WWE Raw September 17 2018 – Highs and Lows

High: Lio Rush is going to be a great manager

The 205 Live star has been placed into the unusual role of Bobby Lashley’s heel manager (this character is not a babyface, though WWE doesn’t know the difference these days), despite smiling Bob being a babyface.

Rush showed great composure in his Raw debut, ably going toe-to-toe with Elias on the mic.

After brushing off Elias’s jabs about his size (he was referred to as “somebody’s kid”) he provided (intentionally annoying) commentary, was involved in the finish of the subsequent Elias-Lashley match and tangled with an interfering Kevin Owens.

It would make far more sense for Rush to team with Lashley against Elias and Owens at Super Showdown rather than John Cena.

Regardless of that, this was a positive showing from Rush. WWE’s push to use more male managers is long overdue and Rush has been well cast as a charismatic mouthpiece.

 

Low: Boring Baron in the main event

Baron Corbin reminds me of heels from a different era. And no, I don’t mean great workers who got genuine heat, I mean the tedious plodders who used to stink up rings in the 80s and 90s.

Corbin had shown improvements earlier in the year as a worker and then as a talker once he became Constable Corbin. Unfortunately, his never-ending rivalry with Finn Balor has seriously exposed his weaknesses.

Corbin has reverted back to the half-speed bore he was on SmackDown last year and his main event match with Roman Reigns typified that.

Corbin is not helped by having to wrestle in that ludicrous attire, like a modern day version of Corporate Kane (which also sucked). Corbin needs to get some proper gear and update his ring style, because in his current form he turns fans off in droves.

It did not help that his match with Roman was so overbooked. Corbin made the bout so he could win the Universal Title, changing the rules midway through to his benefit, yet still was unable to get the job done. It made him look stupid.

6 years ago by Wrestle Talk

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