5 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Dec 1st)
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5. Rowan Gets A Character Background
This might seem like a really minor thing, but no matter how silly the rundown about Erick Rowan was, it was a background. We now know that he is a borderline genius (who can solve a Rubiks Cube), plays classical guitar and is a vintner. That is more than we know about most WWE superstars. Quick, name something interesting about Dolph Zigglers background. Nothing? Now that WWE has given Rowan something resembling depth, how will they develop him? Will he use that intellect to his advantage, or continue to plow straight ahead while wearing a sheeps mask? Rattling all that stuff off was a little amusing and refreshing to hear an announcer using life experiences to better define a character, but it means nothing if nothing ever comes of it.
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.
