4 Ups And 9 Downs From WWE Legends Raw (Jan 4)

by Scott Carlson

1. A Solid Title Match

Drew McIntyre Keith Lee
WWE.com

If nothing else, Legends Raw gave us a really good, old school world title match between two super-strong superheavyweights.

Keith Lee challenged Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship in a bout that saw both men tee off on each other and use standard power moves, mixed in with offensive flurries belying their size. Lee hit a Spanish Fly off the top at one point for a close 2 count, while McIntyre came off the top rope for a diving clothesline and countered a backslide with a Futureshock DDT.

In the end though, it was McIntyre escaping a Spirit Bomb and hitting the Claymore Kick for the win. The two friends showed respect afterward. And while Lee lost the match, sometimes there is no shame in losing when you have such a hard-fought match.

Now, if only they could figure out where to go with Lee next so he doesn’t sputter and stall out…

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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.