8 Ups And 5 Downs From WWE Raw (Jan 27)

4. Black Not Waiting Around

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It’s fair to say that the “Knock on my door and pick a fight with me” gimmick Aleister Black was using had a short shelf life and needed to transition.

Black sitting in a room and talking rather than fighting seemed out of character for him, but that looks to be changing.

After dispatching of jobber Kenneth Johnson in mere seconds, Black took the mic and recounted his elimination from the Royal Rumble at the hands of Seth Rollins and his cohorts. He didn’t blame them, but rather blamed himself for not handling all his business. He then said he was no longer sitting back and waiting for someone to pick a fight with him, but rather would bring the fight to the locker room.

Hopefully, that means we’ll see Aleister on the offensive in the coming weeks.

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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.