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

4. Lashley Tumbles

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This is not to say that Elias is a minor star on Raw, but Bobby Lashley should not be tangling with the troubadour right now.

Less than a month ago, Lashley defeated Roman Reigns clean at Extreme Rules. Two weeks later (and two weeks ago), Reigns got his win back over Lashley, earning a WWE Universal Championship match at SummerSlam. Rather than point out that they were 1-1 and there should be a rubber match (a rare time when it was completely warranted), Lashley moved along into a scenario where he has now interrupted Elias twice.

To go from one pinfall away from challenging for the brand’s top title to making a documentary team film you suplexing a guitar-player, is quite a fall.

This is just another case of WWE having no idea of what to do with Lashley. They struck something for a while with Reigns, but now it’s back to treading water.

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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.