5 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (May 17)

6. Fiend Magic

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Infantlised 29-year-old Alexa Bliss invited Natalya and Tamina into her Playground this week, delivering another embarrassing segment the likes of which would compel many a viewer to hurriedly change the channel if somebody else walked into the room.

This universe-breaking material is too dumb to transcribe, so we won't bother with that here. Just know that Alexa appears to be setting her sights on either the Women's Tag Team Championships or Reginald, whom she congratulated Tamina for battering last week.

Imagine the scenes if they give Alexa and Lilly the belts, which isn't even too silly to rule out anymore.

Tamina and Nattie later met Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler in a WrestleMania Backlash rematch, retaining their belts when Alexa used Fiend magic to summon pyro from the corner of the ring, spooking Reggie and allowing the champions to hit the Hart Attack. Another dud finish in a night full of them, compounded by the kind of spooky tripe that exists far beyond where this fictional universe's line should be.

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