6 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 27th)
3. U.S. Title Gets A Boost
This bears repeating every now and again: John Cena is doing more to help elevate the United States Championship than people realize. Coming out every week and offering to defend the title against all comers is such a throwback mentality that its refreshing to see it in 2015. Plus, Cena is good enough that he can have a good match with anyone. Hes already had solid bouts with Dean Ambrose, Bad News Barrett and Stardust to name a few. Sure, you can make the argument that Cena beating half your roster doesnt do them any favors, but consider: Whats worse? This, or Barrett as Intercontinental Champion losing every non-title match and then having the belt stolen and passed around among six men for two months? Its fairly obvious that Cenas method makes the U.S. Championship seem more desirable in fans eyes as wrestlers line up week after week to fight for it and it builds Cena up as a champ who eventually is going to get beaten. Whoever beats Cena, whether its at Payback or sometime down the road, hopefully will get a nice boost from it, and the U.S. title also will hopefully be a proud championship once again. At least it isnt getting stolen on a weekly basis.
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.
