What is it with WWE and go-home episodes of Raw lately? The last live WWE television program before a PPV is supposed to be when the company puts its best foot forward to convince fans to buy the pay-per-view, or in this case, purchase the WWE Network. Maybe its the fact that the Network seems to be free every month for new subscribers, but the promotion is not churning out its A material. Case in point, with Money in the Bank six nights away, WWE took the opportunity to put six of the seven participants in three singles matches against each other. Where have we seen that before? Oh right, the go-home Raw before Elimination Chamber featured all six participants in the Intercontinental Championship chamber match in three singles matches against each other. All that does is ensure that well either have DQ finishes or half of the participants will head into the match with losses under their belts. In addition to this lazy, counterproductive booking, WWE also continued its effort to further neuter its standardbearer while patting itself on the back for being really popular on Facebook and Twitter despite drawing half the audience it did during the Attitude Era. Finding the silver linings this week was a little tougher than usual, but lets see what connected and what short-circuited this week.
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.
