8 Ups And 5 Downs From WWE Raw (Feb 10)

7. Black Is A Caged Animal

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Aleister Black’s post-match promos have been intriguing, but they’ve been hit-or-miss with clarity of message.

Monday’s promo after kicking Akira Tozawa’s head off was pretty damn clear: He’s a caged animal, but if you get in the ring with him, you’re the one trapped in the metaphorical cage with him.

That’s a damn cool visual, and with a guy who has just been going out recently and beating the tar out of lower-tier wrestlers weekly, that promo rings true. It’s really a shame that there isn’t a title for him to fight for at this time, because if they wanted to start building him up to a United States Championship shot, that could work.

Hopefully, a door will open for Black, who has more than proven himself between NXT and WWE as an accomplished wrestler who has enough of an aura to him to be someone special on the main roster.

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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.