6 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE Raw (17 Aug - Results & Review)

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6. A Crisp Little Match

WWE Raw Je'Von Evans JD McDonagh Dominik Mysterio
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Normally, an impromptu match that was made during the commercial break would earn an automatic “down,” but an engaged crowd and some nifty action contained in a short, crisp match will get passing marks.

Je’Von Evans battled JD McDonagh in a match that saw the Young OG tweak his leg, which allowed McDonagh to target it throughout. Evans and JD’s styles clicked pretty decently, and the finish – which saw McDonagh miss a moonsault and roll through, only for Je’Von to immediately counter with an OG Cutter – was well-timed.

Good enough stuff here from a definitional opening match: brief, energetic, and got the fans into it from beginning to end.

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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.