6 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (August 31st)
2. Russian Soap Opera
Just when you thought the Rusev-Dolph Ziggler (and Summer Rae-Lana) storyline was moving ahead at a decent clip for the first time in a couple months, WWE writers decided that we needed a little daytime television with our wrestling, turning it into a ridiculous mini-soap opera so bad you could hear fans groaning. The issue in question was Summer Rae sneaking into Dolphs dressing room and emerging later with a naked Ziggler chasing her off. She then lied and pretended that he invited her in and tried to seduce her. This of course pissed off Lana and she wouldnt talk to Dolph. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSfoEQmoYPY Nevermind that the video showed Summer sneaking (not being invited) in. Nevermind that this is just meaningless background noise for a feud between two talented wrestlers involving a woman once viewed to be a huge breakout star. How this helps anybody is beyond comprehension at this time.
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.
