7 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw XXX (23 Jan - Review)

2. Bait And Switch Cage Match

Dakota Kai Becky Lynch
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We’ve seen marquee TV matchups get derailed before, just to set up rematches at the upcoming PPV (or PLE).

But a previously advertised steel cage match taking place on probably the biggest Raw in years? Just to prolong a stale, flagging feud between Becky Lynch and Bayley? That was just awful.

Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky jumped The Man before she could enter the cage, battered her at ringside, then threw her inside the cage and locked the door for a 3-on-1 beatdown before simply leaving as the announcers just switched gears to the next segment.

What an utter waste of time. And none of that makes you want to see this match any more. If anything, it just cools off this already cold feud even more.

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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.