7 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (August 24th)
6. Adjusting Stewarts Attitude
The SummerSlam column gave Jon Stewart a cautious pass for his interference in the title-for-title match between John Cena and Seth Rollins, opting to wait and see what developed. It looks like the results are in, and it will continue to get a pass. After inexplicably interfering in the dual title match and costing John Cena his United States Championship (as well as a shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship), Stewart showed up on Raw to explain himself. He quickly noted that he couldnt allow the 15-time world champion to tie the two-time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair with 16 world title reigns, so he did what he thought was right. Even though Stewarts intentions were good (well, as good as can be when you hit someone with a steel chair), things went downhill quickly for him when Flair showed up and revealed that he was actually pulling for Cena. That brought out an angry Cena, who fumed and stalked in the ring, cut off Stewarts attempts at humor (Youve got our punchlines how about I have you stand on a line and punch you?). He then did something a little uncharacteristic: Cena hoisted Stewart up and dropped him with an Attitude Adjustment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxZCRmfV5fw It was a nice shades of grey moment from Cena, where he retaliated against a popular celebrity (unlike his feud with Kevin Federline years ago) and assaulted someone who apologized. A little edge now and again never hurt.
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.
