6 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Sept 11)

by Scott Carlson

1. Selling The Main Event

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Paul Heyman was right: He was trying to sell fans on something that is already sold. The No Mercy main event between Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman is a must-see match.

But that hasn’t stopped WWE from plugging the hell out of it, and Monday was no exception. Heyman laid out how Brock is the underdog in this match, but that the last time he was in that position was WrestleMania XXX against the Undertaker.

Heyman then called out Braun, who obliged. Lesnar’s German suplex was no-sold, which was a perfect moment, complete with Brock’s stunned look. Strowman would leave the Universal Champion laid out, an unfamiliar position for the Beast.

If all of that doesn’t make you want to see this match, then you really have no business calling yourself a pro wrestling fan.

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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.