5 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (Feb 1)

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8. Byron Saxton Is An Idiot

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Just for the record, Byron Saxton once upon a time was a wrestler. He competed in the ring, presumably to win titles.

And yet twice on Raw on Monday night, Saxton could not get it through his thick skull why Sheamus Brogue kicked Drew McIntyre. He lamented the treachery and asked semi-rhetorically if Sheamus was throwing away their friendship, all for a shot at the WWE Championship.

Thankfully, Samoa Joe was right there to basically say, “duh.” Joe plainly noted that that was exactly why Sheamus attacked his friend – because these wrestlers are in the business to win championships, not make friends.

We don’t expect our announcers to be rocket scientists, but being a step above the village idiot would be a nice change of pace.

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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.