10 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 5)

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10. Debut Central

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The Raw after WrestleMania has become a prime spot to introduce new stars to the main roster. In recent years, Paige, Kalisto, Neville, Rusev and Lana have debuted the night after Mania. And Monday night was no different.

Baron Corbin won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania, but he made his Raw debut by fighting Dolph Ziggler to a double-countout before laying him out outside the ring. It might not have been on the scale of his debut, but Corbin looked fine out there with the Showoff.

Apollo Crews defeated former NXT rival Tyler Breeze handily, showing off his flashy moves and raw power to wow the crowd and introduce himself to the WWE audience. It€™ll be interesting to see how he is booked in the coming weeks, and whether he immediately gets into the conversation for a secondary title.

But the biggest debut Monday has to go to Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady, who got the better of the Dudley Boyz and really introduced themselves to the WWE fans the best way they know how. More on them shortly

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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.