The Spoils Of Change. A Few Storylines Have Been Dropped Due To Vince McMahon’s Announcement.

The more things change, the more they’re not the same. Earlier this week on Monday Night Raw, Vince McMahon and his family showed up to change things in WWE. While the official announcement was focused around the idea of the family taking over the weekly television shows, there were a few more things that were changed over the course of both Monday night and the next night on SmackDown Live.

According to Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com by way of NoDQ.com, there have been a host of storylines dropped (some with or without explanation) as a result of the change. Some of these include Alexa Bliss being in charge of the Monday Night Raw women’s division, Shane McMahon’s heel turn (which never got started), Lucha House Party rules (addressed on Monday) and Paige as the SmackDown Live General Manager (addressed on Tuesday, and likely due to needing her to do publicity work for the upcoming Fighting With My Family movie).

At least this got an explanation. Here’s how Paige left her job on SmackDown Live:

Paige is relieved of her duties as SmackDown General Manager: SmackDown LIVE, Dec. 18, 2018

Opinion: Some of these things aren’t exactly a bad idea and a lot of them were at least given an explanation. The Lucha House Party rules didn’t make sense, McMahon’s heel turn could still happen, and while Bliss was great in the role, she might be back in the ring sooner rather than later. I get why Paige had to leave, but she was doing awesome at the time. It should be interesting to see what else changes as we go forward.

Which of these stories do you want to stick around? What else do you think will change? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 1997 Monday Night Raw Reviews.

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