6 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 14)

6. Can We Make A Decision?

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A few weeks back, Tyler Breeze and Fandango debuted on Raw by defeating four-time Raw tag champs The Bar.

While no one expected them to suddenly be treated as huge stars and a threat to the tag titles, the lovable losers then turned around Monday night to lose to another tandem of lovable losers, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel. The newly christened B-Team won their “debut” match by defeating Breezango – and being completely shocked by the outcome.

It’s not a knock against the second-generation superstars – or the idea of having them want a tag title shot and earning it – it’s this ongoing ADD-style booking, where one person/team wins one week, then another beats them, then they get beat the following week. As a result, no one is really elevated.

If Axel and Dallas string together a few wins, we’ll re-evaluate, but odds are they’ll lose to a ham sandwich next week.

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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.