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

4. Flipping Stupid

Was anyone impressed by Bobby Lashley flipping over giant tires? Is he suddenly more menacing and watchable? Obviously, no.

To make matters worse, Lashley got three backstage segments to set up the strongman display, as he and Lana talked to the camera in a bland, boring manner. It was pure fast-forward material that accomplished nothing, other than to remind us that they existed.

Oh, and weren’t Lashley and Lana on the outs? She cost him his match at WrestleMania and nearly cost him a bout on Raw last week, and they were openly sniping. But here, they were all lovey-dovey, so does that mean that this angle was completely dropped?

And again, does anyone care either way?

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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.