8 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Raw (April 20)

5. Viking Karaoke?

On one hand, give a modicum of credit to WWE for doing something different given the circumstances.

And now give them a full “down” for the completely pointless Viking Raiders “carpool karaoke” segment, which featured Erik & Ivar driving down a road and “singing” a lame song about being Vikings while wearing their headdresses and makeup, with Ivar holding a turkey leg.

It wasn’t entertaining or clever. It was just dumb. They tried to mirror a popular gimmick, but it was the wrong duo to do it with.

Seriously, did anyone see that and think, “I really like the Raiders more now or want to see them in action now?”

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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.