4 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (April 26)

1. Nia’s Physical ‘Comedy’

Just rubbish really isn't it
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We are now officially three Raw episodes beyond WrestleMania 37 and Mandy Rose’s inadvertent slip on the wet entrance ramp, and WWE is still playing pratfalls for “laughs,” with Nia Jax somehow absorbing Mandy’s “clumsiness” through osmosis.

Monday’s edition of Jax’s hijinks featured alleged babyfaces Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke walking out during Nia & Shayna Baszler’s match again, this time with the Queen of Spades interjecting. Mandy & Dana threw a bucket of water at her, which covered the floor mats, and an approaching Nia tripped and fell… and then fell again… and then had to be dragged by Reginald out of the puddle of water.

Hilarious.

Did we mention that the Raw Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley was in this car crash of a match too? She had to endure this joke, and try to carry Lana through to the finish of the contest.

Truly awful stuff. But somewhere in the back, Vince McMahon is laughing hysterically, and that’s all that really matters here, right?

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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.