6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (11 Sept)

4. The Right Man For The Job

Jey Uso Kevin Owens
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When trying to convey just how much of an uphill battle Jey Uso has to earn the trust of the Raw locker room, WWE could do no better than Kevin Owens.

Jey got a taste of the distrust last week from Drew McIntyre and Matt Riddle, but it was KO on Monday who verbalized a lot of it, and used himself and his travails as an example of just how difficult it will be for Uso to step out from the Bloodline’s shadow.

Impressively, WWE avoided having Owens just come out and rage and be angry at Sami Zayn for forgiving Jey, instead pulling on KO’s character arc to inform his response. That resulted in a more layered (for WWE) reaction as everything unfolded. It wasn’t forgiveness or hatred, but an uneasiness.

Throw in the Judgment Day trying to muddy the waters, perhaps gain a new stablemate, and at the very least sow dissension among the faces to cement their status, and you’ve got a pretty solid opening segment.

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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.