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8. Stiff Competition?

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WWE announcers are given to using hyperbole and stretching the truth all the time. And we as fans have given to turning a deaf ear to a lot of it, because it would drive us crazy if we pushed for accuracy and truth at all times.

However, we’ve got to ding Michael Cole for a forehead-slapper he told during the kickoff show tag match. Cole noted that the tag team division on Raw was heating up, with the Club, Revival, Bar and champs all in the mix, saying it was “as competitive as it’s ever been.”

Let that roll around in your head for a minute.

Yes, announcers stretch the truth. But come on. The only other notable teams on the Raw roster are Rhyno & Heath Slater, Apollo Crews & Titus O’Neil and the Miztourage. “As competitive as it’s ever been” indeed.

Hell, NXT has a much more robust tag team division.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.