6 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (Jan 17)

5. More Lilly Issues

When Charlotte Flair ripped Lilly apart last year and Alexa Bliss disappeared, the hope from many was that this would be the last we’d hear about the stupid doll, and maybe she’d undergo a catharsis and get away from her dead-end spooky character.

But instead, we’re being “treated” to a series of vignettes with Bliss undergoing therapy to deal with her issues stemming from the demise of Lilly. And we’ve just seen more of the creepy Alexa. Monday, Bliss turned word association into another series of Lilly references before chasing the therapist off when he used the word “imaginary.”

And that was it.

But Lilly wasn’t imaginary! We all saw her. Shayna Baszler and Doudrop were spooked by Lilly. Are we now going to be told that the doll, its mysterious powers and everything about it, was imaginary?

Regardless, we’re two weeks in and they’re 0-for-2 with this stuff. Unless there are some home runs in the can, WWE might want to consider scrapping the remainder and just rebooting Alexa.

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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.