6 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE Raw (12 June - Review)

DOWNS…

7. Mirroring The Men

Rhea Ripley
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Once we saw Asuka’s new WWE Women’s Championship on SmackDown, it was only a matter of days before Rhea Ripley’s SmackDown Women’s Championship disappeared.

But the end result? The WWE Women’s World Championship, a near-replica of Seth Rollins’ WWE World Heavyweight Championship, is just another example of follow-the-men with titles. The Big Gold Belt knockoff sized down and on a white strap isn’t exactly a great look, and the name is literally just one word off Asuka’s title.

Overall, this is better than a SmackDown Women’s Champion defending her title on Raw and vice-versa. But it feels like they made the decision for the men and then just had the women follow suit, and that’s not a good look… especially when you consider that both men’s titles have gotten a decent amount of scorn.

Not a huge negative, but certainly not getting positive marks here.

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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.