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

7. €˜You Deserve It! Woo! Woo! Woo!

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It would be easy to list this as a negative and call Zack Ryder a transitional champion, and his win at WrestleMania was just to troll the fans. But there was more to it than that, and if you believe that there was real emotion in Ryder€™s voice, then you understand that it meant something to him.

Ryder winning the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania in a seven-man ladder match definitely will be a highlight for his career. He got to hoist the title high over his head and walk out of Mania the champ. He then got to walk into Raw the next night and soak in the cheers, and then get a 10-minute match on Raw defending his title.

Unfortunately, Zack Daddy was defeated and lost his title a mere 24 hours after winning it. That of course means that Ryder is a footnote as IC champ. But from the positive side of things, no one really expect Ryder to win the title in the first place, so it was a great surprise and moment for him and his fans.

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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.