6 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 18)

7. ‘Respect’

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So let’s just be a little petty here for a second, OK?

Beth Phoenix decided to come out of retirement (nevermind her entry into the Royal Rumble last year) to team with Natalya for a shot at the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships against Bayley & Sasha Banks, who Beth says she respects, unlike Nia Jax & Tamina, who are full of jealousy and pettiness.

So this is a respect feud, yes?

And then Bayley asks if the old-timer needs more time to prepare because she’s been retired for six years. And Nattie touts Phoenix’s resume, because no one else knows it. And then Sasha says Nattie is just riding Beth’s coattails so she can have a WrestleMania match. And then the brawl is on.

What was that about who was being petty?

This is just riveting heat between the two teams onto each other. Not necessary, especially if Nia and Tamina are part of the WM tag title match.

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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.