7 Ups And 5 Downs For WWE Raw Superstar Shakeup

By Scott Carlson / April 17, 2018

6. Steph Strikes Back

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So it turns out that Stephanie McMahon wasn’t able to be on Raw Monday night, but she still made her presence felt… and it was a good thing.

The Miz announced that Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were the newest members of the Raw roster, raising the question of how and why the formerly fired superstars who lost a match for a Raw roster spot last week now had jobs. That bought out GM Kurt Angle to protest, saying he didn’t make that decision.

Sami then read an e-mail from Stephanie overruling Angle, saying that he has a propensity for emotional decisions, so she was stepping in on this one. It was a perfect b**chy move from the Raw commissioner, having lost at WrestleMania to Angle and Ronda Rousey, exercising her authority from afar.

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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