5 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (September 24)

2. Revival Gets Shot, Shines In Loss

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Finally, after weeks of ignoring their existence, The Revival got the Raw Tag Team Championship match they were robbed of a few weeks back.

Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder were supposed to challenge the B-Team a few weeks ago, but Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre jumped them and took their spot. Afterward, there was no follow-up from Dash and Dawson, which drew criticism here.

Monday, the duo got their shot, and they had a surprisingly competitive bout with Ziggler and McIntyre, despite being outsized and outmatched. Even though they were smaller and aren’t nearly as well-featured as their opponents, the Revival drew some serious cheers as they nearly knocked them off when Dawson hit a butterfly powerbomb on Ziggler, or when Wilder went off on McIntyre outside the ring.

Although they came up short, at least The Revival didn’t come away looking like chumps. They lost in no uncertain terms, but they acquitted themselves well. Let’s hope that bodes well for them.

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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.