3) Oscar’s Joke
WWE proved that they are in-touch with their pop culture references as they made a joke about what happened at the Oscar’s on Sunday night.
The wrong film was announced as the winner at the Oscar’s this year. The cast of the movie: La La Land thought that they were the winners of best picture until it turned out that they read the wrong card and the movie: Moonlight was the real winner.
WWE parodied this by having the New Day call out the Shining Stars and say that they were the wrong opponents when they came to the ring. Their real opponents were Rusev and Jinder Mahal:
The card says @RusevBUL and @JinderMahal will be taking on #TheNewDay RIGHT NOW on #RAW…sorry, @WWEEpico & @WWE_Primo! pic.twitter.com/Zb0YLWHYl4
— WWE (@WWE) February 28, 2017
A joke that fell flat but we have to appreciate WWE keeping up with pop culture.
4) WWE Teased An Old Rivalry
On RAW this week we saw a backstage segment involving Cesaro and Sheamus. The duo was interrupted by Samoa Joe.
Joe and Cesaro got into a back and forth, exchanging insults. The two of them have faced off a number of times for other companies, including Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Ring Of Honor (ROH). This was a nice little call back for hardcore fans of both guys. WWE subtly teased their bad blood with one another:
“Good luck with being clever…” – @SamoaJoe seems to have some volatile history with @WWECesaro! #RAW pic.twitter.com/ilHIyAmNi6
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) February 28, 2017
They would go on to face off in the final match of RAW where Samoa Joe was the winner.
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