6 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Aug 7)

UPS…

6. Booing Bayley

Bayley Booing
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This is not meant as, “Good, Bayley stinks and deserves to be booed.”

However, the way Bayley has been booked for the past several months, the boos from the fans felt justified. Bayley landed on the shelf last week with a separated shoulder, and came out to give an interview about it. She started by saying she was upset and angry about missing out, and the segued to talking about tweets from fans keeping her spirits up.

That’s when the boos started. It was a genuine moment from Bayley, but at the same time, her character has been mishandled to the point where fans just didn’t seem to want to give her too much sympathy. And maybe that’s cold-hearted, but there’s no denying that Bayley needs a reboot of sorts, and some time off and away from Raw might help with that.

The booing Monday night just made it a little more clear.

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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.