7 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw (Oct 25)

by Scott Carlson

1. Barnburner Of A Ladder Match

Finn Balor dive
WWE.com

What happens when you stick four extremely talented wrestlers with history with each other in a ladder match against each other with real stakes and give it a ton of time? You get a hell of a Raw main event.

Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Rey Mysterio and Finn Balor tore into each other in a match that saw each man dominate at various points, but in a balanced way where each got their shine. They used ladders and a table to their advantage, and they had the fans along for the ride.

Really, only one person had a great shot at winning: Rollins. He needed to rebound after his loss to Edge at Crown Jewel, and he represents a great foil to Big E for the WWE Championship. The two could have a tremendous match.

This was the kind of match that elevates your entire view of Raw because it occupied a good chunk of the show (the last half-hour) and was so good from start to finish.

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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.