5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (1 July - Results & Review)

Drew McIntyre keeps trolling CM Punk; Wyatt Sicks develop; Raw's must-see main event.

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The Wyatt Sicks motivations continued to unearth, Drew McIntyre qualified for Money In The Bank, Bron Breakker is money himself, and there's more trouble in paradise between Judgment Day's Damian Priest and Finn Bálor. Those are the broadest strokes you need to know coming out of this week's Raw.

It was a functional episode. If that sounds too negative, then consider this: "Functional" WWE in the Triple H era is still one million miles better than it would've been towards the end of Vince McMahon's reign of terror. Even the worst parts of Monday's show were arguable - some folks out there would go to bat for them.

The good definitely outweighed the bad anyway.

Raw had a hot, hot, hot main event everyone should go out of their way to see, and the ongoing love drama involving Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio is ticking along nicely. Then, there's the subtly brilliant lengths Sami Zayn went to when building his next Intercontinental Title defence vs. wrecking machine Breakker.

Here's a review of the final Raw before Saturday's Money In The Bank PLE!

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