6 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (July 1)

5. Drake’s Choice

Drake R-Truth
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After losing the 24/7 Championship at his wedding, Drake Maverick has been so obsessed with the title that his wife gave him an ultimatum Monday: the title or her.

En route to their honeymoon, Maverick brought his wife to Raw, where he had to control his urge to attack R-Truth for the 24/7 title. At one point, Truth danced down to ringside dressed as one of No Way Jose’s conga line members, danced with Drake’s wife, and laid on the barricade, offering Maverick the chance to pin him.

Drake resisted up until the end, when Truth was gassed from running from the locker room all show, and hit him with the luggage and pinned him just before they left for their honeymoon.

Clearly, this is going to lead to some sketches during the week, but it was a rare bright spot this week, with a coherent storyline throughout the show.

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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.