2. Out With The Old, In With The New Day
When Big E said New Day was the best thing going in WWE today, he wasnt using hyperbole. The trio has been one of the most consistently entertaining parts of Raw, and Monday was no exception. The group expertly put down Dean Ambrose and Randy Orton, shredding the Viper by noting that hes been in so many factions (Authority, Evolution, Legacy) that he gives new meaning to the term groupie. Thankfully, WWE writers have been smart about booking New Day in high-profile matches against top-level stars. In the past, tag team champs have been treated as cannon fodder for main eventers, but New Day managed to use their continuity and numbers game to steal a victory over a 12-time world champion and a talented upper-card player. It also helped that Big E and Kofi Kingston hung in there during the match and didnt look like they won when Orton slipped on a banana peel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm7eCtnb6SY New Day has showed over the past couple months that they deliver both on the mic and in the ring, and theyve been allowed to do what they want, and thats whats getting a good reaction from the crowd. Its definitely a high point of the show when theyre on the screen.
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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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