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

5. An Underwhelming Performance

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Alberto Del Rio might be a former Money in the Bank winner, a former Royal Rumble winner and a former multi-time world champion, but he is becoming synonymous with silence during his matches.

Del Rio locked up with Sami Zayn in what can only be described as an underwhelming, confusing match. Much of the action took place during the break, and the two superstars didnt seem to really click. Maybe that was due to the time constraints, but it just felt off. The worst part came at the end, with the two fighting on the top rope over Del Rios contrived finisher.

Zayn seemed to spend a solid two minutes sitting or dangling from the top turnbuckle before finally succumbing to the double stomp and losing clean. Del Rio might have had a banner year in 2011, but aside from his surprise return and defeat of John Cena last year, his latest run with the company has been disappointing, and fans arent exactly ecstatic to see him perform. And beating a rising star like Zayn clean with little back-and-forth? Come on.

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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.