5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (7 Nov)

1. Gargano Slide Continues

Johnny Gargano
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Who did Johnny Gargano piss off to wind up on the losing end to Baron Corbin and the Miz during the past three episodes of Raw?

Gargano’s return to WWE was highly praised. With Triple H in charge, many thought we’d see Johnny Wrestling return to his peak NXT form on the main roster. Instead, we’ve seen him doing “comedy” and getting dragged down into a feud between the Miz and Dexter Lumis, where Johnny has to carry the talking and the wrestling for Lumis.

Worse, Gargano lost Monday night after doing a schlocky comedy segment last week and then continued acting goofy before the match this week.

And let’s not forget him stealing JBL’s hat and dancing on the announce desk two weeks ago, which led to him losing to Corbin. Apparently, the current regime isn’t giving us the full Johnny Wrestling treatment… at least not yet.

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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.