I'm so glad I don't watch this crap anymore. Even my dad, who has watched wrestling regularly since I was born, barely watches anymore, because of how bad it is. Sheamus is a mid-carder, yet now he's the champion? Oh my. For those old enough to remember, that would be like if The Warlord was the champion in 1991.
Let me know when Bryan or Punk are back, and then maybe I'll watch again.
Sheamus keeps getting pushed because he is or used to be Triple H's spotter. That, and the fact that Vince likes big men.
The MITB briefcase holder does nothing but job after he wins the briefcase, so that it's a surprise when he actually cashes in and succeeds. Ziggler and Bryan never won a match in the interim. Rollins and Sheamus were protected a little better, but even Sheamus was jobbing left and right lately, including earlier in the PPV.
I wouldn't consider Sheamus a midcarder, per se. He was pushed to the moon immediately. He beat Cena twice for the WWE title, albeit in table matches and that sort of thing, and then he singlehandedly started the Yes Movement when he was booked to beat Bryan for the World Title in record time and the fans revolted. He was also one of the stars who crossed the picket line and was given mic time with Cena and Punk during that stupid "strike" by the rest of the roster when Mark Henry among others made the WWE an unsafe work environment, essentially positioning him as a top guy who "cared more about the fans" than the rest of the roster. He also got to pass out to Rusev's accolade instead of tap, which Vince doesn't allow his top faces to do, so he's been positioned as a big deal for years now. It's just that his reaction, face or heel, doesn't justify his placement.
I've never found her that attractive, but then again, balloon-looking fake boobs and overly muscular, manly shoulders don't really do it for me.
It works for Nikki Bella.
My opinion on Stephanie changes, depending on how her weight fluctuates. I thought she looked good in her dominatrix ring gear when she "wrestled" Brie at SummerSlam in '14, but she goes through periods where she's as big as a horse. That said, she and Triple H are the reason the show gets 2's in the Nielsens instead of 3.5s-4s, because we're accustomed to having a 20 minute Authority promo every week shoved down our throats, then 3 or 4 backstage segments with them, and half the time they go back and forth as crooked or benevolent authority figures (the Divas Revolution, i.e.) that there's no continuity. Maybe they're just supposed to be incompetent like Roger Goodell?
Either way, the WWE is the fourth or fifth best promotion on TV right now, behind New Japan and their own developmental league (albeit online, prescription channel), Ring of Honor, and in some people's eyes, Lucha Underground. At least while they're still on the air, TNA is far worse, but even their product was better than current WWE in the late 2000s, before Hogan and Bischoff strip mined the company.