7 Ups And 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (June 6)

Ups

7. Justified Anger

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As terrible as watching poor Teddy Long become more and more of a joke as Raw wore on, you couldnt help but feel bad for Stephanie McMahon as her anger rose throughout the show. Thus, a vote of support for her reactions here.

Stephanie initially treated Long as an out-of-touch visitor who was lost, putting him down, but not outright bashing him. When Teddy showed up in her office, she groaned and thought she was being swerved. But when he came back a third time and tried to make a tag team match, Stephanie understandably lost her patience and let loose.

Think about it: If you were running a live show and someone kept showing up and interfering and trying to take over, wouldnt you explode on them? It was sad to see Teddy turned into such a joke, but if WWE was trying to make Stephanie look like an unfeeling b*tch, it didnt quite work on this end. Angry? Yes, but justified.

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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.