4 Ups And 4 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct 14th)

1. DOWN - Does Anyone Want To Be World Champion?

Once upon a time, John Cena and Randy Orton unified the company€™s two world titles into one super title, a championship that was so prestigious that the Authority did everything in its power to prevent Daniel Bryan from winning it from Orton. Fast-forward to today, where the WWE World Heavyweight Championship (and its holder) is not only absent from WWE programming, but it is barely even referenced. Cena is mad at Seth Rollins because he cost Cena the title at Night of Champions. Rollins carries around a briefcase guaranteeing him a world title match at any time. Orton spent a year talking about how he was the face of the WWE and needed the world title to be that face. None of these men are positioning for a world title shot. They€™re almost oblivious to the fact that Brock Lesnar hasn€™t so much as shown up in a WWE ring once since Night of Champions. Instead, they and the Authority have continued on with business as usual and pretend that Lesnar€™s absence doesn€™t matter. At some point, someone is going to have to notice that Rollins is carrying a briefcase and exactly how he€™s going to cash in for a title shot if the champ is never here. Cena, who has a legitimate case for another rematch, is going to have to speak up at some point, right? Granted, Lesnar has a limited number of dates on his contract, and WWE has to dole them out carefully, but at least give a plausible storyline reason for his absence. Otherwise, this is a major sin by omission, making several superstars look like they forgot why they got into this business in the first place.