6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (7 August)

UPS…

6. Kaiser The Creeper

This is not an endorsement of Ludwig Kaiser becoming a leering mysoginist, but it’s about time someone from Imperium developed a character beat beyond, “The mat is sacred.”

Kaiser snuck into Alpha Academy’s locker room to hit on Maxxine Dupri, complimenting her and saying she has potential, but she keeps hanging out with losers. The highlight had to be Ludwig saying he has “European elegance” and “A+ aesthetics,” which is just a fantastic way to pump himself up in front of a woman.

Maxxine clearly was not impressed and slapped him, and then Otis appeared to challenge Kaiser to a match later, which Ludwig won with some help from his stablemates.

As long as WWE doesn’t have Kaiser stalking Dupri or sniffing her gear, this is perfectly fine. A smitten Ludwig trying to woo Maxxine by talking up his attributes is a nice bit of depth, and one you could easily hear a smug jock saying.