WWE RAW: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly 

The Ugly - The Authors of Pain & Titus Worldwide

The Authors of Pain on RAW

The Authors of Pain are one of the greatest tag teams in NXT history; but, like The Revival and The Ascension, WWE Creative seems to be at a loss with Rezar and Akam. Instead of climbing the tag team ranks and challenging for the RAW Tag Team Championships, The Authors of Pain are stuck in reverse in a lacklustre feud with Titus Worldwide.

The two behemoths took to the microphone and said what most fans were probably thinking. This is all too common in the WWE. The heels tend to speak what's on the mind of wrestling savvy fans and WWE still doesn't understand why faces are routinely booed while heels are cheered. The Authors of Pain said simply that they were in need of competition; but, were tired of the likes of Titus Worldwide, to whom they are obviously superior, in just about every meaningful facet.

You could almost hear the groaning when Titus Worldwide interrupted the Authors of Pain. "Not this again." Titus essentially sold himself to the duo and offered his services; but, in painful fashion, the Authors of Pain replied, "What can you learn us?" Yes, "What can you learn us?" That's when Apollo Crews went into an infomercial that may as well have gone something along these lines, "Titus is a good person and not just a wrestler. Google him and you will find that the WWE does so much outside of the ring, not just inside the ring. Go ahead google him. Just do it and you will see."

Then inexplicably Apollo begins to recount everything Titus has done for him; but, there is nothing specific, of course. Apollo, like several other NXT Superstars on the main roster, has floundered since getting the call-up. Titus' presence has done nothing to advance him as a performer. There have been no legitimate title shots, no classic matches, and he has been relegated to mid-card status, to put it kindly. To think that the WWE Creative would go the route of, "Look what he's done for me," when the performer speaking has almost no main roster accolades is truly confounding; but, that is indeed where they went.

When the Authors of Pain suggested that Titus should retire, O'Neil responded in painfully delayed fashion and a quasi-brawl broke out that suggests this feud will continue to our dreadful detriment.

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