7 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 1)

2. Requiem For An Olympic Gold Medalist

Kurt Angle
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If there's one thing that will almost always earn an "up" here, it's WWE's video tributes. The company once again nailed its video tribute to a retiring superstar, this time with an awesome salute to Kurt Angle, who is (presumably) retiring from in-ring competition at WrestleMania.

For those who hadn't really seen him compete in WWE during his prime, the video provided a nice glimpse into just how smooth, skilled and respected he was.

It's really a shame that Angle's body hasn't held up like some of his contemporaries, because if he was even half as good today as he was a decade ago, he'd still be competing at a high level.

As it stands, this is a nice tribute, and hopefully WWE will send him off on a positive note rather than using the Hall-of-Famer to try to get heat on the charisma vacuum that is Baron Corbin.

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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.