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For the record, this week's RAW was a great show and there weren't many bad things to look at. Still, every episode has it's drawbacks, along with the positives.
Survivor Series on Sunday saw the Red brand lose more matches than they won. WWE's next pay-per-view is TLC, which is scheduled to take place on the 16th of December. Hence, Vince McMahon doesn't have much time to think about different feuds but he did manage to give the WWE Universe some new and different storylines on Monday night.
This was one of the best weekly RAW episodes in a long, long time by far. We saw Rey Mysterio become the new United States Champion, among other things.
If you have noticed it, whenever WWE has title matches or any high stakes bout on a weekly episode, the product of that episode receives high praise as it rightly did yesterday.
Now, let's take a look at the three things WWE didn't get right on this week's episode of the Red brand:
#3 No storylines for the RAW Tag Team Champions?
The Viking Raiders got a huge win against The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish) and the New Day on Sunday at Survivor Series and guess what, they didn't appear on RAW. This would have been the perfect opportunity for WWE to continue The Viking Raiders' momentum but with seemingly nothing in the pipeline, the RAW Tag Team Champions might have missed the show.
Looking at how The Street Profits have nothing to do currently, it wouldn't be a bad idea to pit them against The Viking Raiders. The RAW Tag Team Champions have never really felt like a big deal but with no fault of theirs, of course. They need to be involved in feuds or bouts that have stakes on it, instead of having these little matches against enhancement talent.
#2 No feuds for Andrade
Andrade is another talented WWE Superstar, with whom the WWE creative just doesn't know what to do. While Buddy Murphy and Aleister Black are now in a feud against each other, it would have been good to see Andrade get a feud of his own.
It's not that he isn't getting screen time; he has been getting a lot of television time and over the course of his many appearances, he has been winning matches continuously. However, every single one of those matches has not felt like they were a big deal.
Last week on RAW, Andrade finally got to face someone from the big leagues in Seth Rollins. Even though the match ended in a DQ finish, many believed that Andrade will receive a push in the future, but it appears that we are back to square one.
He faced Akira Tozawa this week on RAW and as expected, Andrade made short work out of the Japanese wrestler. The WWE Universe has always rated Andrade highly but he has gone nowhere since his switch from NXT, despite being one of the top wrestlers on the card regularly.
Hopefully, Andrade will be getting a push soon, which will justify his talents.
#1 Drew McIntyre's booking
When Drew McIntyre changed it up from NXT, back when it was still being called a development brand for the main rosters, and came to RAW, he was being hailed as the biggest and worst heel on the planet. However, his booking since then hasn't really been enjoyable.
The Scottish Psychopath loses more matches than he wins and we haven't seen his ' Win at all costs' mentality on the Red brand that he had on NXT to take out each of his opponents. This week on RAW, WWE had a great chance to make McIntyre the WWE United States Champion but he lost again.
McIntyre just hasn't been given the opportunities to shine, has he? The babyfaces always seem to get the better of him. Also, most of the WWE Universe knows how bad McIntyre can be but he hasn't been given any storylines or feuds that make him look strong.
Even at Survivor Series, Seth Rollins was the last man standing for RAW, when it could easily have been The Scottish Psychopath.
Hopefully, over the coming weeks, we see Drew McIntyre being used as the crazed Superstar that he is.
