4 Ups & 10 Downs From WWE Raw (Sep 7)

4. Will The Champ Be Cleared?

Adam Pearce Drew McIntyre
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Of all the stupid ways to build tension/mystery/uncertainty, WWE wondering whether Drew McIntyre will be medically cleared to wrestle at Clash of Champions has to be up there.

McIntyre was taken out two weeks ago by three Randy Orton punts, knocking him out of Payback. He’s scheduled to defend his WWE Championship against Orton at the next PPV – in three weeks.

Three freaking weeks. Oh, and did we mention that McIntyre was back on Raw Monday night, laying Orton out with a Claymore and walking around backstage like nothing was wrong? But Byron Saxton was wondering aloud whether the champ would be medically cleared.

They said he suffered a broken jaw, but there literally was no sign of that injury Monday night, making the doubt being sowed even more disingenuous.

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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.