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

3. KO Rights The Ship

Kevin Owens Sami Zayn
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No, this column isn’t rooting for Sami Zayn to keep getting beat up, but he wasn’t the one who desperately needed to make a statement Monday night.

After suffering a humiliating defeat and losing his WWE Universal Championship at Fastlane, Kevin Owens needed to get back on track on Raw. Owens did just that in his match against Zayn, hitting a Pop-Up Powerbomb, somersault legdrop, package neckbreaker and a second Pop-Up Powerbomb for a very convincing win.

Owens lost his title in about 20 seconds Sunday night, so winning in such a strong manner reinforced that he’s not a joke. Of course, not losing in 20 seconds would have helped dispel that notion, but WWE isn’t exactly operating like a well-oiled machine these days.

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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.