9 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 8)
4. Ambrose On A Rampage
The opening segment of Raw made fans clamor for a one-on-one match between Dean Ambrose versus Brock Lesnar. Whether that was the intended purpose (and a new direction for Brock at WrestleMania, with the Bray Wyatt feud jettisoned), remains to be seen. But it certainly had fans fired up. Ambrose wasted little time in stalking to the ring and calling out the overgrown ape Lesnar. He showed no fear in stepping to Brock and immediately ate an F5 for his troubles. Brock showed right away that he fears no one, even if hes outnumbered two-to-one (with Roman Reigns in the ring as well). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRpUKWmyap0 The result of that brief encounter (along with Dean vowing to find him in backstage segments) was fans imaginations dreaming of a Mania bout between Lesnar and Ambrose, a grudge match pitting a guy who dishes out beatings for a living, and a guy who just doesnt care and will keep coming at you. Book it, please.
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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
