didn't need to check wikipedia because I remember all the bad ones."
Also Luke Several times during this: "Oh I completely forgot that one happened."
*Luke it costs literally nothing other then a few moments of your time to just check wikipedia before hand my dude.*
“You didn’t bury this enough” great video long gag 😂
When Austin Theory cashed in at first, for a brief second, thought it was a nice change of routine. The moment it all transpired I immediately felt it was the stupidest idea ever. The briefcase should only be used to cash in on the main titles, anything else makes the wrestler and the entire MITM gimmick sound very silly.
The Asuka “Cash In” shouldn’t be included. It’s one of the most wholesome moments that should be on its own island.
while I can understand Pete and Tempos thinking on Randy. I personally agree much more with Luke id even go as far as top 5 worst. It simply was a boring winner that started a boring run that nobody wanted to see because everyone wanted Bryan. If it was anyone else, fine. But Bryan was the only reason a lot of people were watching and that moment is a catalyst for a lot of people to stop watching.
I'd get a "You Didn't Bury This Enough" shirt
The fact that I could argue multiple options for #1 is rather sad 😂
Gotta go Theory though
On todays episode of “You Didn’t Bury This Enough” 😂
I’m of the firm belief that cashing in on a non-World title isn’t the worst idea, if done right. I truly believe to this day Otis should have cashed in with Tucker for the tag titles
‘Oh, written in the stars, a million miles away’ 🎤 love a bit of Tinie Tempah
Some stats: if we only look at men's MITB, the overall success rate is merely 76 per cent for cash-ins. Even worse, of the last 8 men's cash-ins, only 4 were successful (one of which wasn't even by MITB winner Otis, but by Miz, so winning the briefcase in the match is f*cking cursed by now for the men)
Luke’s decision making at times just baffles the mind.
Okay, guess it's up to me to defend Theory's cash in. Lock yourselves in, 'cuz this is a long one.
* We saw that Theory isn't exactly the most patient person. Remember all those times that he called himself the "Now" instead of the "Future" because he had a midcard title?
* Roman was never around. He almost always stayed on Smackdown, one, and two he was never around on Smackdown either.
* When Roman was around, he had backup. So Theory also needs to wait for when the Usos are incapacitated. Immediately, that's 3 people who have to be down and out (or away, for the other 2).
* Eventually, the time comes when Roman and the Usos are incapacitated. Summerslam. Almost everyone who needs to be down and out is down and out, but he missed Brock who did NOT miss him. Okay, that's a try.
* Clash at the Castle. It's his time. Roman's down and out. Drew's vulnerable. The Usos couldn't make it. Sami (Roman's newest ally) is gone. EVERYONE who needs to be down is down. It's his moment, and then Tyson Fury happens.
* And THEN, Solo happens. And something that seems people forget, the following Smackdown it's explicitly stated that Solo is there to keep the belt on Roman when the Usos can't or are indisposed, which is as close to saying "that means you, Theory" as they can get without actually saying it.
So he's not cashing in on Roman. So he gives up. And as far as Roman was concerned, he was right to do so, because that magic moment where everyone who has to be vulnerable or laid out actually is NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN for as long as Theory held the briefcase. Even in the Civil War, the Usos wanted to save Roman from himself, so it's doubtful that they'd just let him get cashed in on. The creation of the WHC, which he could cash in on, is something that isn't exactly foreseeable in kayfabe.
So who else to cash in on?
* In the absence of a world champion, Seth worked to elevate the US title to a main event status. Also, he's on Raw too.
* The other midcard champion was GUNTHER, who would also beat his skeleton out of his body. Also, he's on Smackdown.
* As shown when Theory looked at Gargano, an NXT Triple Crown winner, and called himself better because he won the US title first, Theory considers midcard main roster belts to be above the NXT Championship. Also, Ilja would have his life.
Seth's US title is the best option. Remember, he's impatient.
* But to not be too foolhardy, he answered Seth's open challenge the previous week and lost, so in order to win the title he would HAVE to cash it in opportunistically.
* And he had no reason to think the open challenge was still open after Bobby wrecked Seth.
It's still not exactly good (since Bobby interfered for absolutely no reason, and then Theory won it anyway), but I wouldn't call it the drizzling shits. I'd have it at 4, because Strowman's, Sandow's, and Corbin's were outright offensive.
* Strowman's, because the HiaC ended in a No Contest, something that works to undo the legacy the match built after those times it was on Raw in 1998.
* Sandow's because he spends the entire match working Cena's injured arm, then Cena just gets an AA and wins.
* And Corbin's (my Number 1 Worst) because he loses to a flash roll-up after TURNING HIMSELF AROUND to attack Cena (not even a distraction finish, the bell rings and Corbin immediately turns his back to Jinder to punch Cena), and because it happened because Corbin dared to speak up on concussions being dangerous.
I mean, it wasn't the case in 2022 and still isn't, but if the tag division had depth and a level of prestige the tag cash in could work.
Theory's (after the fact) justification for the cash in did make some sense too, he knew he couldn't beat the Bloodline stranglehold. But yeah, he didn't win, it was a wacky thing when he did it. And then he did win it later so why not have him win the cash in. Of course he'd been booked as a loser and the US title was at the time, the consolation prize for main eventers during the Roman Eternity, so he had no credibility to compete for it.
“You didn’t bury this enough” should be a new segment 🤣🤣🤣