6 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (June 26)

3. Nia Gets Some Shine

Raw Nia Jax
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It might have come at the expense of the rest of the women’s division, but Nia Jax looked pretty damn strong Monday night, toppling four challengers before finally succumbing to Sasha Banks in a six-woman gauntlet match to become #1 contender.

Jax defeated Bayley, Mickie James, Dana Brooke and Emma in succession, beating the last two rapidly. When she splatted Dana like a jobber, the crowd roared, getting into the prospect of a monster running through the opposition. Despite her relative inexperience, Nia got through the first four opponents fine, and hung with Banks nicely in a pretty good David versus Goliath match.

It’s fair to say that Jax still has some work to do to become a well-rounded performer, but Monday’s gauntlet match showed that she still has a big upside.

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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.