7 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE Raw (Sept 5)

2. Lack Of Consistency

Before the four-way tag team match went off the rails, we got to see a cute spot that fans probably haven’t seen in years, perhaps decades.

Xavier Woods and Angel started the match, but Angel quickly tagged in… Kofi Kingston. It was a weird moment, and the two New Day members looked like they were going to go at it, when Woods dropped down and Kofi quickly covered him, before everyone ran in to break it up. Most interestingly, the referee counted the fall as if it would have been a valid win for New Day.

But what happened next took that logic and scrapped it. Woods and Kingston cleared the ring of everyone, and then rather than try the pinfall again, dove to the outside and took all six opponents out. And then, rather than run back inside and try the pin again, they celebrated outside.

What in the blue hell?

This also was strange in that it harkened back to a 1998 match where the New Age Outlaws pinned each other to defend the WWF Tag Team Championship. A rule was created afterward (that has been cited on WWE TV since) that tag partners can’t pin each other. Has that rule been tossed?