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

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6. Rusev, On The Other Hand…

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The entire cuckold storyline – sorry, the cuckold angle involving Rusev, Lana and Bobby Lashley (there are actually two cuckold storylines in WWE right now!) – earned a moderate “down” this week, but one facet of it deserves praise: Rusev.

Despite being mired in a storyline where his real-life wife is cheating on him with Lashley, Rusev didn’t pout like an impotent goof Monday night. He channeled his anger and destroyed both Randy Orton and King Corbin at ringside, laying waste to both men with the steel steps before walking off triumphantly.

If there’s one silver lining to this angle – that Rusev comes out strong and focused rather than distracted and weak – then it could work. But history isn’t a great indicator 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.