7 Ups And 5 Downs For WWE Raw Superstar Shakeup

By Scott Carlson / April 17, 2018

2. Roode’s Raw Debut Wasted

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After spending most of the show plugging a surprise teammate for the 10-man tag match who was coming over from SmackDown, WWE delivered… Bobby Roode. Roode’s arrival was welcome, but it also was lackluster.

Roode was one of 10 men in the match, and he didn’t factor into a lot of it. He didn’t even score the pinfall victory for his team. (Consider that even Breezango upset The Bar to get a pinfall win in their Raw debuts.) That honor went to Braun Strowman.

While it wasn’t a disastrous start for the Glorious One, it still felt like it could have gone much better for him.

Authored by Scott Carlson

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.

Posted On: 17th Apr 2018

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