9 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 8)

3. F2? F3?

You might consider Dean Ambrose getting an epic beatdown would be a negative, but as with many things, it€™s all in the delivery. Ambrose followed up on his promise to seek out Brock Lesnar by going to the ring and calling out the Beast. He thought that an F5 was supposed to hurt, adding that Brock couldn€™t keep him down. He dared Lesnar to come out and F5 him again, calling him soft and questioning his manhood. Once Lesnar came out, however, it was a different story. Brock beat Ambrose from pillar to post with ease, but the story was that Ambrose wouldn€™t stay down. Even after an F5, he struggled back to his knees and motioned for Lesnar to come back and try to finish the job. Roman Reigns provided a brief distraction, allowing Dean to hit a low blow (illustrating a loophole in a triple threat match, where that move is legal) to fell the Beast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la8Ky4XSis8 Sure, Ambrose getting demolished isn€™t ideal, but Brock has mowed through John Cena, Triple H, Undertaker and Roman Reigns in the past couple years. For Dean to stand up to him, take Brock€™s best shots and still want more, that has to count for something.
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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 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.