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

3. Lashley, Lana Storyline A Loser

Lana Bobby Lashley
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Has WWE ever, ever executed an unfaithful spouse storyline successfully? Especially when the couple in question is actually married and it’s known publicly?

Relationship-based angles are tricky at best, because the “action” is far away from the ring, and it doesn’t always captivate fans. If it’s not handled properly, things can go south quickly, and fans can turn on everyone involved.

We’ve already seen a Rusev-Lana romance angle get torpedoed (for different reasons), and has Bobby Lashley been involved in a single, solitary memorable angle since returning to WWE? The odds are slim that they’ll be able to make this work and the track record isn’t good.

We’ll keep an eye on this, but so far, it hasn’t been abysmal, but it isn’t exactly captivating either.

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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.