6 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 14)

2. Heavy Machinery Already An Unfunny Joke

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What in the fresh hell was that?

Everyone who watches NXT knows that Heavy Machinery is a bit of a comedy relief tag team, with their “steaks and weights” gimmick balancing against the fact that they actually are pretty decent big men in the ring and have the ability to run roughshod when they get serious.

So naturally, they debuted by Otis Dozovic coming out during A Moment of Bliss to ogle Alexa Bliss (he blurted out, “Pretty lady!” at one point). While that’s understandable, it was just ridiculously stupid, with Tucking Knight having to come out and rein in his tag team partner.

Yes, Heavy Machinery will do goofy stuff both in and out of the ring, but this was just plain dumb. One guess who was backstage laughing…

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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.