7 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Sept 5)

4. Reigns Has A Claim

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Again, kudos to the WWE writers for taking a mic out of Roman Reigns’ hands and letting his fists (and shoulder) do the talking.

Reigns has just as much of a gripe about the Universal Championship match as Seth Rollins does, except for the fact that Rollins was down to the final two. Still, Reigns had a legit beef and was within his rights to demand to be added to the Clash of Champions title match. Instead, he’ll tangle with Kevin Owens next week to be added to the match.

That gives us a main event already, one that carries some serious stakes for Owens. And Roman didn’t have to grab a mic and try to tell a joke or act cool to get his point across. Showing up and staring down KO was enough.

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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.