7 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 13)

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5. Kendrick Gag Falls Flat

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Listening to commentary during the Akira Tozawa/Ariya Daivari match, it felt like a writer realized that Brian Kendrick wasn’t doing anything and stuck him out there.

Kendrick came out last week when Tozawa debuted on Raw and applauded his victory. Monday night, he sat in at the announcers’ table and rambled about mentoring Tozawa and how he likes his fighting spirit. (This followed his comments on 205 Live last week.) It didn’t really go anywhere or accomplish anything other than to help largely ignore the match in the ring.

After Tozawa won with his snap German suplex, Kendrick stood and applauded again, with Akira barely noticing. Sure, this might lead somewhere, but it just felt strange on Raw.

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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.