4 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE Raw (Dec 28)

4. Orton Plays With Dolls

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It’s bad enough that the Randy Orton/Bray Wyatt feud is seemingly steaming ahead to the desire of no one, but we also got to see the Viper demonstrate how he treats his kids’ toys if they misbehave Monday night.

While Alexa Bliss was in the ring and inviting Orton to visit Alexa’s Playground, Randy took a trip to the Firefly Funhouse, which was vacant since Bray’s burned and Bliss was in the arena. Orton took it upon himself to beat up Huskus, Mercy, Abby and Ramblin’ Rabbit in a scene that did the exact opposite of make him look like a killer heel. Ripping the head off a rabbit puppet, really?

While there aren’t really any rules, it’s generally been a no-no for someone other than Wyatt (or Bliss) to visit the Firefly Funhouse. The cartoony motif only seems to work with Bray. Seth Rollins burning it down was ridiculed, much as Orton trashing the puppets will be.

Just another chapter in this subpar feud.

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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.