8 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct 8)
2. More Shades Of Gray?
As if booking two heel turns and teasing tag team dissension on the undercard wasn’t bad enough, the Raw main event featured even more group turmoil.
Braun Strowman lectured his tag team partners before their six-man tag match, and screamed at them during the bout, creating a staredown with Drew McIntyre briefly. They managed to stay on the same page and won, with Dean Ambrose taking the fall. Ambrose, who has been teased as turning on The Shield, then walked off alone to close Raw, leaving us wondering whether he was ditching his brothers.
So let that sink in: Bobby Lashley turns heel (with Kevin Owens presumably turning face); the Bella Twins turn heel; Bobby Roode is about to confront Chad Gable; Braun berates his partners; and Ambrose walks out on his teammates.
All in one show. Again, who is supposed to be paying attention to all of this stuff? Some of it might have been simmering for a while, but this is Vince Russo territory for simultaneous turmoil.