7 Ups And 5 Downs For Last Night's WWE Raw (New Year's Eve)

2. Rousey Fires Up

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Well, you don’t have to worry about whether Ronda Rousey can convey “pissed-off” to the crowd.

Rousey was in a mood for her main event tag match against Nia Jax and Tamina after the duo attacked her partner Natalya backstage. Ronda looked furious and charged the ring, often attacking straight ahead throughout the match, which went really well with the background surrounding the match.

Compare that to last week’s bout against Nattie, where Rousey was timid and second-guessing herself at various points. There was no self-doubt on Monday, just a question of which opponent she wanted to beat up more. (She definitely wanted both of them – at one point, she tossed Tamina into the corner and told Jax to tag in.)

It’s yet another good sign that Rousey gets it and is going to be really, really good as she continues to develop and evolve as a wrestler.

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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.