8 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Nov 30)
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8. Tag Team Hype Men
On one hand, its kinda sad that WWE has to turn to one of the few acts on the roster that gets a consistent reaction to spur interest in a segment. This isnt the first time New Day was used to create attention and get a reaction from the crowd for someone else. But at the same time, Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods are just so good at it that they should feel proud theyre relied upon like this. The trio riled up the Pittsburgh crowd simply by defacing a yellow towel, which if youre an NFL fan you know that its the Terrible Towel that Steelers fans wave during football games. Big E used the towel to mop his sweaty brow and wipe his armpits and blow his nose. That was enough to turn the crowd on them as they introduced WWE World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFDyneaqV1U As long as WWE doesnt use the Tag Team Champions as a crutch to put over other acts regularly, this type of thing can work well. But if they do it again next week and the week after then were looking at a problem, not a positive.
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.
