6 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Oct 30)

5. Looking Good In Defeat

Nia Jaxx Bayley
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It’s time we accept that Bayley is settled in as what passes for a midcarder on the Raw women’s roster, able to beat Alicia Fox (most of the time) and Dana Brooke, but unable to topple the likes of Nia Jax.

And that’s exactly what happened Monday, as Fox sent Jax to serve as her replacement in a match against Bayley. But the Huggable One held her own against Nia, taking the fight to the Samoan and keeping her off-balance for much of the match. It actually was a little surprising she hung in there as well as she did for as long as she did.

Ultimately, you knew Bayley would have to fall to the returning Jax, and she did, with Nia escaping a guillotine choke and hitting a running cannonball and legdrop for the win. But at least Bayley looked better than most women have against Nia and didn’t look like she was terrified of facing the larger opponent.

It’s a small distinction, but an important one – at least when all you can look for with a character are the small things.

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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.