5 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 8)

2. Co-Acting Authority Figures

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We all know that WWE loves its authority figures. We had to suffer through Shane and Stephanie McMahon as co-GMs of Raw, then watched as each of them were named “commissioner” of SmackDown and Raw, respectively, with GMs appointed underneath them.

But with Stephanie out of commission, we were finally down to one authority figure, GM Kurt Angle. That is, until Monday night. Angle missed Raw, appointing Dean Ambrose to serve as acting GM for the night. And then, Miz walked out and announced that in the 30 seconds from the time Ambrose announced his promotion, Stephanie called Miz and made him co-acting GM.

Co-acting GM. Welcome to WWE, where we even have an abundance of temporary figureheads.

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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.