I know Vince likes 'em big. Bulgy. Swollen. Veiny. Towering men of brawn and might. It's part of his shtick. His ultimate gimmick. A facet of his desires that is both accurate and ripe for parody. Stemming from the days when giants and attractions of freakish proportions did, in fact, rule the ring.

But to close out the go-home Fastlane RAW with Big Show vs. Strowman, and then use that to set up the "Titans" vs. Wyatts at this Sunday, was utter nonsense straight from Vile-ville.I mean, I knew we were all getting Show vs. Strow. I'm sure many of us pre-made bathroom and/or sandwich plans because of it. But for it to close out the show... That goddamn beefslab fest. One week after the show-closing moment was the "undersized" Daniel Bryan retiring from competition because - literally - he performed to such an amazing degree in the ring, at such an athletic and dynamic level, that he irrevocably damaged his brain, just felt like such a weird slap in the face. One that I'm sure the WWE didn't intend, but it sure did display a drastic disconnect.Basically, WWE had to sell us on this new one-PPV "Titan" stable over the course of a single episode. I had no idea Bray was "running through the TITANS" of the WWE. I mean, they could have mentioned it before this week, but I wasn't paying attention. I was too busy wondering why Brock wasn't seeking revenge on Bray for the Rumble. And then last night I kept wondering why Brock wasn't included in the list of "titans." Then I spent the main event wondering what big name was going to appear to make it all worthwhile. Would Brock make his move? Undertaker? Hell - Goldberg? Something to explain why this was the final segment.The answer, ultimately, was Kane. Who hasn't been a good answer to anything in years. We all know this. We all kind of accept this. WWE seems resistant to it though. Still insisting that Kane is someone to get excited about.So I spent a lot of last night wondering when something awesome and important was going to happen. Not the best way to feel this close to 'Mania, I get that. I all makes me question just how much we should ultimately care about Fastlane. Is it a story-builder show or just a rest stop? A detour on the way to April? I have concerns. And thoughts. Ugh. Anyway, that was a downer finish for RAW. I hope people in Anaheim were able to leave early enough to avoid the clog in the Pond parking lot. In fact, the booking sort of felt like it wanted people to start trickling out of there early. Pretty considerate if you think about it.To that end, RAW actually had a great opening. The whole segment with Dean and the Fatal 5-Way and Kevin Owens recapturing the IC belt? That was really fun. And I liked that Tyler Breeze and Stardust got to be in the match - and got to be competitive in the match. Perhaps Breeze'll be able to rise up a bit. You know, now that his days of quickly jobbing to Titus O'Neil are over. At least for two months.I won't go too much into O'Neil's weird suspension (which was originally 90 days) since A: It's such a bizarre story, B: I have no other information regarding it other than what's already out there, and C: It's such a bizarre story. I think the consensus, with most everyone, is that it's crazy overkill. Taking a guy out of WrestleMania like that. Not that we all had huge designs for an O'Neil match at 'Mania, but - you know - he could have won the Andre Battle Royale thing. Or just been in it. It's still just a giant thing to be a part of the show in any capacity. Plus, he's a guy who gets put out there. For charity and media and such. He's a forward face.Quick recap for those who don't know anything about this. Right at the fade-out AFTERSHOW end of Bryan's retirement segment, on the Network, O'Neil "playfully grabbed" Vince while Vince was exiting. O'Neil then got suspended for lacking professionalism.Lesson here is don't grab Vince. Even if you think you have a relationship where grabbing Vince is okay. Or one where you think it'd be okay. Or one where you constantly grab Vince 24/7 and the time in your life back when you didn't somehow grab Vince every second of the day has become more and more of a memory blur. Like, all you are in in this life now is a guy who grabs Vince. Don't grab Vince.Back to Stardust for a sec...I was at Dallas Comic Con over the weekend to witness the latest confrontation between Stardust and Arrow's Stephen Amell. Including a few words with them backstage after the panel where they further discussed raffling off Amell's Slammy award in support of young Elijah Mainville and his battle against cancer. You can read the piece here (where they also discuss the possibility of a SummerSlam rematch) and then behold this image of Stardust lifting me up while my pants were falling down...

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