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After the disappointment of last week where the show came under scrutiny, WWE really needed to put out a better product this time around. Were they able to succeed? To an extent, yes.
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Was the show boring? not at all. It was fun and pretty refreshing with segments not dragging along for too long.
The segments were crisp with storylines moving forward. There was, of course, the filler segment where The Revival lost again for the thousandth time to Lucha House Party but all in all, it was a pretty good offering from WWE and this should keep the critics quiet for a while.
For all of those who missed it, here are the 5 quick highlights of what all panned out in this week's edition.
#1 Nia Jax and Ronda Rousey Finally Collide
Finally after all these weeks Nia Jax and Ronda Rousey finally came to blows as they participated in a tag team match.
The show started with a tag team match between Ronda Rousey and Natalya against Tamina and Nia Jax.
But the Riott squad attacked Natalya during the match which led to disqualification and injured Natalya badly.
With Natalya unable to wrestle Ronda was asked to find a partner for herself for her match against the Irresistable Force and Tamina. Ember moon paired with Ronda for the match. The match was the first time Rousey and Jax had faced off ever since the start of their feud for the championship.
Jax kept her participation from the match limited and tagged Tamina in the end to face a charging Rousey which just helped the team of Moon and Rousey to secure the win.
#2 Introducing WWE Women's Tag Team Championship?
The apparent friendship bond of Bayley and Sasha Banks has been growing and this week again it was out on full display as the duo proclaimed that they will remain tag teams till the end of time and nothing could pull them apart.
There were also some telltale signs of Alexa Bliss maybe turning to the other side when she singlehandedly stopped an attack from Alicia Fox, Micky James, and Dana Brookes and made a tag team match featuring Micky and Alicia against Sasha and Bayley.
But during the complete segment, one thing that stood out was when the duo of Bayley and Sasha Banks were asked about their next year plans and the duo teased about being the Women Tag Team champions next year.
This could be a good move with so many women wrestlers on the roster and not many opportunities for them, a new title would be a good way to progress the women's division further.
#3 Drew McIntyre gets pinned for the first time
This week's edition was supposed to the Drew Mcintyre appreciation night as he was awarded a gold medal of excellence by Baron Corbin.
But things quickly changed when Dolph Ziggler stepped into the ring to ask McIntyre why he was not invited. This quickly turned into an argument which culminated with a zigzag from Ziggler to Drew Mcintyre.
Ziggler then faced Drew Mcintyre in a singles match and all seemed to be going to plan for the Scottish Terminator.
But when he threw Ziggler into the ring he knocked down the referee which provided an opening for Finn Balor to plant a flying kick on McIntyre which helped Ziggler to take the victory.
This was the first occasion where McIntyre got pinned ever since he returned to WWE and it could lead to an interesting rivalry between McIntyre and Balor.
#4 Redemption night for the Baby Faces
After the last week's edition where there was an overdose of heels getting one up over the babyface(let's face it, there was total annihilation), this week was a welcome change with heels finally getting some level footing on the show.
In the match between Ziggler and McIntyre, Balor cost the Scottish Terminator his first ever match on Raw, while Finn Balor in his own match was able to snatch a win over Jinder Mahal.
Balor was also instrumental in throwing Lio Rush into the path of Elias as he smashed his guitar on Rush's back after Bobby Lashley ran away,
In the women's division as well, Sasha and Bayley won their encounters while even Ronda Rousey was able to get her hands on Nia Jax for the first time and even snatch a win in her tag-team match.
All in All it was a good night for Babyfaces.
#5 Dean Ambrose is no more the Lunatic Fringe
Dean Ambrose walked out to the ring with own bunch of SWAT members wearing gas masks and other protective gear so that they could keep themselves protected from the harmful air in the arena.
It was more of the same things that Ambrose has said in the past few weeks as he talked about Seth Rollins not being an architect of anything and come TLC, he will falter and fail to rise to the big occasion.
After that again Rollins charged to the ring and got some offence in but got subdued by the SWAT team which outnumbered him significantly and it was again Ambrose who stood tall at the end.
Either way, one thing is clear, this is a complete divergence from the "Lunatic Fringe" character that Ambrose played and this is something completely new and different from Dean.
