7 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (Mar 15)

3. Dana & Mandy Dust Naomi & Lana

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Dana Brooke and Mandy Rose worked a rudimentary Raw bout with Lana and Naomi that saw Naomi worked over after the opening sequences, getting isolated in Rose and Brooke's corner. Lana scored the hot tag after a couple of near-falls, executing her meek offense meekly, before things got messy and over-booked.

Asuka's music hit. Out came The Empress of Tomorrow to pull Shayna Baszler (who'd been doing commentary with Nia Jax) away from ringside, brawling with her on the ramp, all while the match was still going on. Treated as an afterthought, the bout concluded with a mistimed sequence that saw Lana work over Mandy, the illegal woman, before Dana hit the ring and took the win.

The skeleton of a solid division is forming here, with Brooke talking smack to Jax after the bell. Still, the scene needs to move away from crammed-in bits like this. The distraction from the match wasn't welcome and the action wasn't of a high enough level to compensate, making this a gentle Down, like the one before it.

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