5 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE Raw (Jan 16 - Review)

2. Judgment Day Steps To The Bloodline

The Judgment Day The Bloodline
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Who would have thought that the Judgment Day would be the group that would hold the most dominant force in WWE at bay on Raw Monday night?

The Bloodline was out crowing about their success (as usual) when the purple-and-black-clad foursome interrupted. Rhea Ripley told them that the only thing they need to acknowledge is that the Judgment Day runs Raw, with Finn Balor noting that after winning the tag team gauntlet match last week, they were coming for the Raw Tag Team Championship next week.

It got interesting when Damian Priest wondered why during all their attacks on Raw, the Bloodline has never stepped to them. Dominik Mysterio (whose new “ex-con” gimmick is a fantastic wrinkle) said he smelled fear on the Usos, told them they would have lasted one night in his prison with the convicts he was locked up with, and then turned his attention to Solo Sikoa.

Have no fear though, because Rhea stepped up to Solo, who backed down a bit before Dom jumped him, triggering a brawl. Even though it was two heel stables doing battle, this was good fun.

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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.