4 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw (Nov 9)

4. Orton Stews During Main Event

Matt Riddle Elias
WWE.com

Throwing a temper-tantrum is an art form, and Randy Orton is the Picasso of them all.

Orton learned just before going out for the six-man tag main event that he’ll be forced to defend his WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre next week. This turned him into a sour, grumpy individual who refused to tag into the match multiple times and dropped off the apron a couple of times to make it clear he wasn’t involved.

This actually was done pretty well, but the strike against it was that despite having Orton out of the mix, McIntyre and the New Day couldn’t put Miz & John Morrison away for 12+ minutes. There was no reason for that sort of thing, especially after we just saw McIntyre singlehandedly trash the duo last week.

An ounce of consistency from week to week would be nice guys and gals.

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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.