4 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (18 Nov - Results & Review)

by Scott Carlson

1. Reed & Rollins Deliver

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The ascent of Bronson Reed has been nothing short of miraculous these past few months. He’s managed to turn a failed run into a monster push that has made him a legit spectacle feuding with one of Raw’s top babyfaces.

Seth Rollins and Reed locked horns in a rematch on Monday night that saw the Visionary trying to slay a monster with everything in his arsenal, only for Bronson to keep charging ahead like a horror movie villain. Rollins bounced Reed’s head off the steps repeatedly and Bronson shrugged it off. Seth powerbombed him out of the corner, hit a springboard moonsault and a springboard swanton, and Reed kicked out at one. Reed kicked out of a Pedigree and a frog splash as well.

To his credit, Reed has gotten marginally better at portraying the monster you can’t kill, and Rollins bounced off him like a proverbial ping-pong ball. Getting distracted by Solo Sikoa on the announcers’ desk was a bit contrived, but it was par for the course with a normal WWE distraction finish. At least it didn’t lead to a rollup finish, but Reed squashing Seth with a series of impactful moves.

Good match, decent finish, and another over-delivery from Big Bronson.

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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.