5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (7 Nov)

2. Theory – And MITB – Buried

Austin Theory Seth Rollins
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It’s not Triple H’s fault that he inherited a WWE that had Austin Theory as Mr. Money in the Bank, a guy he seemingly has no interest in seriously pushing.

But you absolutely can fault him for how he got the briefcase off Theory – by having him cash in on Seth Rollins for the United States Championship… and then losing the match due to outside interference!

It was wholly unprecedented and far from upholding any semblance of prestige for the MITB briefcase. If they were hellbent on not having Theory be “the guy,” then they could have written any number of different scenarios to get the briefcase off of him. But this made him look stupid and further damaged any remaining lustre on the MITB as a trope.

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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.