5 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Nov 10)

Welcome to Raw is Predictable!

Welcome to Raw is Predictable! While being predictable is not necessarily a bad thing, when you can see something coming a mile away and there still are dozens of clues and hints, it kind of takes the fun out of the adventure. That€™s what happened Monday night, as Raw plowed through another three-hour program that was about as mysterious as the end to a whodunit movie after you€™ve seen the film five times. At the same time, WWE is doing a decent job of setting the table for Survivor Series, with the five-on-five traditional elimination match almost complete and two other matches set, with a WWE Tag Team Championship match also likely. There have been PPVs where the main matches weren€™t booked until the go-home Raw. The elimination match will probably eat up one-third of Survivor Series when entrances are factored in, so getting that booked is key. The Bray Wyatt-Dean Ambrose feud is shaping up as the secondary main event and could be a show-stealer if allowed to develop properly. Overall, Raw continues down its path of mediocrity, offering flashes of good, glimpses of bland and smatterings of godawful. This is why they invented the DVR €“ to turn three hours into a smidge over two by trimming the excess. So let€™s see what Raw had to offer.
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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.