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

5. …But Balor Is The One In The Hunt

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Just in case you were confused, Finn Balor is the one who is angling for an Intercontinental Championship rematch at WrestleMania.

Because if you watched the tag team match that opened Raw, you would have thought that Braun Strowman was vying for a title shot, as he went toe-to-toe with IC champ Bobby Lashley and then demolished his hype man Lio Rush.

The match itself was pretty entertaining, especially due to Strowman manhandling Rush, but Balor was in peril for much of the match and then was taken out of it by Lashley. It was Braun who got the pinfall singlehandedly, as Lashley walked out on his partner.

So remind us, how does that help Finn make his case, as there are no automatic rematches in WWE anymore?

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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.