6 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw (7 Sept - Results & Review)

5. A Sloppy MovesFest

WWE Raw Lyra Valkyria Sol Ruca Maxxine Dupri
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Following on the heels of a fun men’s triple threat match, could the women match it in energy and originality?

No, they could not. Sorry to spoil the surprise.

Sol Ruca, Lyra Valkyria, and Maxxine Dupri battled for the first slot in the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match, trying to match the men with creative spots, but instead they stumbled about with some sloppy sequences and awkward exchanges that mostly played out to silence.

The crowd didn’t come alive until they returned from a commercial break and were clearly in the last third of the match, which was their cue to pay attention and care. Lyra nearly had the win, but she was foiled by a returning Bayley, which allowed Ruca to hit her with a Sol Snatcher for the win.

Everyone worked hard here, but this wasn’t anything special, and the silence from the crowd for 70% of this pretty much nullified any goodwill.

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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.