6 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (July 8)

5. Get Champs Over By Beating Them

The Miz Revival
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There were extenuating circumstances, but watching Raw Tag Team Champions The Revival lose two straight falls in their six-man tag match was just frustrating.

Yes, Elias walked out during the bout, leaving Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder outnumbered by the Usos and the Miz. But it doesn’t make it any less mind-numbing. Revival picked up the first fall with a Shatter Machine on Jimmy Uso, but Miz nailed a Skull-Crushing Finale, quickly followed by an Uso splash to win the 2-of-3 falls match.

There are times your champs need to lose matches, but WWE’s proclivity for beating its title-holders in nontitle matches is ridiculous. It’s tough for casual fans to take Revival as a threat when they lose more often than they win, or when they’re serving as punching bags for Roman Reigns in his feud with Shane McMahon.

The 2-on-3 handicap moderates this a bit, but it’s still a problem.

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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.