7 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (27 Nov - Results & Review)

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7. A Simple Return To Action

Dominik Mysterio Randy Orton
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Easing Randy Orton back into the flow of things on Raw is probably the best course of action, especially after back fusion surgery and an 18-month layoff.

During WarGames, Orton didn’t take a real bump. And in his first singles match back Monday night, the Viper got to beat Dominik Mysterio from pillar to post while not taking a single flat-back bump, even while he was briefly in peril. And of course, Orton got to drop Dom-Dom with an RKO, giving fans what they really wanted.

Hopefully, Orton is able to shake the ring rust off and get into bigger, higher stakes matches in the coming weeks, but this was a good thing to see Monday night.

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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.