10 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Raw (Nov 18)

2. KO, McIntyre Light It Up

Kevin Owens Drew McIntyre
WWE.com

Setting aside the stupidity of two Survivor Series teammates beating the hell out of each other six days before the PPV, Kevin Owens and Drew McIntyre had an absolutely incredible TV match Monday night.

The two veterans unloaded their moveset at each other, throwing bombs and kicking out repeatedly. Fans were losing their stuff as McIntyre hit a Death Valley Driver on the apron, Owens hit a cannonball off the apron, both men hit their finishers – and both men got their feet on the ropes.

Can you imagine if there were actual stakes to the match? Like if one of them was the WWE World Champion?... Oh right, that guy who only wrestles six times a year has the title right now. Right. Ratings. Mainstream press coverage. Blah, blah, blah.

But hey, KO, McIntyre… let’s do this again.

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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.