8 Ups & 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Apr 22)

7. So... The Bar Are Done?

Cesaro Win
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It looks like WWE split up two tag teams yesterday, with Aleister Black and Ricochet's alliance coming to an end when the moody Dutch goth was sent to SmackDown in a post-Shake-Up move, while The Bar may have been separated as Cesaro joined Monday Night Raw as a singles act.

The Bar gave us the best versions of Cesaro and Sheamus. It masked the former's charisma deficiencies and allowed him to shine as a dynamic tag guy, as well as saving us the utter tedium of Sheamus' brutal singles work. They meshed, had chemistry, and were regular highlights in an oft-lacking tag scene, so it stinks that they've been pulled apart with such flippancy.

If Cesaro's solo ceiling is athletic midcarder, what was the point of this? Left behind on SmackDown, Sheamus can now rehabilitate his injury in peace, though this whole thing seems shortsighted.

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