5. We Stay With New Day
How good is the trio of Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods right now? The New Day successfully retained its WWE Tag Team Championships Monday night against the Prime Time Players in a match that actually seemed like a formality before the champs face the Dudley Boys at Night of Champions. But it wasnt just the successful title defense by New Day that garners kudos. It isnt just Xaviers trombone although his rendition of the Pink Panther theme while Big E crept up on Darren Young was outstanding. Its all of that, plus Big Es snow angels in the ring, plus the fact that these guys quite simply are the most entertaining part of Raw. They cheat nonstop, Xavier is obnoxious on the outside, and they manage to win over and over. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgHX8AYndRA Theyre success could be summed up by the hot Memphis crowd firing off a dueling Lets go New Day/New Day sucks! chant. Hopefully this doesnt mean that John Cena will talk to the brass about New Day honing in on his market.
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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.
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