9 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Raw (Feb 17)

1. Filling Space

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While it might be a big deal or an honor or whatever for Ricochet to face Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at Super Showdown, it’s pretty easy to say he might be one of the most overlooked challengers we’ve seen in recent years.

Everyone is already looking beyond this February PPV to WrestleMania 36 and Brock versus Drew McIntyre. The Royal Rumble winner is talking about it; Lesnar’s advocate is talking about it; the announcers are talking about it. Yes, they all will occasionally couch it slightly that Ricochet could emerge from Saudi Arabia with the world title, but everything is predicated on Brock/Drew.

That makes Ricochet and his title shot superfluous to the narrative, a foregone conclusion of epic proportions. So listening to him telling The OC that he can win almost makes you laugh the same way they trio was rolling. It’s borderline comical. The question is whether Ricochet mounts any sustained offense, or if Lesnar just mauls him after a couple hope spots.

And this is coming from someone who loves Ricochet.

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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.