6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (3 June - Results & Review)

2. Impromptu Matches Rear Their Ugly Heads

During the past two years, WWE has gotten better at tamping down the proliferation of impromptu matches being made during the course of the show. However, that trend has been on the rise lately.

Monday night, two matches were inked after Raw went on the air, with Carlito requesting a match against Braun Strowman (at Damian Priest’s insistence) and the Women’s Tag Team Championship being put on the line with Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair defending against Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark.

The tag title match was particularly egregious, with all four wrestlers being in the ring arguing before a challenge was thrown out, leading to Adam Pearce racing out to make it official… because there apparently was nothing else booked for the next two segments.. Then, the match ended in a disqualification when Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn attacked, rendering the entire match moot after fans sat through the bulk of a wrestling bout.

Impromptu matches often bring up the question: What was going to take place on Raw if this match didn’t happen? Was something bumped, or did Pearce have a huge gap in his programming schedule, which these confrontations miraculously filled?

Stop doing this. Or at least make it make sense if you’re going to do it sporadically.