7 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (June 17)

DOWNS…

8. Back To Square One

Viking Raiders Raw
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Let’s just establish this: It’s great to see the Viking Raiders on WWE TV once again.

But while it's worthy of applause, this gets a down for a couple reasons. First, it had been six weeks since the Raiders last had a match on Raw. That night, they demolished the then-tag champs Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins, and it looked like they were punching their ticket to the top of the division. Then, they disappeared.

Second, when they finally surfaced on Monday, the Viking Raiders squashed a pair of jobbers. While it’s great to see them win convincingly, it’s a stark reminder that this is exactly what WWE should have been doing with the duo for the past six weeks. After beating the tag champs, they disappeared and went back to beating no-names.

It’s better than nothing, but we’re gonna mark this a “down” for this week until we see consistency and improvement in the Viking Raiders’ booking.

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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.