8 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 13)

4. HBK’s Dire Warning

Shawn Michaels Raw
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If it’s WrestleMania season, it means that Mr. WrestleMania himself, Shawn Michaels, will undoubtedly make an appearance on Raw at some point.

This time, HBK showed up to warn Roman Reigns that he was treading on thin ice by courting the Undertaker at Mania. Michaels thankfully wasn’t goofing around or making jokes as he has in the past. He was all business, telling Roman that Taker was in his head and that he’s been down this road before. Sure, HBK’s warnings seemed to fall on deaf (or overconfident) ears, but it was a nice touch to see trying to be the voice of reason – supportive of Roman but informative.

Regardless of what fans think of Reigns, Michaels did a nice job setting the table for the match. Of course, any other year, Roman’s overconfidence would be his downfall, but that very possibly won’t be the case this time.

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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.