5 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw After WrestleMania 42 (Results & Review)

4. A Puzzling Decision For Liv & Sol

Liv Morgan celebrated beating Stephanie Vaquer to become Women’s World Champion, but not for long. NXT’s Sol Ruca interrupted her to call Liv an inspiration and someone she greatly respects. Somehow, that led to a non-title match between them, then Liv beat Sol. Nah, this wasn't really the greatest showcase for what fans can expect from Ruca, so WWE are real lucky Las Vegas was in a good mood for Raw.

Look, most will get that Morgan was never losing after dethroning Vaquer, but between Sol’s respect chat, the suddenness of the match being made by Adam Pearce and Zaria’s run-in, something felt off. It would’ve been better to find out what’s actually next for Morgan instead of a glorified exhibition and knocking off a newcomer who could’ve been built as a proper challenger.

Then, they shoved Sol into the background with a Vaquer staredown with Liv anyway. Oh, so it turns out that Stephanie Vaquer is what's next for Morgan after beating Stephanie Vaquer. The 'all feuds must continue no matter what' concept is a creative noose, man. Someone needs to tell WWE higher ups that it's alright to move on from things, especially after landmark/tentpole PLEs like WrestleMania.

It's disappointing that Sol didn't get to show how flashy she can be in-ring here, and that she was apparently only in the house to build to an NXT match vs. Zaria. Also, what claim does Steph have to the title she just lost? Running back her vs. Liv at Backlash sounds rather boring.