6 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (August 31st)
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6. Big Guys Win Fans Over
Its easy to phone it in when the fans turn on a match or sit on their hands. Credit has to go to Big Show and Ryback for hanging in there Monday and overcoming an apathetic crowd that only seemed interested in asking Show to retire a request that he took the mic and declined. The two behemoths engaged in what turned out to be a pretty decent power match, with Ryback slamming Show off the top rope, and the Giant turning the Big Guys Meathook clothesline attempt into a spear. Those exchanges had fans cheering along and counting pinfalls, which was nice to hear, considering Big Shows matches sometimes are hotbeds of apathy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nsk8Zp_YPE It also was nice to have an Intercontinental Championship match on Raw, which hopefully means that Ryback can move on to other challengers. However, winning with Mizs distraction means we could be subjected to more of this trio fighting, which would be a down on its own.
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.
