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Monday Night Raw was known to have been re-drafted at the last minute since there were a number of travel issues and it appears that this fact itself affected a number of the stars of the show. There were a number of stars who made the switch over to Monday Night Raw as part of the Superstar Shake-up but some debuts were not on the level that many of the WWE Universe were expected.
We are just a week removed from the biggest event of the year and some of these stars who were on Raw last night were not at a level where they should have been broadcast on WWE TV. There were more botches than usual on Raw last night, but here are just a few that the WWE Universe might have missed.
#4 The Usos Raw debut is ruined
A number of superstars made the switch over to Raw as part of the Superstar Shake-up which will continue tonight on SmackDown Live and The Usos were one of those teams. Whilst the likes of The Miz and The Viking Experience had their own pops as they debuted, the person in the production truck somehow managed to ruin The Usos debut on Raw since they revealed the graphic a little bit too soon.
Chad Gable and Bobby Roode were still in the ring cutting a promo when the graphic came up and it was made clear that the former Tag Team Champions were making their way over to Raw. Vince McMahon can't have been happy that someone backstage gave away The Usos moment merely minutes before they were due to come out the curtain, but this just sums up the kind of night that WWE had in Montreal.
#3 Rey Mysterio's disastrous debut
Rey Mysterio is one of the best wrestlers in the world and the WWE Universe were on the edge of their seats last night when it was revealed that The Master of The 619 was making his move over to Raw.
Mysterio hit the ring and looked to take out Elias with a springboard move of some kind, but instead, he ended up jumping around The Drifter's waist and then had to flip him over and out of the ring. Mysterio doesn't botch very often, this was a rare misstep for the former World Champion but it was one that he made on his Raw debut so now the WWE Universe has sat up and taken note.
Hopefully, Mysterio is able to push past this and his recent ankle injury to become a huge star on Raw in the coming weeks.
#2 Lacey Evans finally wrestles on Raw?
Lacey Evans is now the Number One Contender to the Raw Women's Championship after she was able to defeat Natalya this week on Raw, but the Sassy Southern Belle once again proved why there has been a lot of negativity surrounding her WWE debut since she was unable to get through her first match without botching.
The match was a slightly botchy affair from both women as Nattie almost tripped over Evans as she went for her basement dropkick before Evans then secured the win with a botched moonsault as she came down hard on Nattie's midsection with her knees. Evans then found it hard to re-adjust for the pin, which shows that she miscalculated the move, but it appears that Nattie was able to get away unscathed.
#1 Bobby Lashley crashes AJ Styles' Raw debut
AJ Styles was the surprise tag team partner that joined Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in their battle against Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre and even though it was Styles who was able to pin Lashley and get off to a high flying start on Raw, the ending obviously wasn't as planned.
Lashley had already taken a curb stomp fully to his forehead and a spear before Styles stepped up to deliver the Phenomenal Forearm for the win, but Lashley wasn't in the right position in the ring so rather than the forearm hitting him on the neck like usual, it hardly made any contact with The All Mighty at all before he took the bump and stayed down for the three count. It was a lackluster ending to an interesting match.
