6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (April 18)

3. Another Week, Another Chump Champ Distracted

RK-Bro Riddle Randy Orton
WWE.com

Whenever you think to yourself that WWE has managed to book someone exceptionally well despite themselves, just give them time to fall back on a trope and prove you wrong.

Witness Monday as RK-Bro fell for the entrance music mid-match gag, with Riddle getting distracted by the Usos’ theme during their tag match against the Street Profits, which allowed the duo to knock off the Raw tag champs.

Afterwards, Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins admitted that they had the production team play their music, which directly led to the finish. Yes, it was a bit heelish, and that’s all fine and good. But it just made the champs look dumb, as they spun around looking up at the entrance ramp and then quickly fell victim.

This is the second week in a row that a Raw champ has been duped by an adversary in the ring so easily. Why does WWE insist on making their champions look gullible?

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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.