8 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 9th)
2. A Convincing Win
Last week after Payback, many were decrying Dolph Zigglers victory over newcomer Baron Corbin as a ridiculous move by WWE, that the companys new big villain should not be losing a match so soon in his run. And they might have a point there.
But this column pointed out that what was important was how Ziggler won, goldbricking and luring Corbin in, rolling him up for a surprise pin. At nearly every other stage of this feud, Baron has had the upper hand on Dolph save for being eliminated in last weeks United States Championship #1 contender battle royal, but Corbin got revenge immediately.
And on Monday, Corbin decisively won a rematch against Ziggler, controlling much of the bout and hitting a couple big moves, including a huge Deep Six and then a Snake Eyes right into an End of Days for the win. Ziggler had to rely on playing possum and getting a couple moves here and there, but he looked like he was outmatched, which is how you make a heel look convincing.
Provided that Corbin goes on to win some other matches decisively (and we hopefully dont get an Extreme Rules rematch where Dolph gets his win back), then his one loss is just a minor blemish, chalked up as a rookie mistake.