6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (29 May - Results & Review)

5. Mystery Science Theater KO

Imperium Sami Zayn Kevin Owens
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Can we just give Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn open mics to do commentary during matches every week on Raw? Because their antics during the Imperium/Alpha Academy tag match was a hoot.

Recapping their banter would be nearly impossible given how fast and furious it flew by, but it was both comical and in canon, as they kept talking about the wrestlers in the ring and everything going on around them.

The commentary was so dominant that regular announcers Kevin Patrick and Corey Graves just fell silent and let the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions call the action. Graves also got a couple of references to famous wacky banter, including the Manning Cast (retired NFL greats and brothers Peyton and Eli Manning) and Mystery Science Theater 3K, which is a bit more dated, but a classic.

Regardless, this was good fun as the tag champs put over Imperium as a serious threat while negging them throughout the match.

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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.