8 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (July 13th)
1. The Feud Must Continue
When King Barrett delivered a well-timed Bullhammer elbow to an airborne R-Truth last week, it looked like Barrett had finally knocked off the imposter king and could move on to an actual, real feud instead of constantly battling the court jester. Monday, we learned that not only was Truth back for more, but he would put away Barrett and don his bedsheet, paper crown and plunger/scepter to ensure that the feud continues. Since Barrett won the King of the Ring tournament in April, he and Truth have now faced each other five times in televised singles matches, with King Whats Up winning four of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7OkJFg5qyA Thats not a feud, thats a lopsided squash. Of course, wins and losses dont matter in WWE, and so were all treated to more matches between these two. The only saving grace to this embarrassment of a feud is that Barrett will actually put the King of the Ring crown on the line at Battleground, which would hopefully end the feud once and for all. Then again, it could just spark another long series of trading victories.
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.
