7 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 9)

4. Reviewing Steph’s Performance

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You know, if there had been a few weeks where Stephanie McMahon did a little more than just chirp about some of Mick Foley’s decisions, her ultimatum to Mick wouldn’t have seemed so far-fetched.

But to suddenly declare that Foley’s advertising of the Undertaker appearing on Raw was the do-or-die component of his performance review was just silly. It came out of left field and became the focus of the show, an artificial drama rather than simply the question of whether Taker would show up.

And since the Deadman did show up, does that mean Foley gets a glowing performance review and all is well? Or will Stephanie be back to complaining again next week?

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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.