7 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 25)
4. The Worst Kind Of Heels
The evil authority figure gimmick needs to die a quick and painful death. Theres just no sugarcoating it. Vince McMahon played the role perfectly in the late 90s and early 2000s, and while it looked like he was going to resurrect that character now, its clear that its just a different time, and its not working with he and Stephanie McMahon as the evil duo. First off, Steph dancing and singing along to Mr. McMahons entrance music is not heelish, its just silly and annoying. It doesnt make fans go boo, it makes them groan. Vince telling the crowd to shut up! and then going on a senile rant about tucking tails and whimpering is more pathetic than anything else. It makes you want to help Vince find his slippers and shuffle him off to bed, not fear him as the evil mastermind. Their entire act is like a bad 1998 retread without Stone Cold Steve Austin to play against. It just doesnt work, and yet its the only bullet in the chamber that theyve got.
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.
