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

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7. OK, That Was Funny

The point still stands that Braun Strowman picking a child out of the crowd to be his tag partner at WrestleMania was colossally stupid. But moving from that point, they actually dealt with it humorously.

Strowman and Nicholas showed up to relinquish the Raw Tag Team Championships to GM Kurt Angle, with Braun noting that Nicholas had scheduling conflicts, as in the 4th grade. You kinda knew that was going to have to happen, but it was done with a punchline delivered straight.

And then Nicholas dropped Braun’s catchphrase, which we can take or leave, but at least this little experiment/WrestleMania moment is over. Moving on…

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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.