7 Ups And 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Dec 28)

By Scott Carlson /

3. Cena€™s Back€ From Where?

Just as this writer had pessimistically predicted, WWE went for the path of least resistance Monday night, welcoming John Cena back to the fold after two months away with no explanation whatsoever for his absence. This really is a function of laziness on the part of the writers, plain and simple. Cena is WWE€™s biggest, most marketable star. He lost his United States Championship in less than 10 minutes at Hell in a Cell to a returning Alberto Del Rio and promptly disappeared with no explanation. He returned two months later to great fanfare and offered no reason for his departure. To be sure, this wasn€™t an unplanned hiatus. WWE knew it was coming, so they had time to work out a reason for his absence €“ an injury, a suspension, losing his smile, or the truth (he was filming a TV show). But instead we got€ nothing.Sure, this will be forgotten next week and things will roll along, but it€™s little things like this that insult people€™s intelligence and makes them think that 1,000 chimpanzees banging on typewriters could write a better script for Raw.