7 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Nov 23)
3. An International Disaster
When you talk about mishandled storylines in WWE, you cant leave out Alberto Del Rios MexAmerica deal with Zeb Colter. The Odd Couple pairing of the two former rivals was strange enough on its own, but with each passing week, the idea that they had formed their own nation just got worse and worse. Monday, Zeb and Del Rio delivered a State of MexAmerica address, decrying everyone as haters for mocking their totally mockable nation. They then closed the borders of their country, refusing to welcome anyone who wanted to defect. As if that wasnt painful enough, Jack Swagger came out to respond, talking about how he promised to fight all enemies, both foreign and domestic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh1Sq0eMCu4 So with the forgotten Swagger stepping to Del Rio, the United States Champion backed down and left. Seriously, this is the best theyve got. Swagger, Del Rio and Colter all are capable of doing good things in the ring and on the mic, but this entire MexAmerica thing has disintegrated faster than Petoria and really needs to be put out to pasture.
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.
