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

by Scott Carlson

1. First Time Ever

Bobby Lashley
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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.