7 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 5)

2. The Drifter Steals A Big Win

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He probably won’t win the Elimination Chamber, but Elias gained a huge (storyline) advantage Monday night when he won a triple threat match against John Cena and Braun Strowman when he pinned Cena after a Braun powerslam.

Elias carefully ducked and steered clear of Strowman, breaking up a pinfall and then fleeing the Monster Among Men. He teamed up with Cena long enough to put Braun down, and then when Cena was incapacitated, Elias shoved Strowman out of the way and grabbed the decisive pinfall himself.

Now that’s the mark of a true heel, avoiding action and stealing pinfalls you didn’t cause.

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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.