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

by Scott Carlson

1. Viking Raiders Pillage Tag Titles

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Sure, they could have made the Viking Raiders look like killers by having them squash Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode, but WWE did the right thing Monday night in putting the Raw Tag Team Championships on Erik & Ivar.

The bearded duo have been on the main roster for about six months, but only really started getting a major push in the past three months, when they began squashing enhancement talent. More recently, the Raiders decisively defeated The OC in a mini-feud that showed off Erik & Ivar’s abilities against “name” wrestlers.

Monday’s victory was solid, with Erik kicking out of a spinebuster/Zig-Zag combo and Ivar saving after a Glorious DDT. It will be interesting to see where the tag division goes from here, with a strong, established, no-nonsense team running roughshod over things.

Could Authors of Pain be knocking on their door soon?

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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.