7 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 9)

by Scott Carlson

1. Snap Goes Steph’s Arm

Ronda Rousey Stephanie Mcmahon
WWE.com

When Ronda Rousey came out all smiles and grinned through Stephanie McMahon’s entire phony speech about how they could accomplish so much together, you couldn’t help but feel like she was going to get yelled at for not keeping a straight face.

Then Ronda shook Steph’s hand and hugged her, and it got weirder. And then Ronda’s face dropped.

Rousey’s expression changed to a scowl and she took McMahon down, ripped off her arm brace and locked in an armbar, presumably breaking the Raw commissioner’s arm. Just like that, Rousey solidified herself as a rebel force on Raw, refusing to back down in any way from Stephanie.

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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.