7 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw (2 March - Results & Review)

2. Unmasking A-Go-Go

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If you’re looking for a “WWE is creatively bankrupt” example, look no further than two matches on Raw on Monday night.

The opening match featured Gunther constantly trying to unmask Dragon Lee, finally succeeding in removing his mask while applying the sleeper, forcing Lee to tap out quickly and hide his face. The announcers were aghast at Gunther stooping so low as to unmask a wrestler to win a match.

The very next match featured four wrestlers (one American, two Brits, and one German) wearing masks and pretending to be Mexican, and that bout saw the hero repeatedly try to unmask the heel trio. In return, the heels all tried to remove the babyface’s mask, but they also fell short.

Two matches, two unmasking angles. One, a heel getting heat. The other, a babyface trying to expose “frauds” – according to him. One was played as a serious transgression. The other was a bunch of white wrestlers cosplaying as Mexican luchadores trying to rip off each other's masks for laughs.

Does anyone actually pay attention to this product in the booking process?

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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.