9 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 25)

1. Back By Popular Demand?

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First off, this writer is a fan of having a babyface GM running Raw for a change. It€™s been eons since the last time a good guy ran WWE€™s flagship show, and it€™s a welcome change of pace. Have you noticed how the focus is on the action in the ring and the interactions of the wrestlers with each other, not how they interact with the evil authority figures?

Despite the pleasant change, it€™s still a mind-boggling thing that Shane lost at WrestleMania to gain control of Raw, yet he€™s run the show four weeks straight because of strong support from the WWE Universe? Vince handed over the reins as a form of punishment on the Raw after WrestleMania, wanting to watching Shane fail spectacularly. But then he just left him in charge.

And now, we need to have a talking segment on PPV to resolve a situation that was a twisted experiment, apparently prolonged because of fan reaction. Because of course we need to do that.

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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.