8 Ups & 13 Downs For WWE In 2021

2. Monday Night Raw

Karrion Kross
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Though the show has remarkably rebounded of late to be the lesser of WWE's two main roster evils, the three hour slog remains just that - even when the show has just enough bullsh*t to be classified as entertaining.

The run-time remains the biggest crime against wrestling fans, not least because it made the red brand host to so much of the year's worst angles - everything Retribution (while it was still a thing), Charlotte Flair's rank series' with Lacey Evans, Rhea Ripley, Nia Jax and Nikki A.S.H, Karrion Kross' debut loss to Jeff Hardy, all the inane or idiotic 24/7 Championship stuff, a Charlotte Flair/Becky Lynch/Bianca Belair/Sasha Banks shambles with one of the worst finishes of the year, Karrion Kross' stupid mask, the needless collapse of the good version of The Hurt Business, Vince McMahon's odd new backstage persona, Karrion Kross' entire abysmal main roster run, Keith "Bearcat" Lee, Shane McMahon's s-s-s-s-stupid feud with Braun Strowman and all the Randy Orton/Bray Wyatt did before latter got fired - all Raw, all the g*ddamn time.

The Rock might have recently noted that Nick Khan was a wrestling fan in his youth, but McMahon's new favourite once only half-jokingly noted that he'd add more hours to this show if he could. The Brahma Bullsh*t stinks from here.

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