8 Ups And 5 Downs From WWE Raw (Jan 27)

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8. What Is This, 2007?

Rey Mysterio MVP
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Don’t adjust your sets. If MVP versus Rey Mysterio sounds like a SmackDown match from more than a decade ago, it’s because it was. But it was happening again Monday night.

Mysterio squared off against a returning MVP, who was one of Brock Lesnar’s sacrificial lambs in the Royal Rumble. MVP did fine in this match, hanging with Rey, but ultimately, Mysterio wasn’t going to lose to a guy last seen in WWE nearly 11 years ago, and who was a midcarder at best during his previous tenure.

Whether this is only a limited run for MVP or a longer stint for the former United States Champion, it doesn’t hurt to see a familiar face return once in a while.

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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.