6 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 1)

3. A WrestleMania-Worthy Match!

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It’s true: Asuka versus Alexa Bliss is a match that could happen at WrestleMania.

So why is it happening on Raw Monday night a negative? Simply put, WWE burned this matchup for no good reason. Bliss has not been shy about walking out on matches and taking a countout loss when she’s overmatched. If this had to be booked for Monday, why not have Bliss get counted out or disqualified rather than tapping out?

The match itself was fine, but it seemed a little strange to pull this move just as we start moving into WrestleMania season… unless WWE is going in a different direction and they just wanted to toss this out there since it’s not happening at Mania.

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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.