Rants

Punk-Ryback-Axel Continuity Issues

By Scott Keith on October 20, 2013

Hey Scott,

I know this is Knit-Picking but how come the WWE never acknowledged the extensive history between Punk and Ryback and Axel? First, there's the fact that Axel used to be in the New Nexus, which Punk led, which is a minor point but could've at least led to some type of real emotion between the two, instead of Axel just saying, "I hate you 'cause Heyman said so."

More of a glaring point is the fact that Punk, Ryback, AND Heyman have history that was concluded less than a year ago. Again, I can understand WWE never wanting to bring up McGuillicutty, but Punk/Ryback was a main event feud in 2012 and not even the announcers are bringing up the odd fact that Ryback is embracing the guy that cost him the WWE title.

Is there a reason they're, I'm assuming, actively ignoring continuity here?It's not really like there's an continuity problem; it's perfectly plausible that a heel Ryback would be cynical enough to embrace the man who cost him the title in his naive face days. But ignoring this history seems to be actively hurting an already weak feud and I can't understand why they would do that?
"Are we to believe this is some sort of…*scoff*…MAGIC xylophone?"
OK, nerd-shaming aside, I prefer to think of WWE TV as seasons that reset every Wrestlemania at this point. Makes it easier to reconcile a lot of the stuff.

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