7 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE Raw (Sept 13)

6. Domination

Erik Veer
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If you only look at Jinder Mahal and his cronies’ performance in the six-man tag match, that would be an easy “down.” But it wasn’t about those three goofs.

The threesome squared off against Drew McIntyre and the Viking Raiders. The Raiders saved Drew from a 3-on-1 beatdown, then saw the match progress rather quickly (though Jinder fights soooo slowly) to the finish, when McIntyre got a tag and ran wild on all three men. He finished Shanky off with an impressive Michinoku Driver and Claymore, looking impressive in this bout.

Sure, you could lament that the Raiders didn’t get to do much, but they won, and they didn’t look silly or weak. They just didn’t have much to do while McIntyre ran over all three opponents. There are worse ways to spend your Monday night.

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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.