5 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (May 3)

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8. WWE Kills A Streak

Mansoor Sheamus
WWE.com

Bet you didn’t know this, but WWE ended a nearly two-year undefeated streak on Monday night.

Debuting Raw superstar Mansoor hadn’t lost a televised match since August 2019, but on Monday, he squared off against United States Champion Sheamus. While no one expected him to beat the Celtic Warrior cleanly, it would’ve been fair to assume he could continue his streak by winning via DQ.

And sure enough, a DQ happened… but it was Humbert Carrillo attacking Sheamus that caused the disqualification, meaning that the US champ won the match.

While this isn’t a serious thing – the streak wasn’t even mentioned, and Mansoor still hasn’t been beaten – it’s just so on-brand for WWE to have a built-in story and just ignore it.

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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.