10 Lessons WWE Raw Needs To Learn From SmackDown Right Now

7. Have Definitive Finishes

RAW has had some TERRIBLE finishes in the past few weeks.

Every single encounter between Bobby Lashley and Matt Riddle ended in an odd way. One with a heel victory for the face superstar, and the other with the up and coming talent tapping out. It's not just confined to this feud either. The Women's division has had its fair share of DQ finishes which just makes everything fall flat and mean nothing.

While SmackDown isn't completely innocent of this trait, they at least make the finishes feel meaningful. For example, when Roman Reigns and his family interfered in the Number One Contenders gauntlet match, that all played a part in the main event storyline and helped to get Shinsuke Nakamura over as a babyface.

This is the type of booking that RAW needs to employ. Lose the lousy finishes or use them sparingly. This will make matches feel like they have more legitimate stakes to them instead of being drawn out stale affairs.