9 Ups And 2 Downs From WWE Raw (June 2)
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2. ‘Friend And Mentor?’
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.