5 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct 23)
4. Cruiserweights Burn Through Match
A 10-man match that flies by in a handful of minutes can be electrifying, but often it’s a rushed mess.
That’s closer to what we got Monday night in the main-event bout on Raw, with Enzo’s Zo Train squaring off against Rich Swann, Gran Metalik, Cedric Alexander, Kalisto and Mustafa Ali. Most of the guys got a chance to briefly shine, but there just wasn’t enough time for anyone to really stand out.
It’s not that a speedy match is a negative on its own. It’s that it was another quick-hit appearance for the cruiserweights (though Drew Gulak’s pre-match promo was pretty good) that didn’t offend anyone and really was just there to give Kalisto a pinfall in-between his loss to Enzo Amore at the PPV and his rematch on 205 Live on Tuesday.
A smaller match with more time might have worked better to let more guys shine.