6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Monday Night Raw (3 November - Results & Review)

1. Main Event Doldrums

Aaaaaannddd, we’re back with the main event scene dominated by The Vision and some combination of three or four babyfaces, with CM Punk and Jey Uso representing for Monday’s closing tag match.

Raw’s main event this summer was almost exclusively the property of that small cadre of wrestlers, with the matches rarely leading anywhere, the outcomes being meaningless because there was always a post-match beatdown that either nullified the result or was the only talking point that mattered.

All of that came crashing back Monday night when Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed tangled with Punk and Uso in a paint-by-numbers match that ended in a double count-out – the perfect result for a bout that meant nothing and accomplished less.

The match’s mediocrity was laid bare by the World Tag Team Championship match that preceded it and blew it out of the water. In fact, of the four tag matches on Raw’s five-match card, the main event was the worst of the bunch.

Then came the post-match brawl, with Jey being laid out with a spear and Tsumani, leaving Punk alone against the two Bronnys… until Logan Paul ran down to make the save. But it was a swerve, and he shockingly turned on Punk with a brass-knuckle punch.

Of all the eye-rolling, groan-inducing endings WWE could throw at its fans, a mediocre tag featuring The Vision that ends in a double count-out and then sets up Logan Paul as Punk’s first world title challenger probably gets the chef’s kiss.

Perhaps Punk will sell ice to Eskimos with his promos, and maybe Paul will deliver on the mic and in the ring, but you shouldn’t hold your breath.