9 Ups And 2 Downs From WWE Raw (June 2)

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2. ‘Friend And Mentor?’

Seth Rollins Aleister Black
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A minor gripe here, but it’s one that’s worth noting…

In the setup and during the Aleister Black/Seth Rollins match, the announcers twice referred to Rey Mysterio as a “friend and mentor” to Black, which had the effect of a needle skipping on a record.

Since when has Rey been a mentor to Aleister? Their onscreen interactions go back barely one month, to a six-man tag match, then the shared experience of being tossed “off the roof” of WWE headquarters at Money in the Bank, and then one tag match a few weeks ago. That’s it.

It’s fine to sell that Black is defending Rey’s honor, that he is pissed at Rollins for abusing a legend like Mysterio. But when you go the lengths of calling Rey a mentor to Aleister, you just earn that side-eye for going beyond the credible.

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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.