7 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct. 12)

5. Black Beaten Down

Aleister Black Kevin Owens
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Who did Aleister Black tick off backstage?

Black lost his unique entrance and cool entrance music last week and switched up his gear to wear long leather pants and a headband covering his “damaged” eye. Sounds like a winner. Then Monday, he battled Kevin Owens in a free-TV, no-DQ match that he lost decisively.

Yeah, Black definitely ticked someone off.

Remember when Aleister was a unique, special wrestler in NXT? Remember when he and Ricochet were a hot tag team brought up to the main roster? Remember when Black was a mysterious, protected guy on SmackDown?

Yeah, apparently WWE doesn’t either.

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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.