8 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Raw (Aug 10)

3. A Quality Beatdown

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See? Now that’s how you do an effective beatdown.

The rivalry between Seth Rollins and the Mysterio family has seen the ridiculous in the Monday Night Messiah targeting Rey’s eye, and Monday, we saw Rollins unleash a high-quality beating of Dominik.

Rollins and Murphy teed off on the younger Mysterio with kendo sticks, repaying Dominik for his attacks with the same weapon. What made it memorable was the duo ripping off Dominik’s shirt and tying him up in the ropes, then proceeding to beat him senseless from both sides with kendo sticks. Meanwhile, Rollins laid in some quality trash-talk to the TV, waving “Hi Papa Rey! Beg for mercy for your son!”

See? This was the kind of beating that actually made you want to see this match to see if Dominik can get retribution – not Rollins’ obsession with putting Rey’s eye out, which just got comically stupid fast. Simple was so much better.

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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.