5 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Nov 10)
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5. A New Day Of Speed Force?
When WWE decided this summer to take three directionless wrestlers and have them form a stable, fans were largely supportive of the effort. Its been a tried and true practice to take guys who are otherwise available and group them together to have something to do. In the case of Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods, they were going nowhere when Woods suggested in July that they stop playing nice and take what they want. After a couple appearances, they quietly disbanded on TV though they continued to partner at live shows and even named their group Speed Force. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAYc_XuOr7Q But the last two weeks, weve seen vignettes air with Woods and now Kingston dancing with a gospel choir as they talk about a new day coming. The ads run completely counter to what Woods who is channeling James Brown in his video was preaching back in July. If this is WWE completely turning its back on that angle and turning them into smiling, dancing babyfaces, then this is a HUGE letdown. But if the vignettes are setting the table for the trio to rebel against this image and play a more serious role as originally suggested, then this becomes a positive development.
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.
