5 Ups & 5 Downs For WWE Raw (29 Sept - Results & Review)

3. Speaking Of B-Level Movie Acting…

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It looks like we’re really going to see this Bayley “split personality” gimmick through, huh?

Bayley continued her turn as a wrestler vacillating between the happy-go-lucky hugger and the gruff, angry Role Model on Monday night, first trying to make amends with Lyra Valkyria, and then snapping later after Lyra came to her aid. This time, however, she didn’t turn on Valkyria, rendering Lyra’s entire “no second chances” stance moot as she clearly now seems fine to stick it out with Bayley for at least another week.

Once again, though, it was the backstage segment between Bayley and Lyra that just felt like two drama club hopefuls doing their best table read before ultimately losing the roles to others. None of it was believable, and since the entire story is what happens before and after the bell, it renders the wrestling moot and puts all the focus on the lackluster story.

The match between Bayley and Raquel Rodriguez was fine, but nowhere near the level of last week’s match against Roxanne Perez.

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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.