6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (15 July - Results & Review)
3. Deaf Ref
![WWE Raw Shayna Baszler Zelina Vega](https://cdn4.whatculture.com/images//2024/07/b0ba0062a0aa4858e97cefb180962fa5.jpg)
Wrestling fans often have to suspend their disbelief, accepting certain unbelievable moments as perfectly reasonable.
But it’s nearly impossible to accept that the referee in the Zelina Vega/Sonya Deville “match” didn’t hear Vega screaming out in pain multiple times just ten feet away as Shayna Baszler attacked her on the apron while Zoey Stark distracted him. She writhed and yelled while Baszler snapped her arm, and the ref didn’t flinch, when fans in the concession lines could hear her.
Worse, the match itself was awful, lasting less than two minutes and featuring Deville eating a satellite DDT and a 619 before the distractions kicked in, leading to Sonya finishing Vega off with a reverse DDT variant. It was a bad match with bad interference, leading to Lyra Valkyria, Kayden Carter, and Katana Chance making the save.
And the crowd went… sub-mild.