10 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Nov 2nd)
3. God Of Thunder And Lightning
Lets face it: The Undertaker and Kane are winding down their respective careers. Neither man is going to be competing on a semi-regular basis in another five years or so, and once they retire for good, WWEs mythical, supernatural characters will disappear from existence. It will be the end of an era in a different way than just watching to Attitude Era stars retire. So it made sense in many ways to have Bray Wyatt, the one man on the roster who could pull it off, absorb Taker and Kanes powers after the Wyatt Family abducted the Brothers of Destruction last week. Bray claimed he harvested the two mens souls, then summoned the thunder and lightning, setting the ringposts ablaze after lightning struck them. It was reminiscent of so many Undertaker moments throughout the years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC2qFI9A-9E While some will probably find the moment campy, remember that Taker has been doing this act for 25 years (minus the couple as the American Badass) and few accuse him of being hokey. Wyatt appears to be WWEs answer to the question of whether they will be able to replace Undertakers supernatural character with another, and giving him the Deadmans powers was an interesting step in that direction. It also will be interesting to see how Taker and Kane return to action after allegedly having their souls stolen.
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 fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
