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Monday Night Raw emanated from Milwaukee Wisconsin tonight and there was an obvious lack of star power since the likes of Dean Ambrose and Braun Strowman didn't appear as part of the show live and in person.
There were a number of shocking segments much like Alexa Bliss opening up a forum to the WWE Universe with Sasha Banks and Bayley and then Nia Jax once again bringing up the fact that she knocked out Becky Lynch as a way to get cheap heat.
Seth Rollins brought back the Intercontinental Championship open challenge, which was answered by a returning Dolph Ziggler, who reportedly was struggling with a foot injury, but he's now been able to push that to one side and almost lifted the title for the seventh time.
Whilst Raw was seen by many fans as quite a poor episode this week, there were some interesting botches that many of the WWE Universe may have missed.
#3 Ronda Rousey's promo
Ronda Rousey faces Nia Jax for the Raw Women's Championship at TLC next month and the build-up to that match has obviously already started, with Jax declaring that "The Facebreaker" will add another name to her list.
Obviously, Rousey had to come out and respond to Jax and once again it turned into a botchy promo from the Champion before Tamina Snuka and The Irresistible Force attempted to attack the former UFC Champion and Natalya made the save.
Sadly, Natalya didn't make it to the ring, since she was attacked by The Riott Squad and Rousey then cleaned house and delivered a terrible Judo throw to Liv Morgan that looked like it could have given her another concussion. It was just an all-round rough night for Rousey.
#2 Baron Corbin doesn't know how to sell
Wrestling has changed over the years, much like football it is now fastpaced and includes a number of moves that weren't even thought of a decade ago, but there was a time when a DDT was seen as a finishing move and Jake "The Snake" Roberts made a career out of it.
Baron Corbin seemingly forgot that this week on Raw, since Finn Balor delivered a DDT to the General Manager Elect and he got straight back up onto his feet and prepared himself for the next move. A DDT is used by a number of stars as a near fall and Lita and Mickie James made careers out of using it as a finisher, so the fact that Corbin refused to sell a move of this caliber in the main event of Monday Night Raw needs to be highlighted.
#1 Sasha Banks remembered the spots better than Mickie James
Alexa Bliss was given the role as the boss of the Women's Division this week on Raw and her first act of business was to create an open forum for Sasha Banks and Bayley so fans could ask questions. The segment quickly turned into a game of who could throw the best banter before Bayley and Sasha were attacked by Alicia Fox, Mickie James and Dana Brooke.
It's interesting to note that WWE are so short of bodies that Brooke actually only tagged with Sasha Banks and Bayley on Saturday night at Starrcade and now she's being used as a heel once again. This segment also saw Mickie James seemingly miss her cue since Sasha Banks got her hands up to block a kick from the six-time Women's Champion before she had even thrown the move, which was a little sloppy.
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