8 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (Jan 9 - Review)

2. Another NWO, Er, Bloodline Attack

Kevin Owens The Usos
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What is this, the third Bloodline attack on Raw in a month?

The SmackDown faction invaded the red brand once again to attack Raw superstars, this time Kevin Owens, the wrestler giving them problems of late. This follows last week, when they opened the show by attacking everyone at ringside, and a couple of weeks before that, when they did the same at Roman Reigns’ behest.

The result was Solo Sikoa being stuck in a singles match against Dolph Ziggler and the Usos banned from the arena – though they would nonetheless return to ringside twice to celebrate with Solo and stare down their next tag title challengers.

So once again, the Bloodline became the focal point of Raw by “invading” the show and attacking the regulars, got matches as punishment and won, and then ignored authority figures.

Forget Vince McMahon, is Eric Bischoff booking this?

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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.