4 surprising moments from Raw this week 

There is no way of sugar coating this, this week's episode of Raw is the reason why longtime wrestling fans are so frustrated with the Vince McMahon's wrestling product they are actually switching to NJPW and other promotions out their that offer some sort of entertainment.

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And maybe it the 'entertainment' in WWE that is stifling the product as there was no trace of that found on Raw this week. As the creative team once again produced an episode of the red brand that booked similar segments, booked a fricken crapload of tag team matches and on top of all of that booked the main event of the night was one worth skipping as it culminated in absolute nothingness.

But as a wrestling fan, optimism is the one characteristic you need have, as the frustrating nature of the WWE product can bore you. Therefore, while Raw was extremely bad at building towards Extreme Rules, they did offer some surprising moments, and in full disclosure, some of these moments were not surprising in a good way.

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#1 Run Owens Run

Ladies and Gentlemen, your main event of Raw.

Kevin Owens is a fantastic wrestler, commentator, promo artist or entertainer in general, the man can turn awful material the WWE creative team hand him on a weekly basis into something progressive, but on this week's edition of Raw, WWE KO’d Kevin's credibility.

Being scared of somebody is not uncommon, as facing someone who you never faced before would make you rethink what you are getting in to, but in the case of Kevin Owens and Strowman, that analogy holds no weight, as both these men have faced off against each other countless times in the past.

Moreover, one would think by now KO knows Strowman's strengths, weakness, target areas and use that information to his advantage which would allow him to neutralize the big man, but no, WWE would rather have Owens run away and hidden in a portable toilet. And yeah, you have read that right, in 2018 the former Universal Champion ran away from a match and hid in a toilet.

Nevertheless, Strowman would then drag Owens who was locked inside the toilet and throw it off the stage. Only Vince McMahon knows how he is going to get KO feeling like the main event player he once was, cause right now he is at his lowest on the Raw power rankings.

#2 The good doctor is back

Maybe he should've returned to congratulate Team Hell No on their progress, instead of being saddled in this schoolyard quarrel

Bayley's beatdown of Sasha Banks last week was the best thing WWE did with her in almost two years, and fans were ready to finally witness these two athletically gifted, wrestlers tear each other up in a feud that has been building for almost a year now.

Instead of doing the logical thing, WWE decided to pull a page out of their old playbook and send these two seething rivals to counseling, and surprise surprise, the therapist was none other than good old Dr. Shelby.

While it was fun to see Shelby back in the mix, this segment did not need to exist, as Bayley and Banks achieved nothing here besides dishing out childish insults. What works for one set of stars does not always have the same positive effect for others, as Kane and Daniel Bryan's segments were hilarious because fans were witnessing two individuals that truly felt had anger problems, here Bayley and Sasha feel like they are trying to hate each other.

Hopefully, WWE can improve next week cause these superstars don't need counseling but to settle their differences in a brutal war that has been set up for a long time now.

#3 Constable 'Boring' is not that bad after all

Say what you want about Corbin, but right regarding entertainment value, he is better than Finn Balor.

The moment Baron Corbin showed up in Kurt Angle's office claiming to be a constable appointed by Stephanie McMahon herself, most thought it was the beginning of Corbin's further fall down the ranks of WWE, as everyone knows what happened to Kane's credibility when he was transformed into a corporate member of The Authority.

Now while Corbin's constable character might still be a tad bit uninteresting if you get bored fast, it has made the man feel more important than he has felt in months, and the surprising thing is, he is great at being a puppet for the higher-ups.

The whole angle with Finn Balor feels like a placeholder feud until the WWE creative can finally find something worthwhile for these superstars to do, as right now it is also surprising that Balor has no real direction on Raw.

The inaugural Universal Champion would be better off on 205 Live putting on excellent matches or back at NXT reviving his career, as other than calling out The Authority, Balor did nothing on Raw this week, while Corbin progressed as a 'corporate stooge.'

#4 An emphasis on Roman Reigns' ego

Looks like "The Big Dog" has a big ego.

It becomes a bit tedious hearing Roman Reigns reiterate that WWE is his yard and he is the big dog every single week, as fighting jobbers and performing mediocre on the mic do not make him feel like the next big thing. But this week WWE deiced to put that catchphrase into use as Reigns competed in several matches, several segments and delivered some good words on the mic when he was given a chance.

Reigns first delivered a repetitive but intense promo at the start of the show in which he further insulted Bobby Lashley, claimed that he is "the guy" on Raw and no one goes through him. Then Drew Mcintyre and Dolph Ziggler came put to disagree; they got in a brawl, which then caused Seth Rollins to come out and so ensued a great tag team match, everything that one would expect to happen, happened as usual.

But throughout the entirety of Raw what was most surprising was character development for Reigns as WWE is building up Reigns as someone whose ego is bigger than himself. Firstly he insulted several stars for even thinking that he is on his level, fought in tow tag team matches to prove that he runs Raw and refused to even take the help from Lashley in the second tag team match against The Revival which led to him being battered and bruised.

WWE is building Reigns up as a smug, arrogant man that does what he wants when he wants, and for the sake of character development, they should continue doing so.