7 Ups And 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Dec 7)
6. Timing Is Everything
Lets see, four four-man teams engage in a massive elimination match it must be Survivor Series time, right? Sadly, WWE mistimed its opening segment by one pre-PPV go-home Raw. Had the writers done something like this last month, it would have been a cool Survivor Series preview with the Wyatt Family, Team ECW, Roman Reigns family and the League of Nations squaring off. Instead, it was the go-home Raw before Tables, Ladders & Chairs. And while its not a terrible sin, it just felt like this was a weird reversal, with three of these teams forming in the weeks after Survivor Series instead of before. But hey, we got two electrifying Survivor Series elimination matches at the PPV, right? Right?
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.
