7 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (June 22nd)
7. From Main Event To Curtain-Jerker
OK, the title might be a bit harsh, but its quite a difference to go from a month of Dean Ambrose closing out Raw fighting the Authority and standing tall to suddenly opening the program and losing to Kane. Ambrose headlined two PPVs, winning one of his two WWE World Heavyweight Championship matches by DQ and now doesnt look to factor into the main event or even a marquee matchup at Battleground in four weeks. To be fair, Ambrose could very well make his way back into the title scene soon enough. He had to take a backseat to the returning Brock Lesnar because, well, its Brock. But that doesnt make it any less jarring to see a still immensely popular Ambrose first out of the gate on Raw and forgotten immediately after. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewEhDo3KK5A It looks like theyre building to a Kane versus Ambrose match, with Dean trying to coax the monster out of Kane. They will probably have a perfectly serviceable match, but it wont be one of the three big bouts (Rollins-Lesnar, Owens-Cena, Reigns-Wyatt). Hopefully, much like that old Macho Man promo, the cream will once again rise to the top.
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.
