5 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (May 17)

4. Dead Roses

Angel Garza Drew Gulak
WWE.com

Drew Gulak and Angel Garza are fantastic professional wrestlers who could unquestionably be having great matches on Raw right now. Instead, WWE has decided to book them in a feud based around Garza shoving a rose in Gulak's many orifices.

A few weeks removed from literally stuffing the rose up Gulak's *rse, Garza put it down his throat here. This came following a straightforward two-minute match that doesn't bear talking about.

This is the kind of ritual humiliation that doesn't get anybody over. Gulak comes out of it looking embarrassed, and how could possibly care about Garza's single-minded focus on stuffing his body with roses and thorns? It's dumb, over-thought nonsense for two guys who have been dealt an awful hand.

Advertisement
Channel Manager
Channel Manager

Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.