8 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Sept 3)
Beatdowns, brawls, massive returns, new champs. Whew!
Well, you certainly can’t say that Raw wasn’t eventful, that’s for sure.
Monday night’s episode brought us a ton of information to process: new tag champs, solidifying a heel faction, decimation of the heroes, and a huge return.
Sure, Shawn Michaels was booked and announced, but fans couldn’t have expected the bonus appearance they got when a gong sounded and the arena filled up with smoke. It provided a truly memorable moment, but it might have had an adverse effect on the match the segment was written to promote.
We saw Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler finally cash a check their mouths had written and capture gold together, ending a Cinderella story that really was past its sell-by date. We also saw some lackluster wrestling from returning stars and a confusing return from a wrestler who quit a week earlier.
We also saw a rivalry get kicked into overdrive via a pull-apart brawl and subsequent beatdown that rivaled almost anything we’ve seen on Raw in a long, long time. It definitely provided an intense visual.
Raw was eventful, and it could be resurgent if it can maintain this intensity for more than a week or two. But that’s a big “if.”
With that said, let’s find out how things shook out. Let’s get to it…