7 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Raw (April 13)

6. Connecting The Dots

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This writer will admit it: Despite being an avid NXT fan, he missed the immediate connection between Andrade and Drew McIntyre.

But kudos to WWE for not only remembering it, but then exploiting the fact that Andrade defeated McIntyre for his NXT Championship a few years back, at the same time putting him on the shelf for several months with a torn bicep. Right away in that opening segment, we established that Andrade, who also holds the United States Championship, has beaten McIntyre in a high-stakes match before.

So while at the outset you might not give El Idolo much of a chance against a guy who defeated Brock Lesnar last week, this at least lent some credibility to the challenge.

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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.