6 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (July 8)

5. Maverick 24/7

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One thing the WWE 24/7 Championship has done is given a couple wrestlers an opportunity to show off their comedic chops. Now that the title is firmly established as a lower-to-midcard joke, it’s easier to just accept these segments for what they are.

Drake Maverick has picked up the gauntlet from R-Truth and has been delivering some gold during his reigns with the title, thanks in no small part to his new bride, Renee Michelle. A former Mae Young Classic competitor, Michelle has accompanied Drake in several of the videos and segments on Raw, and she has been a perfect “straight man” for Maverick to play off of.

Monday saw the couple divert from their honeymoon to Newark, NJ for Raw, where Maverick fled from the masses for much of the show, even diving into the ring and racing past the Viking Raiders to escape with this title, though Truth was in pursuit to close out the show.

It’ll be interesting to see what goofy situations arise next.

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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.