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WWE had an amazing show with Money in the Bank 2021. All they had to do on the following Monday Night RAW was stick the landing.
They had John Cena appearing again to explain why he was back, Bobby Lashley needing a new opponent, Charlotte Flair as the new RAW Women's Champion and Nikki A.S.H holding the Money in the Bank briefcase. Surely they couldn't miss?
Well, they absolutely nailed some things, like having Nikki A.S.H cash in her briefcase on a vulnerable Charlotte Flair to become the new RAW Women's Champion, but other things weren't so great.
Here are five unforgivable mistakes WWE made on Monday Night RAW
#5. Goldberg in the WWE world title picture again on RAW
Look, I get it. Goldberg is still popular with the casual fans, and he certainly had an overwhelmingly positive reaction when he showed up on RAW. But does he absolutely have to be in an unearned title match again?
He lost his last one to Drew McIntyre, who Bobby Lashley recently beat, so why on earth is he now challenging for the title? It's not logical and it only serves to make people dislike him.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with Goldberg wrestling in this day and age, but WWE really should be using him to give other non-world title holders a spotlight match on pay-per-views. Imagine Goldberg vs Riddle, or Goldberg vs AJ Styles, or Goldberg vs anyone else other than the current champion.
#4. Keith Lee losing on his return to WWE Monday Night RAW
Look, I'm not sure about the circumstances surrounding Keith Lee's absence from WWE RAW, nobody is. But frankly, that doesn't matter because Lee is a big deal and he should've been presented like one.
Having him return to answer Lashley's open challenge was absolutely fine. But to then have his return end in an underwhelming clean loss and then immediately upstage him with Goldberg's RAW appearance is certainly not telling the WWE Universe that Lee should be considered important.
I'm glad Lee is back and I hope that WWE has something better planned for him going forward than he was given today. You just need to listen to the crowd reaction to his return to know he deserves it.
#4. Not acknowledging that Bobby Lashley was the one that 'injured' Keith Lee on WWE Monday Night RAW
Keith Lee has been away from WWE for a while now, so you'd probably be forgiven for forgetting that it was actually The Almighty Bobby Lashley's Hurt Lock that 'injured' Keith Lee in the storyline, and led to his prolonged absence from the show.
You'd think then that Lee answering Lashley's open challenge would be a big deal with a personal edge to it, and that WWE would remember that Lee would be probably be out to avenge being put on the shelf. But nope, you'd be wrong.
#2. Having Nikki A.S.H cash in on an injured wrestler who had just been attacked on WWE Monday Night RAW
I'm as happy as the next guy that Nikki A.S.H. is RAW Women's Champion, but I must admit it felt wrong that the positive superhero character of Nikki A.S.H cashed in on Charlotte Flair after The Queen had been through a match and then a post-match attack.
It's sort of okay because Charlotte is a heel, but taking advantage of anyone, bad guy or not, to win a title just doesn't feel like something that someone who is almost a superhero would do.
That being said, on reflection this might be more of a minor quibble than a major mistake WWE has made. But they really need to start coming up with fresh ways people can cash-in the MITB briefcase!
#1. Karrion Kross losing on his WWE Monday Night RAW debut to Jeff Hardy
Regardless of how you feel about Karrion Kross as an individual performer and whether you rate him or not, there's no question that the decision to have him lose to Jeff Hardy on RAW was problematic on so many levels.
It's completely taken the wind out of Kross as a character. Sure, there's an argument that WWE is telling the story that he needs Scarlett to be unbeatable, but it's still not great to have your unbeaten champ lose in such an underwhelming fashion.
The timing of the loss is also a nightmare for NXT's biggest storyline, which is the developing animosity between NXT Special Enforcer Samoa Joe and Karrion Kross. Not to mention how the likes of Johnny Gargano, Keith Lee and Finn Balor have all put Kross over massively, and now look slightly silly.
Then you add the fact that the loss came to Jeff Hardy of all people, with the once great WWE Superstar's last match on RAW being a singles loss to Jinder Mahal's henchman Veer.
