7 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (Mar 15)

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4. R-Truth Gets His Belt Back, But Where Are The Laughs?

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R-Truth, the one WWE wrestler who gets comedy right with any degree of consistency, starred in a couple of largely unfunny segments last night.

The first saw him pay tribute to 3:16 Day in front of Dana Brooke, Lana, Naomi, and Mandy Rose, chugging beers, getting the day wrong, and farting around. Later, he tried to ambush Bad Bunny after his and Damian Priest's confrontation with The Miz and John Morrison. When Priest caught Truth trying to clock Bunny with his Stone Cold lunchbox, the 24/7 division lynchpin offered it, a replica Smoking Skull belt, and an Austin doll in exchange for Bunny's big green belt. The rapper agreed, saying he respects Truth and the business.

There's no harm in Bunny handing the 24/7 Title over without defending it as the strap is WWE's designated banter championship. It is entirely for laughs and doesn't need to be protected in any way. Still, these skits weren't particularly funny, sitting at the lower end of Truth's scale.

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