6 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 1)

1. What A ‘Pull-Apart Brawl’

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If you’ve watched Raw for a while, you’ve probably seen your share of pull-apart battles between heavyweights. One of the bigger ones in recent years was Undertaker and Brock Lesnar, a brawl that kept going and going, and then picked up again backstage.

Kane and Brock on Monday, however, was more like a disagreement at a tea party by comparison. After Paul Heyman delivered his typical promo in favor of his client, Kane walked out and chokeslammed Lesnar, only for Brock to sit up seconds later. This triggered a fight on the floor that was immediately broken up by the locker room. Kane was led up the ramp… and Raw ended.

What? No Braun Strowman, no diving over the pile to get to each other, no Braun, no wild lunges at each other, no Strowman. It was about as brief and gentle a brawl as you’ll ever see between these two. And it certainly wasn’t something that felt like a good closing segment for Raw.

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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.