14 Things You Might Have Missed From Last Night’s WWE Raw

3. Montreal's Overall Babyface Apathy

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Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins, Ronda Rousey and Elias were treated as the most popular stars on the show by Montreal. Read that list again: three fifths of the group named above are technically heels.

Fans in The Bell Centre didn't have a problem cheering the baddies and booing the babyfaces. Worse, they failed to react at all to some of WWE's biggest good guys. Kurt Angle's name was barely acknowledged by the crowd when Elias said it (putting over his Rumble elimination of the Raw GM) and even Braun Strowman was given a modest pop all night when he's normally a shoe-in for booming cheers.

When other faces were in peril, like Bobby Roode was with his throat injury or Sasha Banks being triple-teamed by the Riott Squad, Montreal barely stirred to show sympathy. That can't be something WWE are especially comfortable with.

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