7 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 25)
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7. Maybe Bronson Matthews Was Onto Something
Its official: The Social Outcasts are the 2016 version of 3MB. They group exists solely to make a few jokes before getting trounced in matches. At least, thats what the writers are using them for, and thats a crying shame. No one is suggesting that the Outcasts suddenly become a serious, top-level faction. But theyve gone from winning a couple bouts to having rapper Flo Rida punk them out. The Dudley Boyz had time to beat up Heath Slater during a tag match and Slater wasnt even in the match! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FkmZUaivYY Slater, Curtis Axel, Bo Dallas and Adam Rose are going to lose matches, and thats fine. But they are little more than a joke. Theyre worse off than Santino Marella, who at least was a lovable loser.
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.
