6 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (August 31st)

By Scott Carlson /

1. PPV Quality Matchup, FF Quality Match

Paige versus Sasha Banks is a matchup that has the potential to be a top-flight PPV bout, something that could rival Sasha€™s match against Bayley at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn. Paige has been wrestling more than half her young life, and Banks has proven that she€™s one of the best in the game right now. So you would think that when they first squared off, it would be a bid deal€ But you€™d be wrong. The two met for the first time as part of the Beat the Clock challenge (Charlotte beat Brie Bella, and Becky Lynch defeated Alicia Fox) for PCB members to determine the number one contender for the Divas Championship. Worse yet, the €œmatch€ consisted of both women frantically going for pinfalls since Paige had to beat Charlotte€™s time of 1:40 (she didn€™t, and the match immediately ended).It was a total waste of time and should be fast-forwarded and deleted from memory, which really is a shame to say that. What doesn€™t make sense is that there are other women on the roster who could have come out and hung with Paige for two minutes €“ Emma, Natalya and even Cameron could have been called upon. It also bears mentioning that Sasha had nothing to gain other than the satisfaction of preventing Paige from getting a title shot. Why not say that if she wins in a quicker time, then she gets the title match? It would add real stakes to the bout beyond playing the delay game.