7 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (6 May - Results & Review)

2. Breakdown Of Austrian-Irish Relations

Sheamus Gunther
WWE

Understatement of the year: Gunther and Sheamus are quite good, hard-hitting wrestlers, and they mesh well together.

More accurately, the Ring General and the Celtic Warrior are an absolute joy to watch beat the holy hell out of each other, and they did exactly that Monday night. Their King of the Ring tournament match closed out Raw and held up to their previous encounters (although they weren’t going to top Clash at the Castle with a TV match). Both men ruthlessly chopped each other’s chests into hamburger and then kept going.

The outcome shouldn’t have been in doubt, with Gunther clearly being a favorite for the entire tournament. But Sheamus brought his usual A-game, dispelling the bad-faith criticism he’s faced since returning from injury about his appearance. Whatever those idiots have said, the proof was right there Monday night that the Celtic Warrior can still deliver a banger.

Want proof? The crowd, which had trouble keeping themselves amped throughout the night, were fully invested in this match from the opening bell. That’s how you know they brought the goods.

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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.