6 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE Raw (May 9)

by Scott Carlson

1. RK-Bro Beats Back Challenge

Montez Ford Riddle
WWE.com

Given the buildup for an RK-Bro/Usos showdown for a tag title unification match, the outcome of the Raw Tag Team Championship match to open Raw was never really in doubt, but that didn’t stop all four men from going 100 kph to win fans over and sow doubt.

The Street Profits continued in their tweener role, taking shots at Riddle and Randy Orton before the match and insisting that the champs not look past them to a unification match. The jokes were largely gone as they continued to show more of an edge. During the bout, when fans started chanting “Bro,” Montez Ford was visibly p*ssed – seemingly in character.

In the end, the Profits could not bring down RK-Bro, with Riddle countering a Ford frog splash with an incredible RKO that called back to Randy Orton’s own RKO on Evan Bourne mid Air Bourne.

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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.