9 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 18)

4. Rollins Recruits Another Convert

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One woman’s trash is another man’s treasure. At least, that’s how Seth Rollins viewed Zelina Vega’s former charge Austin Theory.

Theory got bounced from Vega’s stable after heel miscommunication led to Angel Garza getting pinned. Austin was beat up ringside afterward and was still there when Murphy faced Aleister Black. And in an eerily similar manner to how Rollins recruited Murphy months ago, the Black Hand of Raw enlisted Theory to attack Black, leading to a beatdown of Aleister.

And just like that, Theory went from castoff to part of Rollins’ pseudo-religious cabal. Nicely done.

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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.