5 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 16th)
3. A Battle For Supremacy Sort Of
Someone will need to explain the point of bringing about 10 low-level wrestlers into the ring for a mini-battle royal Monday night and why the wrestlers participated. Kane dragged the likes of the Primetime Players, Goldust, Fandango, Heath Slater and others to the ring to pointlessly indicate that he was going to win the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania. Enter Mark Henry, who already had the shine knocked off his return when Roman Reigns beat him up on Smackdown. Henry officially entered the battle royal, and predictably a melee ensued, with the Worlds Strongest Man and Kane being the last two standing (unless you count Curtis Axels sneak attack). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNclcXOJbU8 Sure, the point is to plug the battle royal and provide cannon fodder for Henry and Kane, but if youre Zach Ryder, what was the point of all of that? And the moment someone got tossed over the top rope, they were eliminated? From what? It wasnt a match, so why didnt everyone climb back in and toss the two big behemoths. If they didnt care, then why were they out there in the first place. Sometimes, putting yourself in the mind of a jobber can be maddening.
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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
