4 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE Raw (Results & Review - 23 Oct)

by Scott Carlson

1. Super Cody To The Rescue

Cody Rhodes Damian Priest
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Cody Rhodes has been walking a fine line as the ultimate babyface hero, but the crowd reactions show he clearly has not crossed that line.

Monday night was another example of the American Nightmare’s heroics, as the Judgment Day Pillmanized his ankle, only for Cody to return at the end of the show on one leg and beat down Finn Balor and Damian Priest to save Jey Uso from the same fate. Meanwhile, the fans lost their collective minds.

It’s impossible to deny the positive energy surrounding Rhodes as he hobbled out to make the save just two hours after he was carried out of the arena. One would think cynical fans would have turned on his superhero act by now, but instead, fans seem to be getting louder.

But man, that visual of a wounded Cody just itching for a fight. If that doesn’t fire someone up, they need to check their pulse.

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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.