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

6. Return Of The French Kiss

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Of course, Zack Ryder€™s loss was the Miz€™s gain. And part of the Miz€™s gain was our gain as well, as his wife Maryse made her first return to a WWE ring in nearly five years. If you follow the former Divas Champion on Instagram, then you know that she€™s just as lovely as ever, so you couldn€™t be entirely surprised if she came back at some point.

Maryse got involved in the Intercontinental Championship match by slapping Zack Ryder€™s dad moments after he shoved the Miz to the ground. The slap provided enough of a distraction for Miz to hit the Skull-Crushing Finale on Ryder and win his fifth IC title. Maryse then got in the ring and celebrated with her husband.

This moment gets high marks for two reasons: 1) It€™s always an €œup€ to see Maryse on WWE TV, and 2) If Maryse is going to start serving as Miz€™s valet, it could be a serious way to make him into a bigger heel. Maryse has a good amount of charisma and can rile up the fans, which will only serve Miz well.

If this was a one-time deal, then that€™s disappointing.

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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.