5 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (5 Dec - Review)

Downs…

5. Lopsided Triple Threats

Alexa Bliss Becky Lynch
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There’s no polite way to put it, but if you’re looking at the two women’s triple threat matches, one was decidedly more stacked than the other.

The first one featured Rhea Ripley, Asuka and Bayley, while the second had Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. The earlier match was entertaining and saw Bayley capture yet another ticket to a possible Raw Women’s Championship match.

The second saw Lynch come up short in her quest to get back to the top, derailed by Damage CTRL. Yes, it’s safe to argue that the result of the first match informed the interference in the second to keep Becky away from Bayley, but this now sets up Bliss to topple Bayley, presumably with Lynch getting a receipt next week. And that means Bliss/Bianca Belair, which has the potential to be bang average at best, and at worst sees spooky Alexa make her return.

In reality, all the action is in the people who lost (or likely will lose next week): Rhea sharing a staredown with Becky, and then Lynch and Bayley looking to lock horns in the near future.

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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.