WWE RAW: 5 things we learned from this week’s episode (December 10, 2018)

#4 The creatives don’t care about injuries

McIntyre's attack on Balor could have injured the superstar

The absence of Finn Balor was a bit worrisome, as there are rumors that he is either ill or injured, but the creatives still booked the Intercontinental Champion in a tables, ladders, and chairs match against Baron Corbin so close to such a big event.

We have seen that Raw has been the more injury prone brand, with Roman Reigns, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Braun Strowman, and even Finn Balor now out of the equation for various periods of time.

Keeping that in mind, it made little sense to put Seth Rollins on the line for a match which was booked to just have two of the biggest stars on Raw currently compete with each other. There were a few dangerous spots in the match, and an injury to the top man on Raw could have proved to be disastrous so close to TLC 2018.

Rollins is no stranger to extreme matches and pulling off long and testing matches, but it is always better to be safe before such an event and with so many injuries on the card. Rollins has already been out for extended periods of time in the past to deal with injuries.

The creatives of Raw need to be more careful than ever as most of the top talent of the brand are waiting on the sidelines dealing with various injuries and illness and adding to that list could prove extremely costly.