A rare acknowledge made on Raw...

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On Raw Paul Heyman mentioned that Vickie Guerrero is a widow, though he didn't invoke the name 'Eddie Guerrero.' Clearly this is common knowledge, but WWE has almost never mentioned this in all of her time as a heel character for WWE. The announcers don't mention it. Her rivals don't mention it. She doesn't mention it. It's easy to understand why WWE doesn't have it mentioned. It makes her sympathetic when WWE wants her to be unlikable.

It should be noted that on a few occasions Vickie has made references to Eddie, but they are almost always non-verbal references. She has done some of Eddie's signature taunts and she has used a top rope splash dubbed by the announcers as the 'Hog Splash.'

As a fan, I have wondered if Vickie would ever use 'the Eddie card' during an in-ring confrontation with someone like Cena or Mr. McMahon to try to put them off-guard or to mess with the audience. On Raw, we got one of the closest things to doing this, though it wasn't done by Vickie and Eddie's name wasn't used.

I just thought I'd point this out as it was something I picked up on right away.

[Sparkybob]

I did pick on it and it did seem weird. The only other recent time I recall them hinting at Eddie was when Dolph was on the mic mentioning the people he was better than and before he got cut off it seemed like he was going to say Eddie's name with Vickie on his side.

[Jimmy]

The "poor defenseless widow" line definitely made me say "wow".

[greatmuta]

I was surprised at them mentioning that as they've tried to push Vickie on her own.

[Beast Army Ass]

It certainly caught me off guard but in the context it was given I thought it was fine. Heyman was trying to paint the "poor little us" picture, so of course he would bring up anything to make her look sympathetic. That's what he does.