2. Piper's Pit Returns...And Advances The Shield's Demise
Always an interesting segment, Piper's Pit was featured on this Old School edition of RAW, and as expected it did not disappoint. Roddy Piper confronted The Shield as only Roddy Piper can: taking them to task as to who is the best in the group seeing as 2 of the 3 of them have lost to CM Punk. Piper was great as the catalyst for the next chapter in The Shield saga: their inevitable breakup. Piper set the stage for the group to reconsider who was the best should Roman Reigns beat Punk in the main event tonight. And he did just that - cleanly pinning CM Punk after a distraction by Ambrose on the apron. And thanks to Piper, the seeds had already been planted for the group to question themselves and their current direction and leadership. This was a fantastic way for the WWE to use the Legends to their fullest potential: instead of giving us so many corny segments with catchphrases and silliness, they instead gave us the same catchphrases as they fulfilled our expectations for our legends appearances while simultaneously pushing some storylines forward. Well done.