5 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 2)

4. Braun Gets Cute

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It’s totally understandable that WWE wants Braun Strowman to show off some of his personality and his sense of humor instead of being a one-dimensional monster, but there is a such thing as taking it too far.

For weeks, fans have been wondering who Braun’s tag team partner will be for his Raw Tag Team Championship match at WrestleMania. Strowman said he would bring him out for a match against a member of The Bar, but reemerged seconds later wearing glasses and a lab coat, calling himself “Brains.” It was a little silly, and really was out of character.

Throw in that Braun then dispatched Cesaro and Sheamus after they jumped him, and it kinda defeats the purpose of the past two weeks with the tag champs hanging with Strowman in singles matches. The goal should have been to show that Braun actually needed a partner against them, even if it’s just someone to watch his back.

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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.