WWE Great Balls Of Fire: 8 Things WWE Got Right

For the first time in a long time, watching Raw feels essential...

by Jamie Kennedy
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When was the last time you genuinely felt like you'd be missing something if you skipped Monday Night Raw? Further still, when did you feel like WWE's flagship show was unmissable because of pay-per-view fallout?

After Great Balls Of Fire, it is.

There are so many questions coming out of the event, most of them revolving around Roman Reigns, Kurt Angle, and Braun Strowman. Why is Angle on that list, you ask? Well, there's a reason Strowman glared at him like he wanted to rip the Raw GM's head off; WWE got those post-Ambulance Match shenanigans absolutely spot on and Angle is firmly in the mix.

On a pay-per-view with a laughable name, the company delivered some serious results. Not everything was brilliant (just how dull was that Intercontinental Title match!?), but the positives managed to outweigh the negatives...

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.