7 Ups And 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Dec 7)
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10. Two Plodding Beasts
What can be said about the developing rivalry between Rusev and Ryback? How about no? For the second consecutive week, the Big Guy and the Bulgarian Brute squared off on Raw, only for the match to end inconclusively. Both times a possible Lana injury resulted in a count-out, this time with both men being outside the ring and Lana faking her injury to lure Ryback into a Rusev attack. Its a feud that doesnt appear to have any coherent reason to exist other than, Here are two big men who arent doing anything else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXlJ7nizDMc And while that can work sometimes, this pairing isnt inspiring anything other than a bathroom break. Even a Ryback plancha and missile dropkick cant save this feud. Unless something is going to captivate fans soon, this one could use a decisive match to put a cap on this rivalry.
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.
