8 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Raw (April 20)

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6. Theory Still Raw

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Austin Theory might be a future world champion for all we know, but watching his matches on Raw, he just looks overmatched and out of his league.

Monday, Theory squared off against Aleister Black in a Money in the Bank qualifying match. Early on, it looked like they weren’t on the same page, with Austin awkwardly avoiding a legsweep and just stumbling around. Throughout the match, he looked lost at times, but he still managed a couple nice spots.

Theory is still young (22), so he has plenty of time to grow into this role, but it just feels like if it weren’t for the current situation, he wouldn’t be on Raw right now in a prominent position.

Still, we have to give this a “down” due to the disappointing match.

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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.