5 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 20th)
4. These Are The Faces?
WWE logic never ceases to amaze. Only in WWE can randomly attacking unsuspecting people be considered a heroic attribute. Yet Monday night, two supposed faces attacked random wrestlers throughout the program. Roman Reigns knockout of Bo Dallas is somewhat justified given the inspirational superstars belittling speech, but all Bo really did was tell the truth. Roman has been a colossal disappointment as a top star, and he did blow a huge opportunity on the biggest stage of them all. Instead of admitting that, Reigns obliterated Dallas for daring to speak the truth. Randy Orton advertised that he was pissed off at the top of Raw and announced that he was going to assault anyone he saw until he got to Rollins. Rather than laying out members of the Authority or their designees which would actually make a lot of sense Orton attacked New Day, Heath Slater and the Miz in completely unprovoked moments. This wasnt even a situation where one of them ran afoul of Orton. He just popped up and dropped them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wBcmz44vI Maybe WWE is going for a Stone Cold Steve Austin DTA vibe, but at least make it seem like Orton is somewhat focused on who hes taking out rather than just committing random acts of violence.
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.
