5 Ups & 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (June 7)

by Scott Carlson

1. Riddle, Kofi Have Solid Fight

Kofi Kingston Riddle
WWE.com

If WWE wants to create a logical reason for two wrestlers to fight, and then give them 10+ minutes to resolve their differences in the ring, then we’re all here for that.

Kofi Kingston had a legit gripe after Riddle reinserted himself in the battle royal and indirectly led to Kofi’s elimination earlier, so the two had a singles match at the end of the show. Their match was pretty solid, with both men teeing off on each other, including a nice brawl outside, which you don’t really see from Kingston. Nice touch.

The ending came when Riddle tried to pay homage to Randy Orton too much, leading to Kofi countering an RKO and nailing Trouble in Paradise to pick up the win. Experienced former world champ edges out talented upstart. Nice story, nice match.

More like this please. Less stupidity.

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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.