7 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 15)

By Scott Carlson /

1. Lack Of Star Power

Did anyone else feel like Raw was seriously lacking in star power Monday night? No, not guest hosts, but actual wrestling stars. Aside from a couple guys (Chris Jericho, for example) did it feel like a star-studded affair only seven weeks out from WrestleMania and being the go-home show for Fastlane? This could have been a three-hour episode of Smackdown and no one would have blinked. Sure, there was a title change and some decent matches, but consider the lack of star power: No Rock, no Triple H and Stephanie McMahon was barely on screen. Guys like John Cena, Randy Orton and Seth Rollins are on the shelf. Daniel Bryan is retired. Batista isn€™t coming back anytime soon. Undertaker hasn€™t even been hinted at. Ric Flair was there but didn€™t so much as strut, much less speak.It wasn€™t a terrible episode, but it definitely wasn€™t a good effort from WWE either. If we€™re less than two months from Mania, shouldn€™t WWE be throwing everything at these episodes? Unless WWE is conceding that Fastlane is a nothing PPV and are saving their shot for post-PPV for the big build to Mania. But even then, this was pretty lacking.