7 Ups And 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (June 6)

2. The Champ Is Where?

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The preview column asked the question of how WWE would protect Roman Reigns, and we got our answer Monday night: by not having the WWE World Heavyweight Champion appear on Raw at all.

Oh sure, we saw a video package (with an altered crowd reaction to his world title win), but Reigns never came out before the live audience Monday night. You could make the case that the video did the talking for both Roman and Seth Rollins, but given how live crowd reactions have been for the two, you get the feeling that WWE decided to cover for that by keeping both men off live TV.

Say what you want about John Cena, but he not only takes his lumps, he plays along with the crowd and lives in whatever reaction fans give him. WWEs response to the negative reaction Reigns has received (coupled with cheers for Rollins) was to presumably hide both. Because they wont have to perform before a live audience in two weeks, right? Oh wait

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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.