3 Ups & 11 Downs From WWE Raw (Jan 18)

5. Unused Pieces

Keith Lee
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Angel Garza. Keith Lee. Andrade. Naomi. Sheamus. Humberto Carrillo. Nikki Cross. Riddick Moss. Tucker. Mickie James. Akira Tozawa.

There are a ton of wrestlers who weren’t featured on Raw on Monday night, some of whom haven’t been seen for weeks. So it’s the same guys and gals filling three hours each week, some facing off against the same opponents over and over, while other capable performers sit around catering, presumably because “creative doesn’t have anything” for them.

The result is a repetitive, boring Raw that underperforms and disappoints weekly. We’re not saying to put the United States Championship on Tucker tomorrow, but putting him on Raw and letting him get some TV time to shine wouldn’t be the worst thing. If he flops, he flops, but at least we don’t have to watch Jeff Hardy versus Elias for the 37th time.

It’s a frustrating thing to watch Raw and know that there are fresh matchups out there that we’re just not getting for whatever reason.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.