5 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 9th)

1. Wyatt Laughs In The Face Of The Undertaker

For a quarter of a century, foes have trembled at the mysterious powers of the Undertaker. It€™s rare that an opponent isn€™t at least taken aback, much less frightened, when Taker unleashes his powers. Even superstars like Shawn Michaels and Brock Lesnar all took a visual step backward during their confrontations with the Deadman. Bray Wyatt has been single-handedly carrying his feud against the Undertaker, challenging him indirectly and directly for weeks. Monday, Wyatt finally got his answer. When Taker€™s urn started smoking, Wyatt defiantly yelled, €œGive it to me! Come on!€ When Bray€™s signature rocking chair appeared in the ring and was set ablaze by lightning, Wyatt started laughing demonically at it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLZOfM7NXFs Considering that a year ago, Wyatt was engaged in a feud with John Cena where he couldn€™t get the upper hand unless his two minions €“ and a small child with a demonic voice €“ were involved. Now he is standing metaphorically toe-to-toe with the Undertaker, calling him out for WrestleMania. Wyatt is elevating himself by his actions, and if it continues, he could emerge on the other side of Mania as a serious player in WWE. Or he could be jobbed out to a tombstone piledriver and lose his next 10 televised matches. With this writing team, who knows?
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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.