8 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Sept 3)

by Scott Carlson

1. Shield Broken

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During their initial run as a top faction, The Shield decimated wrestlers up and down the card, attacking like a pack of wild dogs.

So with that in mind, it’s understandable why the locker room emptied out at the end of Raw to attack Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose. The heels joined Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre to destroy the members of The Shield, beating them from the proverbial pillar to post.

Reigns was battered with steel steps. Rollins was launched off the stage into the van, cutting his arm open. Ambrose was pummeled on top of the announce desk (in front of his wife Renee Young). By the end of the program, all three were left broken on the floor in a heap, a rare sight for the Hounds of Justice.

It definitely made things a bit more interesting, with Braun’s group poised to give The Shield a serious run as a top faction, and Hell in a Cell less than two weeks away.

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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.