4 Ups And 9 Downs From WWE Raw (Aug 17)

8. Should’ve Been Bachelorette On A Pole Match

Angel Garza
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At least if they had done that stipulation, it would have been somewhat entertaining. Instead, we were forced to slog through a horribly boring and embarrassingly bad match between Angel Garza and Ivar.

Yes, both men are tag team wrestlers, but that’s no excuse for how bad the match was, with Ivar tossing Garza around, but Angel knocking him down as he climbed back into the ring and hitting a snap dropkick to the head for the win. This came after a banal segment with the two men flirting with reality TV star Demi Burnett.

There’s not much to add here… much like the match and segment itself didn’t add anything enjoyable to Raw.

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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.