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

4. Braun Obliges The Fans

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Normally, this writer gets a little put off by WWE treating established wrestlers like total jobbers, but when it’s done right and appropriately, then it works just fine.

And when it’s Braun Strowman dishing out the punishment, it’s usually the right case. Strowman took on Rhyno in what could have been a competitive match, but quickly turned into a handicap squash, with Heath Slater getting involved and the former SmackDown tag champs being decimated with powerslams.

Afterward, Braun listened to the fans’ “one more time” chants and dished out a total of six powerslams to Slater and Rhyno, leaving them flattened. It might have buried the duo as little more than cannon fodder, but it kept Strowman looking great, and it’s not like Slater and Rhyno were vying for the tag titles anytime soon.

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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.