7 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Extreme Rules 2016

5. Passion

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This might seem redundant from last weeks Raw, but if JBL is going to say ridiculous things like this, then it deserves to be called out.

If you were listening during the Usos/Club match, you could clearly hear fans booing Jimmy and Jey Uso during their intro and throughout the bout. It was so loud that the announcers had to acknowledge it, with Michael Cole figuring that it was due to their association with Roman Reigns.

JBL said that Reigns is one of the most polarizing champions WWE has ever had, using the same lame line that they used with John Cena for years. He added that whether you boo or cheer for Roman, you have passionate emotion, which means the champ is a megastar. Thats rather specious reasoning, and it frankly is insulting to give Roman the Cena treatment. Want proof? Wait to see whether the ratings go up when Cena returns.

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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.