3 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw (Nov 21)

2. A Very Fake-Feeling Feud

WWE Women's WarGames teams
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After three months of feuding, you’d think that Bianca Belair and Bayley’s motivations and purpose would be second nature by now, but Monday’s promo before the main event was anything but natural.

Whether it was a case of having to recite certain dialogue or get specific points across, the promo between Damage CTRL and Belair, Asuka and Alexa Bliss was incredibly forced and artificial. It was impossible to feel like these were real people with real animosity toward each other.

Considering that this is the main feud for the Raw women’s division, that is a terrible feeling to have, but this is the go-home promo for what is supposedly the culmination of a three-month feud between these groups – inside WarGames no less - and you might as well have had cue cards out there with them rather than letting them cut loose on each other.

At this point, just put an end to the rivalry once and for all at Survivor Series and let’s move on to something hopefully better.

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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.