3 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw (Nov 21)

3. The Burial Continues

Austin Theory Mustafa Ali
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As if being squashed by Bobby Lashley last week wasn’t bad enough, Mustafa Ali was sent out there to die on Monday night in epically bad fashion.

Ali went out to have a semi-competitive match against Austin Theory (you know, the guy who had literally the worst Money in the Bank cash-in in history) before losing clean to the guy getting a renewed push.

But it got worse. Way worse.

Theory called out Bobby Lashley, who (after a commercial break) brawled with Austin, and they both ran back through gorilla, where Ali inexplicably was sitting. Theory threw Mustafa at Lashley, and because both men are idiots, Ali shoved Bobby, and Lashley immediately forgot he was chasing Austin and instead tossed Ali out the entrance and beat him up for good on the stage.

At that point, they might as well have tossed Ali in a crate labeled “NXT” or “AEW” or even just “future endeavored.” What a horrible use of such a talented wrestler.

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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.