3 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE Raw (Dec 21)

4. Look! It’s Tag Partners Who Can’t Get Along

Keith Lee Drew McIntyre Sheamus
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Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: WWE books a multi-man tag match in which the teams can’t get along with each other.

Ah, that was the entire theme of Survivor Series, you’re right!

But that didn’t stop WWE from giving us a six-man tag match Monday night in which not just one trio couldn’t get along, but both teams had issues. Because why not? At least Miz and AJ Styles had a reason to be at odds after Miz cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase during Styles’ title match against Drew McIntyre.

However, McIntyre, Sheamus and Keith Lee apparently were out drinking Sunday night and getting along famously, but one dropkick from AJ sending Lee into Sheamus was enough to send these drinking buddies into turmoil.

It’s just more conflict and dissension for the sake of it, because that’s all WWE knows. It’s the only story they can tell, so they tell it over and over and over.

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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 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.