6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (13 April - Results & Review)

DOWNS…

4. Extremely Basic

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No one watches the Usos for quality wrestling, but there really is a point where they’re just phoning it in.

Jimmy and Jey teamed with LA Knight to take on the MFTs in an impromptu six-man tag that served as more of a warmup for the babyfaces and angle advancement for the heels. The match itself was extremely forgettable, save for Jey nearly overshooting his opponent on a suicide dive to the floor.

Other than that, the match basically didn’t exist. It was there. It happened. And then it faded into the ether. The Vision didn’t even bother to show up to add tension. Rather, the big forward-looking selling point was Tama Tonga arriving late for Solo Sikoa to get distracted and cost his team the match.

The six-man tag is slated to open WrestleMania 42 on Saturday, meaning it’s the tone-setter for the weekend. WWE is counting on yeeting and yeahing to carry the day, with IShowSpeed providing some mainstream attention during the televised portion first night. To quote Dodgeball: “Bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it plays out for ‘em.”

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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.