8 Ups And 4 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (July 20)

3. Oh God, The Next Rollins Stipulation Match

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Maybe this is a little too negative, but it was impossible not to assume the worst when Seth Rollins targeted Aleister Black’s arm, attacking it with a vengeance during and after their match.

As great as an extended feud between Rollins and Black could be, did anyone else get the feeling that Rollins decimating Aleister’s arm could be a precursor to the next theme for this feud? Maybe there will be a SummerSlam match where the stipulation will be “break your opponent’s arm” or “rip your opponent’s arm out of socket.”

Of course, this could easily be an overreaction, but did anyone think way back when Rollins jammed Rey Mysterio’s eye into the corner of the steps that we’d have an “eye for an eye” match on PPV?

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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.