4 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE Raw (Feb 14)

3. Rollins Gets The Drop On Orton

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While the toga party fell flat, the ongoing storylines involving RK-Bro continue to click.

The duo’s rivalry with Alpha Academy is a guilty pleasure, with Chad Gable stealing every segment he’s in. But now with Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens getting one up on RK-Bro last week, Rollins had a chance to build on that Monday against Randy Orton.

The two had a pretty good match that saw Orton run out to save Riddle from an Alpha Academy beatdown, only to race to the ring to beat the count… and promptly eat a Stomp from Rollins. The result is that the #1 contenders have been bested twice now, and it opens the door for built-in challengers should RK-Bro regain the tag titles. It also could mean Rollins and Owens get added to a tag title match.

Regardless, this was a solid main event, and the story is good enough to keep you coming back. That’s saying something these days.

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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.