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

8. Strange Bedfellows Match Gets Rationale

Bobby Lashley Humberto Carrillo
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It’s rare in today’s wrestling world to have a random pairing get a logical reasoning for being put together, but a backstage interview Monday explained why Angel Garza and Bobby Lashley were teaming up against Humberto Carrillo and Rusev.

Lana said she was thinking on Valentine’s Day about how the two hottest couples on Raw should team up to take care of their respective problems, hence the heel duo. But even better, Zelina Vega immediately pointed out that Lana wasn’t paying attention, because she and Garza are business associates, not a couple.

That little detail – Vega ticked that Lana can’t comprehend that she and Angel are strictly business and not romantic – wasn’t lost on this writer. And it set the stage for Garza to put over his “ladies man” gimmick, which bore out during the match when a fan ran up to the railing to give him a kiss mid-match.

Hmm, maybe Garza will stick on Raw. He certainly is showing a big personality that could play well on the red brand.

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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.