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Whether it's the extraordinary wrestling of NXT or the fast-paced nature of SmackDown, RAW is probably the least enjoyable of the company's many offerings, and a case could be made that WWE RAW is not the best weekly show that the company puts out by a long shot.
This week was a particularly excruciating episode and truth be told, the 'Bests' on this list were difficult to pick out. There were several points during WWE RAW where piped-in noise was added to the ongoing proceedings, which was so poorly done, that it further distracted from the product.
So, with that in mind, here's what worked for WWE RAW and a few aspects that did not really hit home at all. As always, feel free to sound off in the comments below.
Did you think WWE RAW this week was enjoyable? If so, let us know in the comments below.
#3 Best/Worst: CM Punk chants echo through several WWE RAW segments
On the one hand, it's a good thing for fans to let their voices be heard. When you're in Chicago and you're not putting on a good show for the crowd, the audience will make it known that they're not enjoying what they're watching live.
But on the other, the crowd can totally derail a show with CM Punk chants, making an unpleasant show absolutely unbearable.
There were also chants for Becky Lynch and Bray Wyatt throughout the course of WWE RAW. While seasoned performers like Charlotte Flair breezed through their lines, others faltered. When the crowd hijacks a show, it can be a wonderful thing (Read: KofiMania) or a disaster, as was evidenced this week.
But then again, if you have a different viewpoint when it comes to chants, please sound off in the comments section below.
#2 Best: Is WWE RAW Superstar Shayna Baszler going her own way?
Nia Jax and Rhea Ripley had a great WWE RAW match but it was the aftermath of the contest that had everyone talking. It does legitimately seem as if Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler are headed for a split. If they do, it could do wonders for both women.
As entertaining as they have been on WWE RAW and SmackDown thus far, one has to believe they can create magic working against one another as well! Fans have yearned for the shackles to break free in Shayna Baszler's case, and for her to revert to her old MMA-themed killing machine character once again would be just what Monday Night RAW needs!
#2 Worst: Everything with Lilly
There is probably a cross-section of the WWE RAW audience that relates to the idea of a doll coming to life in the manner shown above. At the age of thirty five, this author simply can't.
How did we go from The Fiend to Lilly, arguably the worst gimmick since RETRIBUTION? This is not a slight towards Alexa Bliss, who's clearly trying her best with sub-par material.
#1 Best: Everything with WWE RAW star John Morrison and one Damian Priest
If two WWE RAW stars can turn chicken you-know-what into chicken salad, it's Miz and Morrison. It's heartening to see how John Morrison has pretty much embraced the 'moist' gimmick, and how The Miz has made sitting in a wheelchair his thing!
Not every WWE RAW star is booked as he/she should be, but Damian Priest is. He comes across as a star and the fact that he puts on great matches thankfully helps in this regard.
#1 Worst: A really embarrassing botch
Remember how we complained about the piped-in crowd noise during WWE RAW? While that may be necessary in the company's case to maintain a certain narrative, precautions and safeguards need to be implemented to avoid embarrassing botches like the one that happened this week.
The production team probably used audio from SmackDown during the WWE RAW broadcast and forgot to remove Michael Cole's voice! As a result, you could hear him say '16-time Champion' when Drew McIntyre was making his entrance.
