5 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE Raw (Aug 16)

by Scott Carlson

1. RK-Bro Rides Again

Randy Orton Riddle
WWE

The setup worked really nicely earlier in the show, so that when the moment came, everything made sense.

Randy Orton walked out on Riddle and left him to contend with AJ Styles and Omos alone, with disastrous results. Later, the tag champs were threatening to lay out Orton, but Riddle came to his defense, which finally earned Randy’s respect.

And yes, that meant that RK-Bro officially reformed, with Orton even hugging Riddle. And then Riddle officially challenged AJ and Omos for the tag titles at SummerSlam, giving us a potentially electric match this Saturday.

Maybe it’s on purpose, or maybe it was just due to circumstances, but with Orton only coming back last week, there was no long, dragged-out “will they, won’t they” for this mini-angle. It was just a short tease and then the actual reunion, and it worked.

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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.