7 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 15)

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7. The Good Side Of Braun’s Rampage

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While Braun Strowman’s backstage rampage was overdone, ridiculous and generally too much, it still had the desired effect: the crowd loved it.

Fans in the arena reacted to each of Braun’s exploits, laughing hysterically at the cake incident (a genuinely funny moment where Strowman looked like he was going to maul a caterer or at least smash the cake into his face, but instead took a slice and ate it), and cheering him on throughout everything – including when he was rehired.

So even though this writer thinks it was overall a negative, you still have to acknowledge that it generally worked. And a few weeks from now, the only thing people will remember is Braun being an unstoppable monster.

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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.