6 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 29)

5. The Raid Continues

Viking Raiders
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Dumb name(s) aside, at least the Viking Raiders (already renamed once after one week) are still getting to use the in-ring skills that generated their callup.

Erik and Ivar (groan) dominated the Lucha House Party in a tag match where Ivar flew around the ring almost as much as the luchadores. It was a pretty nice display as they squashed the smaller jobbers and got themselves over with the fans through their moves.

It’s a shame, but we have to be grateful that at least they didn’t spend the match doing ceremonial Viking dances or chants or some other dumb feature that Vince McMahon felt they needed to do. They just came out and did the same War Raiders routine and dominated.

Again, dumb name(s) aside, at least they have been able to maintain who they are.

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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.