6 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 25)

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7. Saturday Night Nope

Look, maybe this writer – a fan of both Saturday Night Live and WWE – is over-examining things.

But this celebrity involvement of Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che in a “feud” with Braun Strowman just feels beyond forced. It’s ridiculous, and now all three will be in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, making the annual match a sideshow once again. (Hey, Rob Gronkowski just retired, so maybe he can actually enter it this year too.)

Jost looked like he has transitioned from a frightened mark to a weak Andy Kauffman rip-off, subtly mocking Strowman while pledging to help him (chew food, do taxes, etc.) and demanding to be paid back (plus interest) for the car Braun destroyed.

Maybe this is actually really well done and this writer will wake up one morning and think it’s brilliant. But right now, it just isn’t clicking.

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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.