6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (17 July - Review)

1. No Thank You, Trish

Zoey Stark Trish Stratus Becky Lynch
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*Deep cleansing breath*

Two more weeks and this feud between Trish Stratus and Becky Lynch should be over.

Sorry fans, but Trish’s run continues to be a disappointment and major misfire. Her heel turn hasn’t worked, and it’s dragged Lynch down to working at half-speed. The only positive has been Zoey Stark raising her profile, but it’s unclear how she’ll fare once Stratus leaves.

Monday’s segment saw Trish set stipulations for Becky getting a rematch… and those stips consisted of Lynch having to defeat Stark in a rematch. If Becky loses next week, she has to kneel and say, “Thank you Trish,” and then get those words tattooed on her chest.

So, rather than being a series of conditions, it’s just one with consequences if she fails. Oh, and then Becky immediately beat up both Trish and Zoey by herself. So she looks stronger than both women heading into a match where she only needs to beat one of them.

Just make it stop.

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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.