9 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 7th)
Sami Zayn arrives, Y2AJ implodes, and Ambrose is unhinged.
It really is amazing how logical storytelling, good matches and well-timed surprises can make for a completely enjoyable Monday Night Raw. There was no Undertaker, no Brock Lesnar, no John Cena and no Roman Reigns. There was only one McMahon in-ring promo, and it featured the one family member that fans seem to love (Shane McMahon), which in turn generated a strong reaction against the other (Vince).
We had a Tag Team Championship match as promised, and it delivered both during and after the bout. We saw Dean Ambrose continue his unlikely run as Reigns stand-in, with fans solidly rallying behind him and against world champ Triple H. While its great to see Dean get this opportunity to shine, its just going to make reality come crashing down even harder if and when WWE has Ambrose lose in some fashion and not get a title shot at WrestleMania.
Fans also saw the re-debut of a wrestler who first came to the main roster nearly a year ago, only to get sidetracked by injury. But now, it looks like hes here to stay.
But we also saw womens wrestling degrade back down to the short bathroom break matches that dominated Raw a year ago, a very disappointing development when we got two video recaps of the opening segment, meaning that there was time that could have been used better. We saw R-Truth dress up as a pizza delivery guy to woo Goldust. Dolph Ziggler kept living in the past and got punished for it. And we didnt see Roman Reigns. At all. Hope his nose is healing.
All in all, it was a good offering that hopefully is a sign of things to come as WrestleMania is inside of four weeks away.
So what superkicked the competition and what was shellshocked out of existence? Lets get to it