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

by Scott Carlson

1. McIntyre, Rollins Burn It Down

Drew McIntyre Seth Rollins
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Hats off to Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre for having a barn-burner of a match Monday night.

The two tangled in a hotly contested bout that really showcased the Scot’s strengths as he threw Rollins around and dominated much of the contest. McIntyre hit a deadlift suplex and a deadlift sitout powerbomb, and managed to sit up from a tree of woe to toss Rollins off the top rope. He countered a Ripcord Knee with a brutal headbutt.

And McIntyre picked up the win over one of the hottest wrestlers in WWE right now. All of that counts toward a solid main event that anchored Raw nicely.

One last thing: While the joking and promos earlier might have earned a mild “down,” the action in the ring later on more than made up for it, hence their places on each respective list.

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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.