5 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 12)

1. Playing The Blues

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Elias has perfected his bit strumming a guitar and insulting the live audience to generate heat. It never seems to fail.

But when Braun Strowman took up station on the stage with an upright bass and sang his own tune (quite well, too), it took things to a humorous level. Strowman clearly can do comedy, and while his gimmick is almost always serious and threatening, little bits of humor like this provide additional depth to him and allows fans to relate to him better.

Of course, the segment ended with Braun getting back to what he does best: destruction. In this case, the bass ended up smashed across Elias’ back. It was a highly entertaining segment that hit all the right notes (pun intended).

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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.