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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.