4 Ups & 9 Downs From WWE Raw (July 19)

6. Stick A Fork In Women’s Tag Division

Natalya Tamina
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At this point, why would you want to compete in the women’s tag division? Sure, you get TV time, but there’s a good chance you’ll have to job via rollup weekly, be subject to magical spells, or be distracted by a former Cirque du Soleil performer’s hijinks… or all three.

We saw two “dominant” tag teams battle, with champs Natalya & Tamina fighting former champs Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler. The match itself was so utterly awful and forgettable that this writer’s notes consist of, “joined in progress… Nia Samoan Drop Tamina into barricade… Shayna stomps Nattie’s arm… Reginald… Tamina superkick to Shayna - 3.”

It’s just so bad right now that if you’re a woman in NXT, why would you ever want to be called up to the main roster? Unless your pay triples, is it worth dealing with this ridiculous stuff?

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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.