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#1 The Beast finally emerges / overall grade
There were several backstage segments throughout Raw where Paul Heyman was begging Brock Lesnar to come to the ring so Heyman would lose his job. They were the most interesting things that Lesnar had done in some time as I found them to be pretty entertaining.
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GRADE FOR THE BACKSTAGE SEGMENTS: B
The end of Raw saw General Manager Kurt Angle and Constable Baron Corbin come to the ring to call out Paul Heyman to deliver The Beast or get fired. Heyman did a great job of groveling when it appeared that he was going to be shown the door.
Just before Angle was going to say those famous two words, Lesnar's music hit. It's hard to tell if Heyman knew all along that Brock was coming or just was relieved to see him.
Lesnar asked if Angle has a problem with him before hitting him with an F5. He stared down Corbin, who smartly bailed. He would then proceed to choke out Paul Heyman; which may have severed that long-standing relationship.
I think this may be the start of a long build towards Angle and Lesnar at WrestleMania next year. This was the best the WWE has done with Lesnar in some time.
GRADE: B
