5 Ups And Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Nov 17th)

Never has a Survivor Series PPV been sold so hard.

Never before in the history of the WWE has a free pay-per-view been sold so hard. Survivor Series, in case you hadn€™t heard, is free this year on the WWE Network, and WWE is pushing it as a big deal in an effort to drive more fans to test drive the Network €“ and hopefully become paying customers in December. Is it a smart strategy? We don€™t know because we€™re really in uncharted waters. But WWE is trying something, and it gave us a Monday Night Raw that certainly had some really strong moments. Of course, Raw also served up some questionable moments that leave some fans pausing the DVR until friends and significant others leave the room. Because let€™s face it: Do you want to admit you watch a show featuring people talking to a cat and feuding with a guy in a bunny costume? Overall though, WWE gave fans the hard sell, with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon nervous about losing the company and trying to take out members of Team Cena ahead of Survivor Series. If there€™s no Team Cena, there€™s no match to cost them their reign as the Authority. Pretty sound logic, but did it work? Let€™s find out€
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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.