5 Ups And Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 5th)

1. The Swiss Kidds

Tyson Kidd and Cesaro will need a better team name than that, but that is a happy problem to have. At the very least, two under-utilized guys are getting something resembling a program and (hopefully) a push. Cesaro should have broken out in 2014, and Kidd has toiled in semi-obscurity for far too long and most recently has been mired in Total Divas purgatory. Both deserve better. Having Kidd and Cesaro interfere in the Adam Rose/Big E match and dismantling the New Day gives hope that this new tag team is actually going somewhere. And having them attack the New Day also gives that team something to do, at least in the short term. This actually used to be a common practice in wrestling: take two guys who aren€™t doing much and stick them together to see if they can catch on as a team. Even pairing Damien Sandow with the Miz as his stunt double follows this mantra, and it led to them winning the WWE Tag Team Championships. Cesaro and Kidd have the talent to go far, so hopefully this team will get a chance to climb the ranks. A tag title match against the Usos down the line could be a show-stealer, so keep your fingers crossed.
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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 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.