“Raw” has opened and closed the same way, the last two, if not three, weeks in a row, ever since Seth Rollins pulled off “The Ruse of the Century” at SummerSlam, and I am unbelievably tired of it all. The past two weeks have opened up the same way, with Paul Heyman introducing us to every member of The Vision. Which, according to WWE’s website, Rollins’ faction is officially called now, even though I don’t really recall hearing commentary refer to them as such too often. Heyman goes down the line, lauding the accomplishments of Rollins, Bronson Reed and the “shoe-lafala,” which I think is incredibly dumb and a rant for another day, and Bron Breakker. We get a promo that takes up at least ten to 15 minutes of the show that doesn’t really accomplish anything, and then we move on.

I suppose tonight’s set up a stipulation for the main event we already knew about, but that stipulation made it obvious as to what was going to happen. Every week on “Raw,” the main event ends in a disqualification, but tonight, thanks to the Extreme Rules stip (because, Philadelphia, of course!) it was obvious there was going to be even more interference than usual, but it would all be legal, in the match pitting Breakker against Jey Uso.

And of course, that’s what happened, and CM Punk, LA Knight, and Rollins interfered, because they’re all involved in the fatal four-way match at Clash in Paris coming up here soon. Roman Reigns has also (shockingly) been consistently showing up to work since he’s advertised for the premium live event, so he showed up to hit a spear and a Superman punch to help Uso win the match. He also set up a match against Reed, since Reed has been stripping him of her sneakers as of late.

While it was different enough tonight in the sense that no one got disqualified, it was really the same old song and dance. It’s almost a safe bet that one can tune into “Raw” about 20 minutes late and not really miss anything. And, if you’re not a fan of Rollins and whatever The Vision are doing, you’re probably not going to like the main event every week. I don’t see where this is going to go or how it’s going to change after Clash in Paris, and I foresee even more opening promos by The Vision, because I’m almost certain Rollins is holding on to that title for awhile.

Written by Daisy Ruth