8 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Aug 8)

6. Scrappy Enzo Hangs With Jericho

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It’s fair to say that Enzo Amore isn’t in WWE because of his wrestling acumen. Don’t get it wrong, he’s fine between the ropes, but it’s what he says on the mic that really has earned his spot.

So when Enzo squared off against six-time world champion Chris Jericho, it looked like a pretty big mismatch. A couple sloppy hurricanranas early on didn’t help with that, but after a while, Enzo’s off-kilter offense began to work, making him look like a scrappy underdog fighting to stay in the match, throwing his body at Jericho a couple times just to knock Y2J down. It worked.

And while Jericho didn’t get the win by pin – he hit the Codebreaker after a Kevin Owens distraction, but then ate a Big Cass boot – he still looked in control for the match. Besides, that DQ finish set up what should be a nice tag match between the foursome, and that’s a pretty good deal.

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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.