4 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 12)

1. No Rousey, No Brock, No Authority

After signing a contract as a full-time performer, Ronda Rousey was nowhere to be seen Monday night, nor was a reason given for her absence.

That’s not to say that she had to be there, but when you consider that Brock Lesnar also was absent due to his ongoing storyline and Triple H & Stephanie McMahon also weren’t on camera Monday night, there was a clear lack of firepower on Raw.

The only really top superstars who showed up were John Cena, Kurt Angle, Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman – and Roman got suspended in the opening segment.

It was a seriously lacking episode of Raw, which isn’t a good sign four weeks out from WrestleMania. Let’s hope things pick up big time next week.

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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.