6 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 11th)
2. The MegaParodies
It was only a matter of time before AxelMania met its parody parallel, and we got it Monday night, with Macho Mandow making his debut. Yep, thats Damien Sandow, finally free and out from under the Mizs shadow, standing in Randy Savages shadow. Naturally, they pitted Axel and Sandow against each other. WrestleMania V it was not. In a true example of saying what everyone is thinking, the Ascension came out seconds into this match and broke it up, stating that imitating two relics from the past is a pathetic attempt to jumpstart their flailing careers. Konnor and Viktor pointed out that there is a difference between being laughed with and laughed at. The impersonating duo not only chased off the Ascension, but they will now face the duo on the Payback PPV kickoff show after sharing a MegaPowers-like handshake after thwarting the Ascension. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUPf5lneUzQ The announcers summed it up perfectly: That was really. something. And once again, its sad to see Damien Sandow still not show his own personality. There was a way for Sandow to emerge from this feud with the Miz and be a much stronger character. Instead, WWE has hit the reset button on Damiens development and had him revert back to impersonating different people. Its very nearly a tragedy.
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.
