7 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (August 24th)
4. Insulting Celebrity HOFers
WWE loves to be topical whenever they can, but it sometimes backfires in the worst possible way. At best, the companys topical humor elicits groans. Well have to see what happens with Monday nights bad joke. As Team Bella made their way to ringside, Nikki questioned Paiges assertion that PCB was dominant in the Divas Revolution since they won at SummerSlam: You think you three are dominant? Thats like saying that Donald Trumps favorite holiday is Cinco de Mayo. Trump, a WWE Hall of Famer and the leading Republican presidential candidate, has espoused strong anti-immigrant stances, pushing to end birthright citizenship in the United States for children of undocumented immigrants. His controversial views have alienated large segments of the population, regardless of political affiliation. But once again, WWE wading into topical and political arenas rarely works out well for them. And given that Trump is a WWE Hall of Famer and has shown a tendency to run his mouth, theres a slight possibility that The Donald could swing back against WWE. The promotion has enjoyed some mainstream press lately, but this would be the wrong kind.
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.