6 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (July 24)

3. Inner Peace Comes At A Cost

braun strowman jinder mahal
WWE.com

And that cost is credibility.

As he has flailed around with a Money in the Bank briefcase and no champion to cash in (or threaten to cash in) on, Braun Strowman has been relegated to some odd segments and a mini-feud with Kevin Owens that got some legs later on Monday.

But initially, Braun came out to the ring to remind us that he has the MITB briefcase, when Owens came out and warned him that repercussions were coming. Then Constable Baron Corbin brought out Jinder Mahal to help Strowman find inner peace and control his temper. That went about as well as can be expected for him.

And so a guy who should be throwing down with Brock Lesnar was tossing 150-pound Sunil Singh around after striking out at breathing exercises. Yup.

Advertisement
Contributor
Contributor

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.