7 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct 17)

3. Rusev’s Family Album

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When the most positive thing you can say about a segment is that at least the pictures put on screen weren’t Photoshopped, you know you had a really bad segment.

Fans made sure to let Rusev and Lana know just how bored they were as they flipped through pictures of Rusev’s family (which apparently really was the Bulgarian Brute’s family). The crowd turned on the segment, booing just about everything and cheering when Roman Reigns finally spared them of the photos.

Rusev would gain the upper hand, which was a good call, but the bit was dying a painful death up until Lana slapped Roman. Real family photos with Rusev proudly talking up his parents. What a villain.

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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.