5 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 12)

2. Boss Shows Hints Of Heel

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Sure, it could have just been because Raw was in Bayley’s hometown, but Sasha Banks clearly was playing the heel on Monday night.

Banks mocked Bayley, smacked her around, trash-talked and even pretended to invite her back into the ring before knocking her off the apron. To top it off, both women pounded each other and traded some good offense and pin attempts, leading to Bayley actually winning with a Bayley-to-Belly off the second rope.

While the match wasn’t “five stars” as Coach suggested, it was pretty good, and it furthered the undercurrent of Sasha growing tired of falling short and finally turning heel to get her way. It might not happen today or tomorrow, but it looks like it’s coming.

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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.