18 Reasons Why Last Night's WWE Raw Was An Absolute Mess
6. Unearned
Speaking of the Raw Women's Championship match, what did Ruby Riott do to earn a second title shot, exactly?
The Riott Squad leader was bulldozed at Elimination Chamber. Charging Rousey at the bell, she was promptly flattened with punches, taken out with judo throws, and ground down after taking a powder, eventually falling to the armbar. The whole thing took less than two minutes in total, and it was the most decisive title defence of Rousey's run so far.
Consider the built to that match, too. Ruby was thrown into the Rousey match as a flavour of the month challenger with no build. Her sole warm-up bout was with Nikki Cross, a whacky comedy character, whom she dispatched relatively quickly on the 11 February episode of Raw, but not to the point where she felt like a legitimate threat.
Riott is an underrated wrestler who helms a much-improved stable, and someone who should occupy a bigger role in the women's division... but not like this. WWE made a hash of her hot-shotted ascension.