6 Ups & 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Aug 29)

4. Promo School

Even without Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens is just killing it on the microphone right now. Seth Rollins isn’t doing too badly himself. Throw them together with a couple other guys and you’ve got a pretty good opening promo for Monday Night Raw.

KO got the ball rolling after Rollins yielded his time to sound unusually polite, adding that he loves Corey Graves’ “Culture Shock” because it helps put him to sleep on the road. He then clarified that he was nice because it looked like the interview segment between the four contenders for the WWE Universal Championship was set up like group therapy. (“My name is Keven and I want to be Universal Champion!”)

Rollins was no slouch, noting that there are only a few constants in the world: death, taxes and Rollins beating Roman Reigns. Big Cass held his own after Owens took a swipe, asking him whether Jericho writes his material and noting that no one is expecting him to win, but he’s not the underdog, he’s the biggest dog in the fight.

As for the fourth guy, Roman Reigns, well…