7 Ups And 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Dec 28)
7. Bait-And-Switch-And-Bait
WWE dragged fans along on a weird journey Monday night that really didnt pan out. Last week, they announced the return of John Cena to Raw this week, and he would face the man who beat him for the United States Championship. The announcers never said it was for the U.S. title, so you had to assume it was a non-title match. And thats exactly what it was, until Cena (smartly) tried to goad Alberto Del Rio into putting the title on the line which he eventually did. Then the League of Nations interfered (while the ref was knocked out) on Del Rios behalf, to no avail. But then the League caused a DQ to save Del Rios title, nullifying the story of Cena coming back to win his title back. The League proceeded to take out Cena, leaving him lying on the floor as the Usos and Roman Reigns came down for the save. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kfMnpumw9k Cena was never seen or heard from again as the focus (rightly) turned to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match. It just felt wrong that Cenas big return was announced, then a hook of a title match was added at the last minute, only for it to end in DQ anyway and then fade into Reigns angle. It just felt weird how things played out.
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.