5 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (June 27)

3. Congratulations Galore

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Give credit where it’s due: WWE did a nice job with its promo packages for John Cena’s 20th anniversary. Whether it was the video retrospective or the pic collage, everything was well done.

Particularly of note, the testimonials from Hall-of-Famers and WWE legends were really nice, as they avoided the trap of just doing the same talking heads. In addition to Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Booker T, Randy Orton and JBL, they grabbed spots from Big Show, Daniel Bryan (who?) Trish Stratus, Chris Jericho, Steve Austin and Kurt Angle.

It was particularly inspired to get three current AEW stars to film short videos, as each one had history with Cena, so they added value and more completeness to the packages. Well done.

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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.