8 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Raw (Aug 10)

1. A Cinderblock?

WWE RETRIBUTION
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Uh-oh, here comes the chaos from Retribution! A cinderblock through a gimmicked glass door! An overturned car! More flickering lights!

It’s chaos, we tells ya!

WWE has done these invasion-style angles several times through the years, but this might be the lamest. The WCW invasion, Nexus, even Absolution and the Riott Squad a few years ago actually took out wrestlers. In Nexus’ case, they really tore up the ringside area and wreaked havoc.

Tossing a cinderblock through a door? Overturning a random car in the parking lot? If Raw is able to actually carry on with its show unabated, then you aren’t causing chaos or mayhem or whatever. You’re a nuisance.

To make matters worse, the hooded geeks celebrated tossing a cinderblock like they had struck a deathblow to WWE. Sure, that $300 bill for the new door will really bring the company to its knees.

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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.