6 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (June 19)

2. Strowman Screams Back Into Picture

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Man, Raw was really missing Braun Strowman.

And just realize how crazy that statement would have been 10 months ago. But it rang true Monday night, when the Monster Among Men returned from an elbow injury to first distract and then lay out Roman Reigns, declaring that he wasn’t finished with the Big Dog yet. The two are 1-1 in PPV matches this year, so Braun issued a challenge for Great Balls of Fire: an ambulance match.

And this is one of those rare times that that stipulation actually made sense, given Strowman’s actions a while back, tipping over an ambulance with Roman inside. Just like that, there’s an unpredictable element back in the mix, and we could see some more crazy feats in the coming weeks.

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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.