5 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Nov 4)

5. Who Writes This Crap?

Viking Raiders
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First off, it’s worth reiterating that it was stupid booking to have the Viking Raiders lose cleanly to The OC in the Best Tag Team in the World tournament.

But then on Monday, the Raiders demolished yet another jobber tag team, and then grabbed the mics. Erik congratulated Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson for besting them, and then told them to enjoy their trophy.

Rather than challenge them to a title match or give them a chance to prove their worth in a rematch, we got a weird line from Ivar, who you just know was fed something scripted from the 37 writers in the back: Basically, thank the gods that they won this one battle, because nothing can stop the raid.

See, they’re the Viking Raiders, so they talk about “the raid.” A lot. Get it?

Come on. Who talks like that? Answer: NO ONE. That’s why stuff like this gets panned here.

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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.