6 Ups & 5 Downs For WWE Raw (7 July - Results & Review)

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6. The Weakest Link, But…

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Seth Rollins’ clan set out Monday night to eradicate three of its biggest problems: Penta, Sami Zayn, and Jey Uso. The group would get the (relatively) clean sweep, but one of those was bound to be a weaker exhibition than the others.

Enter Jey Uso versus Bronson Reed. This was never going to be an in-ring classic, and thankfully, they never even tried. In fact, the match barely had gotten into second gear when Reed hurled an announcer’s chair at Jey as he attempted a suicide dive, triggering a disqualification.

From there, Bronson flattened Uso with two Tsunamis, putting Jey down and possibly knocking him out of action for a bit. Given that that was the group’s MO – not winning matches, but taking out the opposition – this was a great call. Why make fans sit through a 10-minute mediocre match that wasn’t going to have a clean finish anyway? Instead, go about three minutes and then segue straight into the post-match beatdown.

The only thing they could have done differently was have Reed deliver at least one more Tsunami after the officials arrived so he looked a bit more uncontrollable. By stopping when Raw GM Adam Pearce arrived, Bronson looked way too compliant.

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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.