7 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE Raw (3 Mar - Results & Review)
Someone gave CM Punk a live mic, American Made strikes out, Women's title picture hazy.
Coming off the biggest heel turn in a generation that dominated the wrestling world for the previous 48 hours, WWE Raw was going to have its work cut out on Monday night.
Minutes into the program, fans got their answer to the question of how WWE would try to follow that up: send CM Punk out with a live mic and let him torch everything he touches.
Punk opened Raw with a blistering promo that fed into a chaotic brawl with Seth Rollins. From there, the show peaked, with fans truly coming up a few more times – especially the main event – but not to the extent they were losing their collective minds at the outset.
WWE clearly is on the path to WrestleMania 41, but not all roads look clear yet. There might be some detours, while some expected matches might pick up hitchhikers. Less than two months out, Raw on Monday night successfully plotted out some of the angles heading into 'Mania, though there were some disappointing moments on the show.
Most concerning is the Women’s World Championship picture, which might intentionally have taken a strange turn Monday night rather than following a simple straight line that many fans would have predicted.
Let’s see how things shook out.