The biggest winners and losers from last night's Raw (September 10)

Roman Reigns Raw September 10
Taking "go home" a bit too literally.

For a pay per view go-home show, Raw was, true to its current form, disappointing. The best story being told on the show right now is that which is hyping the upcoming Undertaker vs. Triple H match in Australia, which is, in truth, a glorified exhibition bout between two rarely-seen stars of the past who will soon depart again.

The rest of the show didn't really click. The best it got was "good" for some segments, but that wasn't enough to justify three whole hours of meandering.

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With only six days away until a Hell in a Cell pay per view which, in fairness to it, looks like it has a good card, who walked away with more excitement heading into Sunday and who lost out on it?


Losers: The Heels of Raw

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Raw looked like it had something last week when it had the entire heel locker room team up against the Shield. However, in the opening segment of this week's episode, the Shield overcame the numbers game and stood tall in the ring.

If the villains are going to be defeated so easily, what's the point of telling this story in the first place?

It didn't help that Braun Strowman talking about his "dogs of war" and letting out a contrived evil laugh was lame as all hell. It telegraphed the message that the company is trying too hard to get Roman Reigns over, as we've understood from the beginning of this storyline.

Every other heel on Raw besides Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre, and Dolph Ziggler were rendered cannon fodder in this segment. They'll have their own rivalries, but they mean nothing in the grand scheme of things. It was the wrong message to send, especially when Roman's reign is likely to be a lengthy one.

Loser: Ruby Riott

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WWE is all too fond of sacrificing its current talent for part time "legends," and that was on display again last night. Ruby Riott has never truly been able to live up to her potential in the company, and losing to an over the hill Nikki Bella only proves the point further.

By November, Nikki Bella will be gone, and at this rate, Raw will have even more of a shell of a women's roster than it does right now.

Winners: Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler

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With their squash victory over the B-Team, McIntyre and Ziggler signified that the tag team champions are to be taken seriously again. After Braun Strowman destroyed the dominant Bar with a child for a partner, Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt's meaningless reign, and the B-Team's comedy act, it was a much-needed change.

Hopefully, they'll carry those straps for a while yet. A rivalry with the Shield will help matters and can ultimately lead to McIntyre's anticipated turn on Ziggler, but there's no need to give the Shield more gold and even fewer obstacles to overcome right now.

Loser: Kevin Owens

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After an academic squash over Tyler Breeze, we learned what we'd been dreading - that Owens is mad at Bobby Lashley for putting his best friend Sami Zayn on the shelf. He's also tired of the Shield, or something.

I fully expect the rivalry between Kevin Owens and Bobby Lashley to be almost as bad as the one between him and Zayn. Buckle up. It was certainly a lame reason to "quit" the company two weeks prior.

Losers: Bobby Roode and Chad Gable

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So, it seems that a heel turn is in the works for one of them, as there appeared some minor dissension within the ranks this time.

In an otherwise pointless rematch, it was a nice touch. But honestly, heel or babyface, neither Roode nor Gable are likely to go anywhere as singles competitors. It makes more sense to keep them as a tag team in a division which desperately needs them.

Winner: Ronda Rousey

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WWE's good booking of Ronda Rousey continues, as the company is selling a rib injury heading into the Hell in a Cell pay per view on Sunday. If this rematch was to happen at all following a demolition at SummerSlam, Ronda Rousey needed to be vulnerable in some way, because Alexa Bliss isn't a believable competitor against her.

Sure, the rematch is unnecessary filler, but at least it now feels like something a little bit more, with some logical coherence behind it. That's good enough for this company nowadays.

Winner: Roman Reigns

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Don't even think that Roman "standing tall" last night means he's losing on Sunday.

That go-home trope isn't as accurate as you think, and it won't be this time. Instead, Roman Reigns looked menacing heading into Hell in a Cell and while this segment fell far short of the ones we're used to seeing between Reigns and Strowman, it delivered some decent action on an otherwise boring show.

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