6 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Aug 14)

by Scott Carlson

1. Brawl Previews Sunday’s Main Event

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Give credit to WWE for booking a really solid, strong fatal four-way match for the Universal Championship, pitting four top-level brawlers and fighters.

Samoa Joe, Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman and Brock Lesnar are top guys on Raw whose run-ins with each other have escalated in recent months (with Joe & Roman, Brock & Roman, Joe & Brock, and Roman & Braun battling). It all made for an intriguing, must-see match at SummerSlam.

Monday’s confrontation pitted Strowman and Lesnar, two nearly unstoppable monsters, against each other in a pull-apart brawl to close out Raw. It basically reminded fans that we’re in for a wild ride on Sunday.

Hopefully, this match will deliver what it’s promised, because it could be an incredible main event if done right, but it also could underwhelm and disappoint if mishandled or badly booked.

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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.