6 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 18)

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6. A Perfect Foil

Kurt Angle
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Well, if he couldn’t have John Cena, it’s good that Kurt Angle will fight his most recent nemesis at WrestleMania.

Angle named Baron Corbin as his final opponent on Monday, setting the stage for Kurt to attempt to get revenge against the man who tormented him as Raw constable and then took his job as general manager. Corbin is widely reviled by fans – to the point where they actively want him to go away. Having him face Angle will ensure that every time the Olympic gold medalist decks Baron, the crowd will go nuts.

Now, let’s just hope WWE doesn’t do something insanely stupid, like have Corbin win and then gloat about it for months. But then again, this is WWE…

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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.