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

3. Is The Titus Brand Serious Now?

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For weeks, we’ve seen Titus O’Neil acting like a low-rent agent, showing ass and getting bested by Kalisto. This also comes on the heels of months and months of the “Titus Brand” looking like a total joke.

But his sell-job of Akira Tozawa looked like an honest attempt to win over a new client. He supported the guy and defended him against Neville’s attacks, doing what a good agent should do. If you had just met Titus for the first time Monday, you’d probably be tempted to sign with his brand.

That raises the question: Are we supposed to overlook the failings of previous months, or will we get weeks of varying stories as Tozawa tries to decide what to do? Maybe Titus will cost Akira a Cruiserweight Championship shot or something like that. But for now, it was a confusing mixed signal Monday night.

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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.