5 Ups And Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 5th)

By Scott Carlson /

4. Ryback Looks Strong

Despite losing to Kane and Seth Rollins, Ryback went down swinging Monday night. Originally, the match was booked as Ryback versus Rollins, but Kane added himself because apparently ruining perfectly good matches is what€™s best for business. Instead of being a short affair or even going the route of Ryback pinning Kane (because let€™s face it, only John Cena can overcome those odds), Ryback put up a lengthy fight before succumbing. Even then, it took two curbstomps from Rollins to put the Big Guy down. Subtle things like having to hit your finishing move twice (which came moments after the announcers talked about Ryback surviving Big Show€™s knockout punch) to beat Ryback makes him look even stronger as he goes down for the count. Of course, now Ryback is fired, so any momentum is moot until he€™s brought back. But given that the Authority€™s €œforever€ stipulation lasted six weeks, Ryback could be main-eventing Smackdown for all we know.