7 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Sept 14th)

1. Long-Anticipated Debut

Boy, nice of the WWE World Heavyweight Champion to put over that new youngster in his first match on Raw, wasn€™t it? In all seriousness, it was pretty cool to see Sting wrestle his first match on Raw, a real treat for those who turned the channel away from Monday Night Football. We also got an intriguing tag team pairing, with John Cena joining the Stinger to combat Seth Rollins and the Big Show. This came after the Sting/Show match broke down and Teddy Long €“ er, Triple H €“ made it a tag match, playa! Sting€™s involvement looked to be minimal €“ throwing punches in the singles match and standing on the apron for the hot tag in the other match €“ so either they€™re saving his involvement for the PPV, or he€™s really limited in the ring. Safer money is on the former in this case. Either way, that was a nice sendoff for fans, a chance to see Sting register his first win in WWE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfI8bzgxbPA Of course, logic would say that since he beat Rollins on the go-home Raw, he€™s losing at Night of Champions, right?
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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.