5 Biggest Winners & Losers From WWE Raw (August 1)
4. Sasha Banks, Enzo Amore And Their "Haters"
![Enzo Amore Chris Jericho Charlotte Sasha Banks](https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2016/08/dde70c06cf8acd2e-600x338.jpg)
One of the biggest bugbears surrounding WWE programming in recent years has been the over-reliance on long, drawn-out show opening segments. It’s been one of the company’s most effective ways to fill out the overlong Monday night television format, and when WWE promised a “New Era” of change in the company, the lengthy talking segments were one of the first things that fans hoped would go.
Sadly, this doesn’t appear to be the case. Last week’s Universal Championship announcement was justifiable, and while it’s a lot less depressing to start Raw with Sasha Banks than The Authority, this week’s in-ring opener was incredibly tedious.
Banks came-out to celebrate her Women’s Title victory over Charlotte, delivering an uncharacteristically rough diatribe that eventually summoned the former champion, then Chris Jericho (?!). Enzo Amore soon appeared on his own, and after a needlessly long string of bad jokes and cringeworthy innuendo, the four participants were booked in an intergender tag team match.
While the segment and match gave Jericho and Enzo something to do in the lead-up to SummerSlam, it felt as if the participants were just filling time. Even Enzo, the best talker in the company, couldn’t prevent this from descending into “tiresome slog” territory, and after another 20-minute in-ring talking segment, it appears that we’re right back where we started.