4 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (Aug 24)

6. Skull Fracture?

Drew McIntyre
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The theme throughout Raw Monday night was that of Randy Orton getting the upper hand on WWE Champion Drew McIntyre and laying him out multiple times.

Orton punted McIntyre twice in the opening segment, then was run off by Drew during his match against Keith Lee. However, Randy got his revenge later on, punting McIntyre a third time to put him down for good, with the champ being hauled off in an ambulance. Before he left the speculation was that he might have a skull fracture.

Yes, in an industry where wrestlers use a sledgehammer or chairs to blast opponents in the head, it’s a couple head kicks that led to a skull fracture. Come on. You don’t have to give “real” medical updates to make this work. Just say he might have a “head injury” and leave it at that.

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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.