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

1. Does Anyone Care About Orton Yet?

Randy Orton Alexa Bliss
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After years of being bored by Randy Orton’s slow, plodding promos and matches, the thing that will finally get him out of that rut is to have him light another wrestler on fire… and then slowly talk about it the next night.

Orton literally took three minutes to walk to the ring and start taking. Once he did, he “methodically” talked about burning The Fiend alive, how he had no remorse, how he could still see and smell the burnt flesh, and how he got rid of Fiend forever.

Or for like five seconds, because the lights then went out, and Alexa Bliss showed up, transporting a swing set and playground equipment with her. She made a few burn-themed jokes before noting that if the Fiend comes back, it will be like nothing anyone has seen before.

So that means the feud must continue? Yay? Boo? Who cares?

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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.