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

2. Here Comes The Money… Again

Shane McMahon
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Oh good God, we’re getting Shane McMahon versus Braun Strowman at WrestleMania 37, aren’t we?

Only WWE would treat facing the out-of-shape 51-year-old son of the owner as a major prize. But that’s what they’re likely setting up here: a featured bout between Shane-O-Mac and the Monster Among Men.

On Monday night, Braun went on a moronic rant about not being included in the “former WWE Champions Elimination Chamber match,” despite admitting that he’s a former Universal Champion – a fact Shane pointed out – and proceeded to let us know that everything sucks. It was an awful promo, but the point was that Shane sucks because he’s holding Braun back.

The entire thing was awkward and tried to shoehorn this budding “feud” into a really nice mini-angle between Miz and Bobby Lashley, dragging that ultimatum segment down a bit.

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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.