9 Ups And 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 6 )

2. Rematch Better Than The Original

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Maybe with a month to continue to heal and recover, Roman Reigns is becoming more like himself again.

Reigns and Drew McIntyre had a WrestleMania rematch Monday night, with McIntyre hitting some brutal moves, including a deadlift suplex and a reverse Alabama Slam into the apron. Roman countered a top rope leap with a Superman Punch and broke out a DDT for the first time in memory.

Roman caught Drew with a spear, but he didn’t get to a cover right away. When he did, Shane McMahon and Elias attacked, causing a DQ. That was the only dark spot on the match, which was pretty good.

The post-match hijinks kept Elias one step ahead of Reigns with their PPV match looming. No one is giving Elias much of a chance, but they’re at least making you think he has a shot here.

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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.