6 Ups And Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 2)

By Scott Carlson /

4. Less Than Perfect

Remember when Curtis Axel was a Paul Heyman guy? Remember how the son of Curt Hennig won the €œprestigious€ Intercontinental Championship on Father€™s Day? Well, the announcers clearly have. Axel, having been knocked out of the Royal Rumble match without ever entering it, stormed to the ring Monday and raised the issue that he could have won the Rumble and that he should get a shot at going to WrestleMania. So how did the announcers treat a wrestler wanting to be World Champion? They snickered and mocked him. Then they rejoiced when Dean Ambrose knocked him out of the ring and beat him up.Sure, Axel is far from a main event talent, but the announcers treating him like a joke makes fans treat him like a joke. It makes it impossible to view him as anything more than a jobber. Regardless of whether he is a jobber, dumbing down your talent in fans€™ eyes helps absolutely no one. Period. Worse, there was a ready-made mini-feud here. Axel could have easily challenged the man who knocked him out of Rumble, but maybe that just made too much sense. Which brings us to€