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.
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