9 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 18)

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9. Ax Throwing Hits Target, Misses Bullseye

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Last week’s pickup basketball game between the Street Profits and Viking Raiders was humorous enough, plus it let all four men have a little fun without being goofy with in-ring promos. It also meant you knew we’d have another segment this week.

Monday night, we got a multi-part segment focused on ax throwing, the Raiders’ strong suit. Erik and Ivar obviously were pros at hitting the target, while Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford struggled just to avoid hitting other people.

They clearly tried for humor throughout the segment, with it working somewhat, though not as well as last week. Hopefully, this was the last of these ventures and we can get back in the ring for the actual challenge for the Raw Tag Team Championship.

While this was a nice diversion that showed a bit more to the Raiders and played to the Profits’ natural charisma, there is a tag title feud to further.

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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.