7 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (Aug 22)

Downs…

4. Tag Match, Interrupted

Was the tag match between AJ Styles & Bobby Lashley and Miz & Ciampa so important that it needed an extra bit of gaga in the form of Dexter Lumis? Or a DQ finish that means that this feud most likely must continue?

The match itself was chugging along fine until the hijinks ensued with a “fan” attacking AJ, and then Lumis taking out Miz for the DQ. It left a moderate, mid-card tag match with an inconclusive finish.

Worse, the babyfaces Styles and Lashley then laid out Ciampa and celebrated like they won, when they lost by DQ. You had the supposed good guys yukking it up in the ring when they actually lost due to Lumis’ interference. That kind of look is never good.