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

2. The Continued Undervaluing Of The Tag Division

Raw Tag Division
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In the five-plus weeks since WrestleMania 40, the newly established WWE World Tag Team Championship has been held by essentially a comedy tag team and barely given any gravity or weight as a meaningful title.

That’s why it wasn’t surprising that Monday’s announcement of a fatal four-way match to determine new number one contenders was made mid-show with little fanfare, taking place an hour later and featuring no build whatsoever. The match itself between Authors of Pain, New Catch Republic, Creed Brothers and Judgment Day was probably the dullest four-way tag match in quite some time.

Sure, the match had a few cute spots – Tyler Bate getting an airplane spin on Akam, Julius Creed running wild, and a decent finishing sequence – but that’s not enough to justify an “up” for this booking. WWE is seemingly treating its Raw tag division like an afterthought, which is disappointing.

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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.