8 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Sept 23)

1. Fiend Takes Down Another Big Man

The Fiend
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In recent months, we’ve seen The Fiend take out numerous WWE legends and Hall-of-Famers, establishing himself as a legit threat. But Monday was his biggest conquest yet.

Bray Wyatt appeared as the match between Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman was reaching its conclusion, taking out Strowman with a Mandible Claw. Fiend then turned his attention to Rollins before doubling back to a recovering Braun and put him down again.

The show ended with Wyatt in control of things in the ring, with Strowman laid out and Rollins paralyzed with fear. It certainly made The Fiend look like a serious threat to the roster rather than a nightmare who takes out older wrestlers.

Now, the question is whether WWE can actually follow through on Bray’s new character or whether they will let it fizzle out like they have before.

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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.