7 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 22)
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7. Montgomery Burns Award
When the Vincent J. McMahon Legacy of Excellence Award was announced last week, this column mocked it (appropriately) by comparing it to a spoof award on the Simpsons: the 1st Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence. It was intended as a joke, but it turns out that life imitated art, as what was presented as a serious, solemn award on multiple occasions during Fastlane was little more than a joke and a plot device. The first recipient of the award was none other than Stephanie McMahon (in character), solidifying the recognition as falling somewhere between a Slammy and a Razzie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCJWo7qCouc Sure, the award served a greater purpose, but it was just typical bait-and-switch from WWE, which makes it impossible to tell when to take anything seriously. Minor knock against the program, but a knock nonetheless.
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.
