8 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 30)

4. A Tag Match?

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Maybe this is a downside to co-branded PPVs…

After winning the Greatest Royal Rumble, you would have thought that Braun Strowman would be destined for a decent match at Backlash, but instead, he’s teaming with Bobby Lashley to face Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.

Let’s not completely knock this matchup. It could be a very good bout, and it gets all four men on the card. But it also feels a bit hollow to have Braun relegated to a tag match after his Rumble victory, during which he eliminated 13 men, a record.

If we start seeing Braun branch back out after Backlash, then all will be forgiven. But if he’s going to be relegated to stuff like this for the time being while others get multiple title shots, then this will serve as a warning bell.

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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.