6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (7 August)
1. The Raw Special
What, pray tell, is the Raw Special? Why it’s WWE’s series of favorite tropes, all happening sequentially.
You’ve got your show-opening promo, which gets interrupted, leading to a promo train, leading to a brawl, leading to a challenge for an impromptu main event.
In this case, it was Cody Rhodes celebrating his win over Brock Lesnar, when Seth Rollins came out to issue a challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship. But before Rhodes could answer, the Judgment Day came out to run their mouths. Finn Balor jumped Rollins, triggering a brawl, with Sami Zayn running down to ringside to even the odds.
And then Cody issued the ridiculously predictable challenge for a six-man tag, which magically occupied the main event.
Oh, and WWE threw in a “can they co-exist?” angle between Rollins and Rhodes, because why not? Just get all the tropes in there in one angle.