7 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE Raw (24 Feb - Results & Review)

by Scott Carlson

1. A Red-Hot Women’s Tag Title Match?!?

WWE Raw Liv Morgan Naomi Dominik Mysterio Raquel Rodriguez
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Who had “red-hot Women’s Tag Team Championship Raw main event” on their bingo card?

Bianca Belair, Naomi, Liv Morgan, and Raquel Rodriguez (and Dominik Mysterio) all deserve a ton of credit for overdelivering a match that was filled with false finishes, saves, double-teams, and distractions. The champs jumped the challengers before the bell, due to their belief that Liv and Raquel had attacked Jade Cargill last year.

Rather than quickly finishing Morgan off after the bell, Bianca and Naomi played with their food a bit, allowing Raquel to get involved and the heels to get back into the match. Everyone was on point in this match, including Dominik, who ran down to distract the referee, which allowed Raquel and Liv to put Naomi down with a Tejana Bomb and Oblivion… only for Belair to save. When Bianca dropped Liv with a KOD, Rodriguez barreled into the ring to save at the last second.

Liv would finally pin Naomi after Raquel drove her face into the ring post as she went for a split-legged moonsault, crowning new champs and likely setting the stage for Cargill to return to seek revenge… but against whom?

It can’t be overstated how well-executed this match was, and the crowd noise was proof that everything clicked really well. Kudos to everyone involved.

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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.