8 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (19 June - Review)

by Scott Carlson

1. Super-Hot Six-Man Tag

Cody Rhodes Damian Priest
WWE.com

Cody Rhodes has managed to make his feud with Dominik Mysterio, what should be a total one-sided rivalry, feel like a big deal, if only for the anticipation of Dom getting what’s coming to him.

Rhodes negging Mysterio Monday by putting over the rest of Judgment Day was a great touch, as was the six-man as a continuation of Dominik getting some shots in on Cody without Rhodes ever making contact with his Money in the Bank opponent. As Corey Graves noted, Dom-Dom has a big receipt coming from the American Nightmare.

The six-man with Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn joining Cody was a great piece of business, with everyone playing their parts perfectly, including and especially Rhea Ripley, who continues to be the best part of the Judgment Day.

Cody looked like the superstar he is, getting the final hot tag and putting Damian Priest away to finish off Judgment Day and pick up the win, which also has to be an ominous sign for Dominik. Really fun match to close out the night.

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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.