4 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Aug 28)

2. Women Earn Main Event Slot

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Poor booking aside, Sasha Banks and Alexa Bliss had a really good title match Monday night that closed out Raw really well.

The two women traded pinfall attempts and hit some nice moves, with Bliss nailing a Code Red for a close two-count, and Banks clocking Alexa with a Shining Wizard as part of her comeback. The action kept moving and didn’t really hit any dull spots, which is always a good feature in a title match, especially a main event bout.

Again, booking aside, it was another nice touch to see Nia Jax finally pay off the ongoing friendship between she and Bliss, with Jax dropping the new champ with an electric chair, signaling her intention to win the Raw Women’s Championship.

While we can lament the poor booking of the Boss, give credit for the next challenger immediately stepping up to launch a new program.

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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.