9 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 7th)

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9. Deadman Fake-Out

Sometimes it€™s the little things that merit a thumbs-up. In this case, it was Vince McMahon using the Undertaker€™s entrance to throw son Shane McMahon €“ and the entire audience €“ off.

In the middle of Shane€™s show-opening promo, the Undertaker€™s €œgong€ sounded, and the lights turned out. Fans understandably freaked, as the Deadman wasn€™t advertised for Raw, but if ever there was a good time to surprise a crowd, it would be in Chicago.

Instead, Vince€™s entrance quickly hit, letting everyone know that he was playing them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRQQpz_YMEc

One thing that could (if WWE ever decides to explore the UT/Vince relationship in this situation) come of Vince using Undertaker€™s entrance is Taker not being too pleased. First he€™s bossed around and called Vince€™s creation (multiple times) and now the chairman is using his entrance. If Vince keeps appropriating parts of Taker€™s persona and keeps insinuating that he owns the Deadman, then we might have something here.

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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.