8 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 29)

By Scott Carlson / January 30, 2018

2. Burning Through First-Time Evers

There was a time when the first encounter between wrestlers was a selling point for a PPV or at least to tune in next week. Today, it’s used to hold onto viewers into the next hour of Raw.

We got two first-time matches Monday night, with John Cena squaring off against Finn Balor, and Sasha Banks facing Asuka. While giving fans fresh matchups is a definite positive, you would have thought that at least one of these would have been built up a bit. First-time matches can’t all be special, but burning two of them on the same night with top-level superstars seemed a bit strange.

What’s next, Nia Jax versus Asuka on free TV? Oh wait…