The Disturbing Truth Behind WWE Raw Reunion

John Cena opened Raw, much as he did throughout an era clearly nobody has any nostalgia for, based on the dearth of acts from that period that made it into the list of returning legends. There was a grim irony to this - Cena was legitimately over in Tampa because he was a star in a star-free time, and received nothing but a warm response in contrast to his divisive days atop the promotion.

Those on the show that once worked under the shadow of 'The Champ' weren't quite as fortunate. Candice Michelle, Kelly Kelly and Melina all featured in one of the numerous passable 24/7 Championship segments, but did so to virtually no reaction because the audience that were watching back then didn't care, and the audience that weren't simply wouldn't know.

Earlier in the night, a similar crowd gathered as Alicia Fox, Torrie Wilson and Santino Marella were growled at by Drew McIntyre. What exactly had p*ssed the 'Scottish Psychopath' off here? Was it that loss to Cedric Alexander that was about to be 50/50 booked into oblivion anyway? Was he deeply concerned by Santino's busy-handed sock snake? Was he simply f*cking livid that, in their shared past lives, every single person (and inanimate Cobra) sharing the screen with him had gotten more over than he did in the middling mid-2000s?

It was ill-prepared nostalgia that played to none of the characteristics of the actual characters - a persistent problem throughout the broadcast that proffered yet another ludicrous bit of legend-wedging later in the broadcast.

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