6 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (October 15)

2. No Scottish Pushove

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Since returning to WWE, Drew McIntyre has been pretty well-protected. He’s been portrayed as a dominant wrestler who is about as tough as any man at the top of the roster, rarely – if ever – losing unless it’s via count-out.

So Monday night, after Braun Strowman attacked Drew’s tag-team partner Dolph Ziggler, McIntyre wasted little time in flattening Braun with a Claymore Kick. The assault pretty much signaled the end of the trio’s brief alliance, which existed to serve as a counterweight to The Shield.

If this actually is going to play out, it could signal a new phase for McIntyre, who is currently one-half of the Raw Tag Team Champions. Drew certainly is championship material, and perhaps this will nudge him in that direction a little more beyond being the heavy in a tag team.

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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.