8 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (July 13th)
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7. Worlds Strongest Heel? Or Face?
To be fair, not every wrestler needs to be a straight good guy or villain, but when a superstar seems to vacillate between the two, the wrestler is either directionless or a Bella. In Mark Henrys case, he seemed like he was just a big, threatening guy to come out from the back, look imposing and then lose. Since returning at Elimination Chamber, Henry had lost every televised match until Monday. During that stretch, he faced babyfaces Roman Reigns and Ryback, then lost to Big Show and squared off against Intercontinental Champion Ryback again. It looked like he was nothing more than a guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om1DZgPPLSw Monday, Henry teamed with the Prime Time Players to defeat the New Day, his first televised win in three months. But after the victory, the Worlds Strongest Man celebrated with Titus ONeil and Darren Young, doing their millions of dollars dance and hugging Titus. If this is a bona fide face run for Henry, thats great, but lets hope he doesnt come out next week and attack Neville.
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.
