6 Ups And Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 12th)

5. €With One Arm Tied Behind Her Back

Unfair stipulations in Divas matches have become a staple of Stephanie McMahon€™s during the past year, putting both Bella twins through the wringer, and now she€™s running Naomi through her arsenal of special matches. First up was the €œone arm tied behind the back€ match. The difference her is that Naomi €“ and Alicia Fox €“ managed to make the match watchable. In fact, it€™s probably safe to say that Naomi is a better wrestler with one arm tied behind her back than both Bellas combined. The question here is that with Naomi leaving the cast of Total Divas and getting more face time on Raw, is she finally in line for an actual push as a wrestler? If anything, she showed Monday night that she can take a horrid stipulation and make it bearable for a couple minutes.
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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.