4 Ups And 4 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct 27)
2. John Cena vs. The World
It must be tough being a 15-time world champion. Youre constantly the underdog, having to fight from underneath against numerous obstacles and tremendous odds, yet you somehow manage to come out on top nearly every time. After earning his number one contenders status, John Cena is once again poised to fight for that elusive 16th reign. But first, he has to contend with yet another obstacle. See, despite several attempts to recruit the overgrown Boy Scout, the Authority remains convinced they can turn him to their side. When that predictably fails, they declare that they will make his life miserable. And how will the Authority do that? By making him field a team to fight their team in a Survivor Series elimination match, of course. In all honesty, this has the potential to be a really good match if the right participants are recruited. But its just another Cena versus authority figure storyline that just always seems to fall flat. Cena gets held down for a week or two, rises above oppression and triumphs at the next PPV. http://youtu.be/_XjIx9fd0E0?list=PLF0CB8E7B4C77DB61 Worse though, this means that there likely will be no Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series, which means the earliest the WWE World Heavyweight Championship will be defended is TLC. However, its more likely that we wont see the Beast until Januarys Royal Rumble, which would be a four-month gap between title defenses. Explain again how the 30-day rule doesnt apply, or how no one seems to care that the title-holder is AWOL?
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 fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
