6 Ups And 9 Downs From WWE Raw (Dec 2)

7. Jobber-Style Matches Galore

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On their own, the three matches heading into the second hour would be fine, but when you stack all of them right after one another, it really drags down the quality of the show.

No one thought Akira Tozawa, Tony Nese and Eric Young were going to beat Drew McIntyre, Aleister Black and Andrade, respectively. And while all three men could always use solid wins – and the other wrestlers could use TV time – booking all of them in sequence was a poor, poor decision. Throw in a fourth consecutive squash with Erick Rowan thrashing No Way Jose, and then another squash later the Viking Raiders against local talent, and you have overload.

It just gave the vibe that you were watching the old Superstars of Wrestling or WWF Challenge tapings from back in the late 80s.

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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.