6 Ups And 6 Downs For WWE Day 1

2. Familiarity Breeds Success

WWE Day 1 Usos New Day
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When you look at a PPV card and see that New Day and the Usos are set to square off, you pretty much can count on a really good tag match.

Even Saturday’s bout, which started off slow and methodical, picked up the pace and reached a fever pitch with double teams, false finishes and some just genuinely good crowd-pleasing action. Kofi Kingston went for a Trouble in Paradise, only to be met with a superkick and splash combo for a close call. Jey Uso kicked out of Daybreak to keep the match alive. King Woods saved after a double superkick/double splash put Kofi out.

And let’s not forget that the Usos finally won the match with… a 3D. Yep, Jimmy and Jey used the Dudley Boyz’s finisher to put Kingston down, which was pretty fun, and honestly, it was a smart move after nothing else had put the match away.

Now, let’s get these two teams apart. They’ve faced each other five time in the past nine-plus weeks, not counting singles bouts. That’s getting a bit out of hand.

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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.