8 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct 2)

3. Dean The Punching Bag

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It’s understandable that Dean Ambrose had to take a beating at Braun Strowman’s hands. And it was a good thing that the match ended without him losing.

However, Ambrose took quite a beating from Braun on Raw. Strowman dominated much of the early part of the match, methodically demolishing him. Dean made a nice comeback, but Strowman basically snapped to and proceeded to powerslam him into silly putty before Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins ran out for the save.

The storyline of the match was fine, but Ambrose looked outmatched, only getting a couple small flurries during the bout. It was reminiscent of his WrestleMania match against Brock Lesnar, where Dean never really had a shot, but got a couple hope spots before succumbing to the dominant heel.

It just felt anticlimactic in a way. Of course Braun dominated like he did, because Ambrose never stood a chance.

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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.