After a schizophrenic Hell in a Cell PPV, WWE needed to deliver a solid show that got things moving in the right direction. Sundays special event featured a few good matches but included one of the most nonsensical endings since the 1994 Royal Rumble, when the Undertaker lost a casket match, delivered his own eulogy from inside the coffin, and then floated up to the heavens, disappearing for several months. At Hell in a Cell, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins engaged in what was supposed to be their epic showdown after months of a bloodfeud that felt like the only deep, serious storyline that was resonating with fans. So instead of giving everyone a definitive ending of some sort, WWE chose to have Bray Wyatt return and spook out everyone with a lantern, smoke and a hologram to spoil what was shaping up to be a great match. So Monday nights Raw needed to put the train back on track and also start advancing other angles after a lengthy period of aimlessness. With a new number one contender, would we get an inkling of when the WWE World Heavyweight Championship would be defended again next? How would the losers of the two cell matches react? And would the guy who mucked up the main event (and made anyone who paid $54.95 for the PPV feel dumber than they did after the announcers mocked them) explain himself? Lets find out.
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.
