9 Ups And 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 6 )

6. Schizophrenic Announcing

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No one these days expect WWE to be internally consistent in storylines and characters over a long period of time. We’ve just grown accustomed to the writers having the attention span of a gnat and changing their minds week to week. You either accept it or you don’t.

But when an announcer literally changes their opinion in a matter of 30 seconds of airtime, you’ve got a serious problem.

Sami Zayn came out for another weekly rant against the fans, and Renee Young was happy to see him, calling it her “favorite part of Monday Night Raw” and noting that you can’t make everyone happy because sometimes you have to serve up the truth.

Fast-forward to 30 seconds into his rant, and Young blurted out that “someone’s gotta shut this guy up.” She also called Zayn’s comments – which were no different than what he’s been saying for weeks – insane. But she was happy to see him initially and even went to high-five him when he came out.

Can we be internally consistent for one segment? Good God.

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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.