5 Botches, slip ups, and outrageous moments from WWE Raw (September 4, 2017)

#2 Double-reinforcing is completely unnecessary

The ring getting reinforced is a cool visual, but it got a tad outrageous when WWE emphasized the need to "double-reinforce" the squared circle due to the fact that both men weigh close to 800 lbs together. The numbers don't hold water when compared to other matches on the very same show.

Look at the tag team match of Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose versus Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson, which happened immediately before the main event. That contest featured four men that weigh in at a combined total of 948 lbs (according to their billed weight on Wikipedia). Surely they were slamming each other hard enough to the mat at some point to warrant concern for the structural integrity of the ring, right?

Also, the cruiserweight tag match earlier in the night featured Enzo Amore, Cedric Alexander, Gran Metalik, Drew Gulak, Tony Nese, and Noam Dar in action. Those six men weigh in at a combined total of 1,148 lbs. They were at least all standing in the ring together at the same time. Why wouldn't this match get the same treatment when there's over a half-ton of humanity flipping around?

Sure, there's also the steel cage to account for this time around but they've reinforced the ring in the past for these two when there was no cage at all. It's a cool claim but the numbers ultimately don't hold up.