6 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 7)

by Scott Carlson

1. Rollins Is The Man

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Brock Lesnar might be the top singles champion on Raw, and Roman Reigns might the Big Dog whose yard everyone wrestles in, but right now, Seth Rollins is the man.

The Intercontinental Champion has been on a tear for the past month, running through nearly everyone in his path. And on Monday, he went a step further, issuing an open challenge for the IC title. Mojo Rawley answered the bell, having a pretty competitive bout that saw Seth have to battle to finally topple Mojo.

Rawley got in some decent power moves during the bout, but he ultimately succumbed to the Kingslayer, who was not going to be denied one night after having the best match at Backlash.

If this morphs into a weekly open challenge similar to John Cena’s United States Championship open challenge, then we really could be onto something here.

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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.