7 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 1)
1. With Friends Like These
Call him a selfish jerk or whatever, but Roman Reigns is the worst. Dean Ambrose and Chris Jericho arent much better either. A little context: on Smackdown, Reigns, Ambrose and Jericho were assaulted by the Wyatt Family, with Roman facing a major beatdown. Big Show came to the rescue and helped turn the tide, saving Reigns and company. This was shown on Raw Monday night, but it apparently wasnt reciprocated when Show faced the same beatdown at the hands of the Wyatts on Raw. Show defeated Erick Rowan but was annihilated by the Wyatt Family. There wasnt even a whisper of Reigns, Ambrose or Jericho returning the favor as Show was slammed onto the steel steps. So his good deed last week went punished. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0gBJrtS1u4 And what does this say about Reigns, the supposed new face of the WWE? He gets saved but cant make a save? Was he in the bathroom? With our luck, this will lead to (another) Big Show heel turn, even though Roman clearly was the villain here by his inaction.
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.