Despite the feud between R-Truth and King Barrett being one of the worst parts of Raw in recent months, the Battleground Kickoff match between the two gets the faintest of thumbs up here for two very important reasons: 1) It was actually a pretty decent match, and 2) This has to be the end of the feud, right? The battle over the crown might be a silly storyline, but as Michael Cole noted, the King of the Ring crown has changed hands (errr, heads) twice, from Haku to Hacksaw Jim Duggan, and then from Duggan to Randy Savage. Things could have been handled better, but at least Barrett and Truth have some chemistry in the ring, which is apparent even in their short encounters. Of course, the rose-colored glasses could be a side effect of knowing that Barrett won, and that should force Truth to put the plunger away and move on.
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.
