5 Ups & 5 Downs For WWE Raw (11 Aug - Results & Review)

by Scott Carlson

1. Iyo, Roxanne Crush It

WWE Raw Iyo Sky Roxanne Perez
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Hats off to Iyo Sky and Roxanne Perez, thrust into a legit impromptu match Monday night due to Naomi not being able to wrestle, canceling the scheduled Women’s World Championship match against Sky.

Iyo and Roxanne proceeded to turn in a solid, fun match that built from a slow mat-based segment establishing parity to a full-fledged war between the former world champion and the Prodigy. Perez and Sky traded offense throughout, with Roxanne stringing together some killshots toward the end and nearly beating Iyo with a Shining Wizard.

Raquel Rodriguez kept Roxanne in the match as Sky mounted a comeback, but ultimately, it was the Kabuki Warriors and some miscommunication that led to Iyo’s downfall.

Of all the matches Monday night, this is the one to seek out and watch – a perfectly enjoyable, action-packed match that reminded fans why Iyo Sky rules and continued to showcase Roxanne Perez as a future singles star in WWE.

Additionally, if we get the Iyo/Rhea Ripley team-up, their matches against the Judgment Day now have a little added fuel.

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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.