WWE Payback 2020 *Spoilers*

There's 2 things at work that make the term "buried" incorrect in this case. The first is that WWE has been for the longest time unwilling to freshen up their main roster scene with new faces in the business end of the card. The reliance on old hands and past stars remains high. With Lee I don't think that's the issue, I do think WWE want to make him a star at the top end of their main roster.

The problem is the 2nd issue with WWE and star making. They've forgotten how to do it. The video package that they showed at Summerslam to tease his debut on Raw the night after was fantastic. The clean win over Orton on a ppv is fantastic. But the negatives to how they've introduced him are already clear. The music could not be more generic. The new ring outfit is hilariously bad. The thing that makes Lee stand out (the high flying offence, the big epic matches) are instantly taken away against Orton. First impressions matter. He's also a clear bit part player in the bigger Orton/Drew feud. You want his debut feud to be important. The debut match he was just a plot device for the Drew/Orton stuff taking place throughout that Raw.

Some positives, some negatives. But, given the track record of WWE and the already obvious problems with how they are presenting him, I would not be putting my money on WWE turning Lee into a significant money drawing star.