7 Ups & 9 Downs From WWE Raw (Nov 8)

5. Disappearing Into A Black Hole

Multi-person matches are tough to book at times. You sometimes want to highlight 2-3 people without the other participants, which requires them to disappear for a period of time, but that can become comically long.

Case in point, the five-woman match for a Raw Women’s Championship shot saw Liv Morgan get superkicked at the opening bell and fall out of the ring for a solid 3 minutes. She resurfaced on the apron, only to get knocked off and stay on the floor for another couple of minutes. Two moves took her out of action for nearly one-third of the match.

Bianca Belair also disappeared during this timeframe after being tossed into the barricade. A former SmackDown Women’s Champion, the EST was knocked out long enough to warrant calling paramedics.

Yes, the idea was to spotlight Rhea Ripley having to battle Carmella & Queen Zelina herself, but someone should have looked at that and thought, “This looks really silly to have the eventual winner laying on the floor for the first 5 minutes of a 15-minute match and take a former champ out for 2-3 minutes off a single bump.”