5 Ups & 9 Downs From WWE Raw (Feb. 22)

2. Lashley’s Ultimatum

Bobby Lashley The Miz
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You want to give fans a reason to stay tuned to Raw? Have a chiseled guy like Bobby Lashley give the new WWE Champion an hour to decide whether to grant a title match or be ripped apart.

As expected, Lashley destroying Drew McIntyre at the end of Elimination Chamber on Sunday night wasn’t just a gesture of goodwill and charity. It came with a price. MVP revealed that Miz agreed to grant Lashley a world title match in exchange for the beatdown. Of course, Miz tried to weasel his way out of the deal by claiming he was very, very busy.

That’s when Lashley issued his ultimatum, promising to rip the title from Miz and make it painful. If you’re Miz, you suddenly needed to change your shorts.

And just to make it better, they had a “Lashley’s Ultimatum” clock show as they cut to commercial, reminding you that time was ticking down for Miz to make up his mind. Just great stuff.

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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.