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 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.