7 Ups And 10 Downs From WWE Raw's Season Premiere (Sept 30)

by Scott Carlson

1. How To Use Legends

Ric Flair Hulk Hogan
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After watching Undertaker and Goldberg stumble around in 100-degree heat at the last Saudi Arabia show, and seeing Shawn Michaels p*ss away his legacy in an embarrassing tag match last year at Crown Jewel, you had wonder what WWE would do with this fall’s show.

We got our answer Monday night, when Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair pretended to square off for one last match, only for The Miz to announce a five-on-five tag match with the two Hall-of-Famers serving as coaches for the respective teams. The bout will probably eat up a large chunk of Crown Jewel and feature bigger names (with Seth Rollins, Randy Orton, Rusev and King Corbin already confirmed), while providing local fans with glimpses of the two legends at ringside.

As much as this writer has bashed (and will continue to bash) WWE for continuing its blood money relationship with Saudi Arabia, this was at least a good call for using some of the company’s biggest names.

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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.