7 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct 22)

2. Carrillo Hangs With The Champ

Seth Rollins Humberto Carillo
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Losing your debut match is not normally what you’d call a success, but let’s remind everyone: John Cena lost his first match to Kurt Angle.

So for Humberto Carrillo, losing to WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins shouldn’t be looked at as a negative. Carrillo mouthed off a little, Rollins called him on it and challenged him, and Humberto hung with the champ in a decent little match.

The outcome really wasn’t in doubt – unless Bray Wyatt was going to defy the brand separation and cause a distraction – so all you could hope for was a few near-falls for Carrillo, which he got, hitting a few nice springboards and dives, and a picture-perfect moonsault.

WWE clearly is banking on the fresh-faced luchador by giving him this spot, and he definitely showed promise.

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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.