5 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE Raw (Jan 16 - Review)

by Scott Carlson

1. All-Out Crazy Main Event

Seth Rollins Omos
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Hats off to everyone in the six-man elimination match for a United States Championship shot next week. Finn Balor, Bobby Lashley, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, Miz and even Baron Corbin worked an action-packed, entertaining main event.

It’s impossible to get into the specifics of the match, but it’s worth noting that nearly everyone got moments to shine, with Ziggler in particular looking like a beast right up until Rollins eliminated him with a Pedigree. Seth played the opportunist, sneaking into the ring and hitting knockout blows when no one expected them. He eliminated Miz via stomp while Miz was trapped in a reversed Figure Four. He booted Balor with a stomp right while Finn was getting up from nailing a Coup de Grace.

The closing minutes saw Bobby Lashley take over with his power, spearing Corbin and then Rollins out of the match to earn a title match next week against Austin Theory. It was fun mayhem, which at least ended this show on a positive note.

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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.