6 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw (26 June - Review)

Rhodes/Mysterio feud hits fever pitch, Balor gains momentum, Zayn/Gunther rules.

by Scott Carlson
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On paper, Saturday’s Money in the Bank premium live event should be a really good show, the second-best PPV/PLE of the week.

But man, the build to this event has been uneven to say the least, especially on the Raw side. Cody Rhodes versus Dominik Mysterio has been great fun with Dom’s cowardly attacks while hiding behind Mami building each week. Finn Balor reaching back seven years for inspiration for his challenge to Seth Rollins is inspired to some, aggravating to others.

The Women’s Tag Team Championship match is just there. The men’s MITB match got upended with Logan Paul’s entry, leaving the other six participants feeling like bit players. And the women’s MITB match had a dismal go-home segment Monday night.

Raw also gave us a continuation of a Miz feud no one was clamouring for and saw an NXT champ show up and lose their debut match… because reasons. But Raw also featured Gunther and Sami Zayn going at it, and Cody and Damian Priest closing out the show strong.

So yeah, call it a mixed bag as we head into Money in the Bank for the build, but we should all expect to be entertained come Saturday. It’s just a shame that Raw doesn’t elevate its game above mediocre.

Let’s get to it…

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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.