5 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct 23)

by Scott Carlson

1. Paul Heyman, Truth-Teller

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Preach, Paul E!

Brock Lesnar’s advocate, Paul Heyman, gave a blistering promo Monday night that eviscerated WWE Champion Jinder Mahal, saying things that many fans have been thinking for months now.

Heyman noted that Mahal barely squeaked by in all of his defenses. He said Jinder wasn’t Brock’s equal, contemporary or even counterpart. He called Mahal a pretender of a champion, unworthy of holding the same title as Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Ric Flair and a host of others.

It was the kind of promo where you found yourself nodding throughout the whole thing and suddenly wanting to see a match that you really shouldn’t anticipate, if only to see if Mahal is suplexed through the ring.

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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.