3 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (27 Jul - Results & Review)

2. Perfectly Acceptable Wrestling

WWE Raw Ethan Page Rey Mysterio
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By next week, no one will remember Ethan Page versus Rey Mysterio from Monday night, but on the evening, this was a good little match.

That really shouldn’t be surprising given the quality of the two wrestlers. Rey continues to be a reliable performer – when healthy – producing entertaining matches with a variety of opponents. And Page similarly has been reliable in the ring since debuting on the main roster, which bodes well for him, even if a world title isn’t in the cards.

Page managed to counter some of Mysterio’s high-flying antics, but Rey continued to fight back, including a turn-back-the-clock diving hurricanrana from the top rope to the floor. All Ego managed to recover enough to use the apron skirt to deflect a 619, then followed it up with an Ego-plex for the win.

As with the Je’Von Evans victory over Rusev, there’s a good chance that this win doesn’t mean anything in the long term, but there was so little to really enjoy on this episode, so we’ll just keep this one positive.

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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.