6 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 28th)

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8. Ryder Stands Tall, Sort Of

Yes, Zack Ryder is in a WrestleMania match on Sunday. No, it€™s not on the pre-show, nor is it as filler in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (which appears to be more than a dozen short of 30 men).

Ryder is one of seven men competing for the Intercontinental Championship Sunday. And Monday night, he scored a pinfall victory over Chris Jericho, rolling him up shortly after an AJ Styles distraction. But lest Ryder actually get to celebrate his victory, he immediately ate a Codebreaker and was left laying in the ring for Styles to make the save.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuQSbvUMgkA

Because you can€™t have Long Island Iced Z actually stand tall after a match. Sure, it fit the storyline, but Ryder definitely eats more than his fair share of humiliating moments. It€™s a shame that he couldn€™t even get a Raw win and enjoy it for 30 seconds.

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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.