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

4. Belair Falls Victim To… Uncle Howdy

Uncle Howdy
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We’ve reached the point where the Bray Wyatt Universe has invaded the Raw Women’s Championship title picture, and it ain’t pretty.

Bianca Belair returned after taking a week off due to Alexa Bliss’ attack after their title match, and she wasted little time in calling out Bliss. Before the promo battle could heat up, Bianca threw down the challenge for Royal Rumble and Alexa accepted, which quickly segued to a brawl in the crowd.

It was there that things went off the rails. Just as Belair was about to hit a KOD onto a couple of chairs, she froze as she caught a glimpse of Uncle Howdy standing in a corridor under the stands, backlit with smoke pouring out of the aisle. That allowed Bliss to wriggle free and DDT the champ on the floor.

And just like that, your Raw Women’s Champion has now been thwarted by a chuckling, masked goof. And her title is caught up in the Wyattverse. Wonderful.

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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.