5 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (1 May - Review)

1. Another NWO, Er, Bloodline Run-In

Usos Seth Rollins Solo Sikoa
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In case you haven’t noticed, things are starting to get a bit too predictable with the Bloodline lately.

Roman Reigns participates via phone through Paul Heyman. The Usos are on the outs because they can’t win. Solo Sikoa is the only winner presented on TV, but he’s also simply Reigns’ enforcer.

Monday night, Sikoa battled Seth Rollins in an impromptu main event match made during the opening promo. The two would have a decent back-and-forth match, but it was all leading to a very obvious conclusion, as neither man really could afford to lose… so that meant an Usos run-in, followed by Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens and Matt Riddle saving and a pier six brawl breaking out, and WE’RE DESPERATELY OUT OF TIME! WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON NITRO!

Sorry, was having flashbacks. But seriously, this just wasn’t a good vibe to get, and the Bloodline just felt… mid.

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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.