6 Ups & 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 3)

by Scott Carlson

1. First Time Ever

Bobby Lashley
WWE.com

Originally, you could envision this being a WrestleMania match, but really, can you blame WWE for cashing in now on what actually is a monumental first time ever match?

Bobby Lashley won the fatal four-way on Raw, earning a shot at Brock Lesnar and the WWE Championship at Royal Rumble. That should be a fantastic match of two powerhouses just going at it. Depending on how WWE scripts it, it could be a 5-minute sprint, or a 10-15 minute epic battle. Either way, the winners should be us fans.

It didn’t hurt that the four-way bout to set this up was also pretty good, closing out Raw on a positive note.

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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.