6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (22 April - Results & Review)
Becky Lynch is tops once again, #DIY falls short, Jey Uso yeets a lot, Gunther finds a new goal.
With two world title matches on the card, WWE Raw looked like it had some serious potential to deliver a memorable show Monday night.
Instead, Raw offered up an uneven show that flirted with being a really entertaining night, but couldn’t maintain momentum throughout its three hours. The matches were largely forgettable, with the action varying from good, to mostly decent, to sluggish.
Most of the good stuff came from the best division in WWE right now, the Intercontinental Championship scene. Sami Zayn, Chad Gable, Gunther, and even Bronson Reed delivered solid performances Monday night, with Sami as the perfect underdog babyface champion.
Gunther in particular deserves kudos for turning his WrestleMania 40 loss into a renewed focus for the future, setting his sights on the upcoming King of the Ring tournament, which instantly makes that once-prestigious prize feel valuable once again.
But WWE dropped the ball with its tag title match, allowing the one-note joke of Awesome Truth to continue after a subpar title bout against #DIY, which doesn’t bode well for future defenses. Jey Uso might be extremely over, but it’s impossible to ignore how much of a caricature he’s become, which makes it tough to take him seriously as a world title contender.
Overall, Raw was passable this week, but this was a noticeable drop-off in quality from recent months.
Let’s get to it…