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4. Nia Jax Destroys Summer Rae

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Eyebrows were raised when Stephanie McMahon announced that Nia Jax would be hitting Monday Night Raw. There was natural disappointment over the lack of Bayley in the WWE Draft, but that shouldn't be held against Jax. After all, she's worked hard to improve herself on NXT programming and deserves the chance to show what she can do.

It's fairly clear that Summer Rae is really only there to pad out the numbers in the female ranks on Raw. Whilst she is better than some give her credit for, Rae is really almost a throwback to a time when women weren't asked to do a whole load of wrestling in WWE.

In her debut match on the main roster, it should be Jax that dominates. The crux of a pre-match promo could be that she's coming to slay all the Barbie dolls who care about what people think. By contrast, she's there to wrestle and someday become WWE Women's Champion.

Like a female Bill Goldberg, Nia runs right through Summer and shouts at the top of her lungs that she wants more competition.

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