3 Ups & 12 Downs From WWE Raw (May 31)

9. Baszler’s Kryptonite – A Rollup – Strikes Again

Shayna Baszler
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It’s safe to say that absolutely everyone was expecting the obvious on Monday night during Shayna Baszler’s match against Reginald. Fans (what’s left of them) could set their watches to some pyrotechnics that would lead to Baszler getting rolled up.

And that’s exactly what happened. For the third straight time, pyro went off during a Baszler match, leading to Shayna standing there like an idiot, only to get rolled up – this time by Reginald.

In case you’re keeping score, that means that the woman who tossed eight women from the 2020 Royal Rumble and eliminated all five opponents from the 2020 Elimination Chamber is 0-3 against pyro, and got pinned by a sommelier on Monday.

Just… why? It doesn’t even make sense. Reggie was victimized the first two times as well, and now he’s the beneficiary. But clearly, that’s just this writer trying to apply an ounce of logic to pure stupidity.

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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.