7 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw XXX (23 Jan - Review)

5. Tag Match Consistency

Sami Zayn Jey Uso
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In a normal tag match setting, a wrestler getting injured (in storyline) would not stop the contest. The tag partner would be forced to go it alone.

That’s what you assumed would have happened when Jimmy Uso injured himself on a dive during the Raw Tag Team Championship match against the Judgment Day. But Adam Pearce connected the dots with one simple observation: He allowed Judgment Day to substitute Dominik Mysterio for an injured Finn Balor during the tag team gauntlet match where the stable earned their title shot, so he permitted Sami Zayn to fill in for Jimmy.

That was a nice piece of consistency that actually allowed you to look past the unusual mid-match substitution, which tied a bow on the Zayn/Bloodline saga for the 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.