5 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (May 17)
7. A Tedious Exercise
There was some good stuff from Randy Orton, Riddle, and The New Day on last night's Raw, which we'll cover on the positive side of the ledger.
Unfortunately, that can't be said for Kofi Kingston and Orton's singles match. This was pure filler. Undermined by a botched spot before it could properly get going, leading to Kingston biffing Orton in the head, it was mercifully short at five minutes (sparing it from harsher criticism), but never broke out of first gear and ended with a dumb distraction finish.
Xavier Woods playing the trombone made Orton take his foot off the gas and eat the distraction roll-up. So not only does Randy coming out of this look like a dope, but The New Day, supposedly babyfaces, are *ssholes here.
Bad writing across the board.