7 Ups And 5 Downs From WWE Raw (30 Oct - Review & Results)

1. Gunther’s Next Hot Babyface Challenger

Gunther Miz
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Oh wait.

No, seriously. The Miz?

It’s impossible to make this up. The A-Lister emerged from a Miz TV segment Monday night as a presumed babyface wanting to challenge for the Intercontinental Championship after standing up to and being attacked by Imperium. Miz played the virtuous hero, dealing with Gunther’s bullying and fighting a losing 3-on-1 battle.

This isn’t to say that Miz can’t be a decent babyface. But after being little more than a comic heel for eons who just a few weeks ago was being used to put over Drew McIntyre’s heel turn, it’s a little difficult to buy in on Miz as a serious challenger, much less a viable challenger to end Gunther’s historic IC title reign.

Granted, developments later in the show made it clear that more wrestlers will be vying for that number one contender’s spot – with a four-way match announced for next week – but this still was quite the thing to stomach.

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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.