8 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 11)

6.Trash-Talking

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We really should take a moment and give kudos to Bubba Ray Dudley for his A+ trash-talking. Even though the Dudley€™s heel turn was stalled and very nearly squandered the past two months, the one good thing to come of it has been Bubba€™s trash-talk during matches. He berates his opponents, the fans, and now the referee.

During the Dudley€™s #1 contender€™s match against the Lucha Dragons Monday, Kalisto got €œinjured,€ prompting the ref to check on him outside. Bubba wasted little time in yelling at the ref to ignore him because there was a match still going on, and if Kalisto couldn€™t compete, then DQ the Dragons or carry on with only Sin Cara. As the Dudleys continued their assault on Sin Cara, Bubba Ray turned to the ref and yelled, €œHey stupid! Get in the ring!€ before the Dudleys went for a pin.

It was a great little moment to hear a guy known as Bully Ray in TNA berate a ref for not doing his job. That is what a villainous character does.

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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.