5 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Dec 10)

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9. Consistency Doesn’t Live Here

AOP Roode Gable
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Last week, Bobby Roode had a match against Drake Maverick with a Raw Tag Team Championship match on the line. The match was changed midway into a 3-on-2 handicap match, which Roode then lost.

So naturally, this week Roode and Chad Gable got a Raw Tag Team Championship match against AOP and Maverick, with no mention of how it came to be. Worse, the announcers referenced and showed a recap of last week’s loss, but (unless this writer missed it) didn’t explain how we got to this point Monday night.

And even if it was mentioned (which would make this less of a negative), it’s still ridiculous to have a stipulation for a title match, and then ignore it the following week without some extenuating circumstances – like Roode & Gable goading Drake into the match.

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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.