7 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 15)
3. The New Dudleys
The transformation of the Dudley Boyz from a table-obsessed, lovable tandem to two angry men was a bold but necessary one. The group got a shot in the arm last week, and it looks like it could be working already. D-Von hit the nail on the head right away Monday night by noting that fans thought they were just going to be some nostalgia act that got its moment in the spotlight and then rode off into the sunset. But the Dudleys, he said, arent some Guns N Roses farewell tour or two relics from the past, they are the baddest tag team on the planet. That short promo basically laid out exactly why the Dudleys turned heel not because of some watershed moment, but because they knew they were going down the road of the nostalgia act and werent ready to phone it in yet. Bubba Ray said they were nine-time WWE Tag Team Champions, and that defines them a lot more than some piece of furniture, which is why the tables are no longer an offensive option. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRdimty6ujM Just one short criticism: If were getting a new attitude from the Dudleys, they should change their gear. Bubba Ray wore jeans and a shirt on Smackdown, and maybe they should both look at doing that more often.
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.
