7 Ups & 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 31)

7. Nattie Distracted, Loses. Film At 11

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Every wrestler has his or her weakness. For Natalya, her Achilles Heel apparently is someone on the outside of the ring getting her attention for a millisecond. If that happens, shes susceptible to rollups or just being put into an opponents finishing move without a fight.

Nattie lost her Womens Championship match at Extreme Rules when she was distracted by Dana Brooke posing as Ric Flair then getting on the ring apron. Monday, she got her hands on Dana, but immediately became distracted by Charlotte on the apron. Dana Brooke took advantage of the distraction and his a sloppy-looking Michinoku Driver for the win in a match that barely lasted a minute.

Its understandable that WWE doesnt want Natalya to look too weak, but having her constantly being distracted and losing makes her out to be a bigger chump than if an opponent simply was better than her that night.

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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.