7 Ups & 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (10 Jan)

3. Super Brutality No More

Rhea Ripley
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Finally, they got to the fireworks factory!

After way too long of watching Nikki ASH bumble about and cost her team and Rhea Ripley individually several matches, the tag team finally imploded Monday night, but with a twist. Instead of Ripley throwing up her hands in disgust, it was Nikki being paranoid and then finally turning on her partner to dissolve the duo.

It’s probably the better move here, as Nikki’s credibility has been shot as a babyface due to her ineptitude recently. At least by turning heel, she can reboot a bit and find a new voice.

And if they really want to have fun, she could morph from “almost a superhero” to “almost a super villain.” Imagine a darker, crazier version of Nikki – closer to her Sanity character – but playing a comic book-style villain. It actually could be fun.

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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.