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

4. Elias Strums Away

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One of those few wrestlers who is almost universally cheered and jeered in the same appearance, Elias has been on the verge of breaking through with fans. He clearly has the charisma, and fans seemingly want to cheer him, if not for the cheap heat he generates effortlessly.

But Monday, Elias found his muse to play against: acting GM Baron Corbin.

After defeating Apollo Crews, Elias came back out to try to finish his song, only for Corbin to tell him to get off the stage. Elias didn’t take too kindly to that, playing a song about Baron being a puppet with Stephanie’s hand controlling him. Corbin cut him off and chased him off.

But the troubadour returned with guitar in hand and smashed it across the GM’s back to cheers from the fans.

Was it a face turn? Maybe, but the big thing is that Elias stood up to authority and the fans loved it. Something hopefully is in the works for him.

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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.