5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (8 July - Results & Review)

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4. Dunne Wrestles Himself

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If you weren’t closely paying attention, you might have been tricked into thinking that Bronson Reed/Pete Dunne was a decent back-and-forth match. But in reality, the short bout was more of Dunne wrestling himself, flying around the ring and bumping around for Reed, who hit a couple signature spots before delivering a Tsunami for the win.

The intent here was to get under Sheamus’ skin by beating up his former Brawling Brutes teammate, but Reed underwhelmed with just a handful of moves, including a nice Ligerbomb. Big Bronson threatened to continue the assault afterward, but the Celtic Warrior saved, with Reed sent to the floor, not to be seen again.

If you’re keeping track, that means Reed won a match where he did nothing really commanding or of note other than is finisher, and then he was chased off by his new rival. Not exactly a star-making performance here.

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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.