19 Things You Probably Missed From WWE Raw (May 6)

Accidental trolling, headbutting Samoans, confusing commentary and more...

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Fire up Twitter, punch in something about Raw and you're bound to see loads of comments likening WWE's flagship TV show to WCW Monday Nitro in the dire years of 1999-2001. This is sort of fair; WWE's product has become apologetic in recent times. Vince, Shane, Steph, Triple H and the entire McMahon crew even admitted they needed to "do a better job" at the end of 2018.

It's not WCW levels of horrible though. There is still some solid wrestling on telly these days, and one need only try to sit through a 2000 episode of Nitro for proof that things aren't Russo levels of bad. Maybe that's what Daniel Bryan needs to do so he doesn't come out with more trolling comments, accidental or otherwise, on WWE programming going forward.

That's here in this list of 19 things you might've missed from this week's Raw offering, and so are 18 other little gems, sneaky moments and one of the absolute best performances you're ever likely to see. Stay tuned for that, 'cause it had nothing to do with anyone on WWE's roster and instead everything to do with a staff member at Cincinnati's US Bank Arena...

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