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

by Scott Carlson

1. Rollins’ Slow Turn

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It’s going to take a while for Seth Rollins to become a full-fledged babyface, and some believe that fans might not buy him as a good guy. But let’s not lose sight of the fact that when the Shield was still going, many observers had Seth pegged as a babyfaced guy, not the guy, in part because his offense was designed as more crowd-pleasing.

So Rollins has that working for him at any time. He also was screwed out of a world (well, universal) championship, so there’s that as well. But we got to see Rollins starting to turn that corner, attacking the champ, Kevin Owens, and boss Stephanie McMahon in the opening segment, and working as a good guy during his match against Chris Jericho.

While he might not become a full-fledged hero, seeing Rolling not be the “bad guy” for a change was a night change of peace. It’ll be interesting to see if the turn continues in future weeks.

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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.