9 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Aug 19)

2. A Heavy Tease

Braun Strowman Seth Rollins
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WWE is not known for its subtlety when telling stories, but sometimes, that’s OK.

So watching Braun Strowman repeatedly make googly eyes at Seth Rollins’ Universal Championship throughout the show was a little over the top, but at least they acknowledged what was going on and joked about it a little.

Braun has been denied a world title run for his entire tenure in WWE, with his lone title a one-day tag title reign with a 10-year-old (until Monday). So it’s natural that he’d still have his sights set on winning the big one. Strowman is clearly eyeing Rollins’ title, and now that he and Seth are Raw Tag Team Champions, there’s a good chance things will bubble over at some point in the near future.

But for now, expect WWE to remind us that Braun really likes Seth’s title. And again, that’s OK.

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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.