7 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (June 1st)

5. Who Books A 13-Minute DQ?

After a two-week break, Randy Orton returned to TV Monday night, which should be an €œup€ on its own. However, Orton was slated to wrestle Sheamus in his first match back. The two Money in the Bank ladder match participants fought for nearly 13 minutes before Sheamus used a steel chair to put Orton down, then laid him out with a couple Brogue Kicks. This is one of those confusing moments that WWE often books €“ a lengthy match that ends in a disqualification and really only serves as angle advancement. In this case, Sheamus is moving on from bullying Dolph Ziggler to assaulting Orton, and that€™s fine. But eating up 13 minutes for a match like that? Was Raw short on content Monday night? Maybe it€™s quibbling a bit, but sitting through a 13-minute match (that wasn€™t really hyped ahead of time) that ends in a DQ is part of what creates problems with your audience. Fans become disconnected and not invested when that sort of thing happens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYeRwl-lqqs WWE could have had Orton face Luke Harper with Sheamus on commentary and accomplished the same thing, with Orton winning and the Celtic Warrior jumping him afterward. It also would have kept the two of them separate and the matchup a little fresher down the line.