5 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (2 Jan - Review)

4. Impromptu Tag/Handicap/Tag Match

Becky Lynch Dakota Kai
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It might be a new year, but WWE is holding fast to their trope of a promo turning into an impromptu match.

This time, it was Bayley being interrupted by Becky Lynch, which led to Dakota Kai & Iyo Sky fighting Lynch and a tag partner of her choosing. The Man being The Man, Becky declined to even look for a partner and just went it alone before being joined by Mia Yim (once again going by Michin) mid-match.

The match itself was fine, but the numbers game caught up to Yim and Lynch, with Sky getting a blind tag and hitting an Over-the-Moonsault to pin Michin.

Yeah, so Yim gets some shine as a surprise partner for the biggest star in the division, and then promptly eats the pinfall. There’s always a chance this gets followed up on, but combined with the impromptu challenge and match, we’re just going to give this one a “down.”

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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.